Concerned residents and business owners gathered at the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center to mull over the state's proposed plans for US 98. Currently, the widening project could displace three families and 17 businesses. More...
BY FRANKLIN HAYES Gulf Breeze News franklin@gulfbreezenews.com
Gulf Breeze resident Carl Osley grins excitedly as he points out the fresh scratches and bent railing of the See Ya Later II, the boat used to catch a hardy predator. He and three other people hooked something extraordinary not far from shore near Pensacola Beach. More...
BY PAM BRANNON Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com
"It's like with the Air Force. Not everybody can be pilots, but everyone backing up those pilots is needed to help the pilots be able to do their jobs." That's how Gulf Breeze City Fire Chief Shane Carmichael explained the operations of his fire department to Gulf Breeze News last week. More...
Kelli Murphy was commis- sioned on the same parade deck as her mother, CDR Denise Murphy, USNR (Ret), who was in the first class of women officers at Aviation Officer Candidate School at NAS Pensacola, and her father CDR Leo Murphy, USN (Ret). Ensign Kelli R. Murphy, USNR was recently commissioned into the US Navy Medical Corps by her father, CDR Leo Murphy, USN (Ret.), at NAS Pensacola. More...
Well, I've been on tour and when I get home from weeks on the road, I have a strange habit. 'Lishous saves all the newspapers from the three towns I love, Nashville, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola and I read them all at once. Often it is like a book with no ending. I then make a big fire with them all and watch my stress fly away with the ashes. It works for me, so don't laugh!! More...
Boy howdy, it's summer movie season again. And this year is pretty much like 2006: A metric ton of franchise movies (and a few franchise wannabes) that the studios hope will lure teens away from their videogames and into the multiplexes. More...
It's bike month! Come ride your bike with the Mayor of Gulf Breeze. In celebration of bike month, Mayor Lane Gilchrist will lead a bike ride from the Rec. Center off Shoreline Dr. to the Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce Office. Bikers will assemble around 7:30 am on Friday, May 18 and leave promptly at 8 a.m. More...
Oriole Beach Elementary Mrs. Richardson's second grade class recently celebrated the school year about to come to an end with an educational field trip to the Gulf Islands National Seashore and a private lunch at Flounder's Chowder House, courtesy of Jim & Marilee Martin. More...
Dolphins beat Escambia, lose to Pine Forest in district tournament in Gulf Breeze
A season filled with high expectations ended like the previous 26 had for the Dolphins - on the outside looking in. The Dolphins, who had scored double digits runs in their final five regular season wins, were held to just two hits by Pine Forest's Justin Oehrle as the Eagles shut out the Dolphins 5-0 in a District 1-3A semifinal game April 25 in Gulf Breeze. More...
Register soon to participate in summer activities for kids
VBS two weeks in June at Community Life Center and GB Methodist Church Mark your calendars, buckaroos! Vacation Bible School 2007 - Avalanche Ranch "A Wild Ride Through God's Word" for preschoolers through those entering sixth grade. Community Life Center is located at Soundside Drive and U.S. 98 and is now taking registration forms for VBS on June 11-15 from 9 a.m.-12 noon. More...
Thomas Eugene "Gene" Bernard, age 72, of Gulf Breeze, FLpassed away Saturday, April 21st. He was preceded in death by his loving son, Michael Shane Bernard. Survivors include his wife, Susan Bernard; sons, Thomas Bernard, Christopher and James Rodriguez and daughters, Debra Whitt, Lesha Bernard, and Michelle Houldin; 18 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. More...
Perhaps you have noticed how cleverly the flowers in your garden have timed their blooming to fall in periods so that there is always something beautiful on display. The azaleas are already on their way out now, but the honeysuckle and lantanas are beginning to take over from them. And, next month, my favorite - gardenias - will be ready to arrive! More...
Dear Dr. McCollough: I read a recent article you wrote on "mini" lifts. After reading that, I now know that I am ready for a traditional "full" facelift. Please tell me a little bit about that procedure. Dear Reader: Today, one must be careful when exploring procedures called "face lifts." Some of the techniques advocated do not last more than a couple of months. More...
In the south of the Valley of Mexico, the Xochimilca, people of the flowers, founded their city upon a verdant wetland. They dwelled on earth just inches higher than the shallow lake surface that surrounded them. To create more dry land they hauled lake bottom muck in baskets to create manmade islands known as "chinampas. More...
13 Woodlawn students injured when bus flips