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May 25, 2006 / Island News

Beach businesses, officials prepare for kickoff to summer '06

The rumbling noise that's getting louder is the sound of visitors approaching Pensacola Beach. More...

Corbin's Corner

Farewell, USS Oriskany

Grant Corbin

It's a funeral and a birth at the same time, the Oriskany has disappeared and sunken into an abyss. More...

SRIA may limit square footage of enclosures below base flood level

BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News lisa@gulfbreezenews.com

At its May board meeting, Santa Rosa Island Authority members decided to delay any action restricting the land development code limiting enclosures below the base flood. At issue is a proposal by SRIA member Dr. More...

Bubba's Beach

Things only a Southerner knows

T. "Bubba" Bechtol

Last week me and my buddy Buster, a good friend and a great Southerner, were talking about just how to communicate with the thousands of new folks that are moving to the Southland. More...

ETC performs Tuesday at Blues on the Beach

ETC will play their bluesy, soul-drenched sound at the next Blues on the Beach concert from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30 at the Gulfside Pavilion. More...

Property owners flooded with sand

BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News lisa@gulfbreezenews.com

Recent high winds whipped sands across roads and into homeowners' yards, coating grass, vegetation and driveways with a thick layer of sugar white sand. More...

Michelle Stuckey/Gulf Breeze News Helping the beach prepare for tourist season are Flounder's employees Shawn Davis, a UWF student, and Samantha Dellinger, a Gulf Breeze grad who attends University of West Florida. More...