Clay Conference kicks off Wednesday
Clay Conference kicks off Wednesday
Potters from all over the nation will come to Santa Rosa County for The Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Inc. 2016 Woodstoke Pottery and Kiln Firing on Saturday, Feb. 6. The highlight will be opening two historical wood-fueled kilns unveiling creations by many different potters. This will be at Holley Hill Pottery, on the corner … read more
Rotary hosting gun raffle
Rotary hosting gun raffle
Navarre’s Rotary Club has brought a new type of fundraiser to the Navarre area. The club is running a gun raffle where they will raffle off one gun a day for 30 straight days starting on April 1. The raffle tickets are on sale now online at navarrerotarygunraffle.com, where you can view all the prizes … read more
Giving back
Giving back
Funds keep flowing in to help get family members of the servicemen who perished in a Blackhawk Helicopter accident in Navarre last year to the area for the one-year anniversary of the crash. American Legion Post #382 in Navarre donated $3,000 to the Remembering Black Hawk 11 memorial ceremony effort last week. “We were tremendously … read more
Storm rips through area
Storm rips through area
A Gulf Breeze ranch owner was one of many people affected by the storm that ripped through the area last Friday morning. The storm brought with it heavy straight-line winds that caused tornado-like damage through one Midway neighborhood at around 1 a.m. that morning. Beaver Pond Ranch owner, Sunny Bolton, awoke early that morning to … read more
Name change struck down by residents
Name change struck down by residents
The Commissioner who suggested adding the word Memorial to Navarre Park’s name reluctantly dropped the subject after several citizens and Board members objected, at Monday’s Commission meeting. “I don’t believe it strikes a somber tone. I believe it’s who we are. And I think we should be naming every park a memorial park,” Williamson said, … read more
Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march
Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march
For the families who lost loved ones aboard the Blackhawk Helicopter that went down in the sound last year in Navarre, closure may never come. But one local group is trying to help turn the page for many of those families around and on the anniversary of the crash in March. That group, Remembering Blackhawk … read more
Water board election slated for Tuesday
Water board election slated for Tuesday
The annual membership meeting and election of directors for Holley-Navarre Water System Inc., will take place Tuesday, January 20. The meeting will be called to order at 7 a.m. and voting will take place from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Current board members running for re-election include James Calkins, Robert Coley and Bien May. Longtime … read more
County approves several south end items
County approves several south end items
At their Thursday commission meeting, Santa Rosa County Commissioners approved a number of south end projects and other agenda items including: l Accepting $40,000 in grant money from Florida’s Department of Transportation. The grant is part of a landscape U.S. 98 landscaping project from west of Andorra St. to Ortega. The County asked for the … read more
County refuses to rebid pier contract
County refuses to rebid pier contract
Santa Rosa Commissioners, Thursday, voted to transfer a number of Navarre Pier management company expenses to the county, but stopped short of putting the job out for rebid. The county will now fund a pier employee to collect gate receipts; and will pay for trash collection, maintenance, utilities and supplies for public restroom and pier … read more
Trump makes pit stop in Pensacola
Trump makes pit stop in Pensacola
Pensacola Bay Center was packed to the rafters for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Wednesday night rally. One particular theme united many of those who turned out to support Trump. “He’s not the establishment,” Ft. Walton Beach resident Dane Brege said. “I’d like to shut down half of Washington DC myself. That city keeps growing … read more
