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Look Out!!!
Tragedy was averted after an accident that caused one vehicle to overturn on Shoreline Drive. On June 13, at approximately 9:10 a.m., Joe Sabat was driving his truck west in the 800 block of Shoreline Drive, when Pamela Sue Cahela, the driver of a Cadillac going east, drifted entirely into his lane. More...
Medical park, hotel coming
BY PAM BRANNON Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com

Gulf Breeze is getting a new medical park built by Sacred Heart. Navarre is getting a very large Home Depot, a Hampton Inn - and maybe a lot more soon. That was just some of the information reported by Santa Rosa County's Asst. Planning Director Bill Dubois at last week's Navarre Board of Realtors' seminar. More...

Garcon Point toll $3.50 July 1
BY FRANKLIN HAYES Gulf Breeze News franklin@gulfbreezenews.com

Heading across the Garcon Point Bridge? After July 1, make sure to have an extra 50 cents. After the first of next month the toll will increase from $3 per car per trip to $3.50. Toll prices for vehicles with additional axles will also increase. More...

 Community
• article has image Residents urged to reduce water use
Water Management District issues water shortage warning
Havana, Florida-The Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board issued a water shortage warning effective June 5. This applies to all water users from western Jefferson to Escambia counties, urging them to voluntarily reduce water use. More...
• Area remains under burn ban
• Midway Fire District receives grant for ambulance
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 Island News
• article has image Momma
Saturday morning at 8:44 a.m., the day before Father's Day was the day we never wanted to come. My mother was dead. I don't care how long the "goodbye" is, you are never ready for your mother to die. My sister Dixie, her caretaker and friend for the last six hard-fought years, called me and said, "She finally quit fighting just a few moments ago. More...
• article has image See Gulf Breeze, beaches on aSegway
• SRIA defines hotels, motels; OKs concept at Clarion site
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 Entertainment
• article has image Occhipinti's Big Band swings Crystal Ball tonight
Step back in time, when big band music swept the world with rhythms so addictive, it literally changed the musical styles of nearly every nation. Join Joe Occhipinti's Big Band for the traditional Crystal Ball Concert from 7- 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 21 at Evenings in Olde Seville Square featuring music that makes the feet tap and the heart race with excitement. More...
• 'Surf's Up' is good clean fun
• article has image More is not better for 'Pirates'
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 News
• Correction:
In last week's issue, the newly renamed Gulf Breeze Courtyard was listed with an incorrect address. The correct address is 3428 Gulf Breeze Parkway and the building is located across from Tiger Point Country Club. More...
• Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Report
• Fish and Wildlife Commission offers public unique hunting opportunities
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 School
• article has image SoundWave band offers hand to supporter
When a 'big white truck' came across the center line and hit Heather Freeman's van head-on in April she discovered real quick how life can be turned upside down in the blink of an eye. The Freeman family also discovered that when you live in a tight-knit community like Gulf Breeze, 'we are family' is not just a recruiting phrase for community service groups. More...
• School district to install GPS' on school buses
• Mosley graduates from Emory's Candler School of Theology
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 Sports
• article has image GBSA's U6 district champs
The GBSA U6 All Stars beat Perdido 17-2 to win the Dizzy Dean Distict 1 championship Sunday at Shoreline Park. They are (front row, from left): Tyler Gore, Chance Napier, Jake Weldon, Tyler Dittmer, Joesph McPhetridge and Paul Snider. Middle row (from left): Spencer Wirth, Steele Chambers, Carter Sheppard, Cayson McCurdy, Clay Clifton and Jonathan Ueberschaer. Back row (from left): Coaches Chris Swenson, Rick Wirth, Joe McPhetridge and Paul Snider. More...
• article has image GBSA's U7 district champs
• article has image Little guys stand tall with district titles
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 Faith
• article has image Thank God for the freedom to worship as we wish
My wife and I attended a seminar in Hong Kong four years before it reverted to Chinese authority. We studied the future of the Christian church in Hong Kong and China under Communist rule. The day following the seminar we traveled to Quangzhou (Canton) China to visit a couple of Chinese churches and a seminary. More...
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 Obituaries
• JAMES "GIBBY" NAYLOR FAIL
"If I should go before the rest of you, break not a flower, nor inscribe a stone, nor when I am gone speak in a Sunday voice but be the usual selves that I have known. More...
• ERNEST PORTER 1922-2007
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 Calendar of Events
• Article
Thursday, June 21 Learn to Read tutoring workshop, today ant June 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Town and Country Plaza to help train volunteers to help other adults learn to read and write. Call 432-4347 for details. More...
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 Seniors
• article has image Vacations in Jersey as month turns to July
Every year as the end of June approached, my family got ready for their exodus to a summer place at the New Jersey shore, first at Wildwood and then (most years) in Ocean City. My sister Kath and I and our mother spent our time there until school started again in September. More...
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 Health
• article has image Baptist offers state of the art robotic surgery
On May 25, Baptist Hospital became the first hospital in northwest Florida to acquire a surgical robotic system to offer patients unparalleled benefits. The Technology The da Vinci(r) S HD Surgical System is redefining minimally invasive surgery. More...
• Inactivity and smoking promote artery clogs and hardening
• Cigar, beer sales will benefit United Cerebral Palsy programs
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 Home & Garden
• Stink bugs becoming pests, but there's still hope for control
Stink bugs populations are on the increase. Once considered a minor pest of vegetable, fruit and nut crops, they are now causing serious damage. They especially like to feed on the fruit and seeds of plants and damage is done by piercing and sucking plant juices. More...
• Know your oak this hurricane season
• Protect your trees from power mower blight
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 Legals
• LEGALS
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MTAG CUST/COLORADO ASSET holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. More...
• NOTICE TO CREDITORS
• NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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