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Midway FD mulls flat tax
Referendum goes before public in 2008
Midway Fire District taxpayers will be asked to go to the polls in January for a referendum election. The issue: how to fund their fire department in the future. At a special meeting of the fire commission board last week it was decided to hire Government Services Group, Inc. More...
GB Proper bank robbed
FROM STAFF REPORTS Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com

Gulf Breeze Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred July 27 at the People's First Community Bank on Shoreline Drive. According to the police report, the suspect entered the bank around 1 p.m. and demanded money with a small handgun. More...

Senator Gaetz visits Gulf Breeze

Senator Don Gaetz (RNiceville) started his "Neighborhood Day' in Gulf Breeze last Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. at the Gulf Breeze Rotary breakfast meeting in the Andrews Institute Human Performance Center. Gaetz schedules monthly "Neighborhood Days"throughout Northwest Florida to meet with residents. More...


 Community
• Schools move toward cashless system
School lunches will have at least a couple new items in some of the schools this Fall. And the Food Service contractor who handles Santa Rosa County School lunches, Sodexho, is trying to move toward a cashless school lunch line as fast as possible. More...
• Local photography contest winners announced
• article has image Solve murder mysteries at the GB library
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 Island News
• DEP becomes more transparent
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is providing more program documents online for easy access to the public. More...
• article has image WHO'S YOUR Bubba?
• ECAT plans to end bus service to beach
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 Entertainment
• article has image Harry Potter should be longer
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Running time: 138 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13
Just so you know where I stand, I think "Prisoner of Azkaban" was the best Harry Potter film in the series, with "Goblet of Fire" coming a very close second. The first two films weren't that great, in my opinion. The latest film, "Order of the Phoenix" falls in the middle. It's not as weak as the first two, but nowhere as great as "Azkaban" and "Goblet. More...
• Entertainment Calendar
• article has image PLAN YOUR SUMMER
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 News
• article has image Welcome to the world
Zoo officials reported the birth of two animals at The Zoo of Northwest Florida. A male kudu (pictured above) and a female eland were born July 25 and July 28 respectively. More...
• article has image Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Report
• Highway Patrol lists checkpoints for August
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 School
• article has image Brown new Gulf Breeze High Dean of Students
Becky Brown has been chosen to be the Gulf Breeze High School Dean of Students. Becky has been at Gulf Breeze High since 1993 and has served as Business/Technology Teacher, Teacher of the Year, Teacher on Special Assignment-Technology Coordinator, and last year was the DASH (Dolphins Achieving Success in High School) ninth grade Program Coordinator. More...
• Blind students graduate Summer Program at IBWF
• article has image ROTC challenges college students, high school cadets
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 Sports
• article has image New era of football begins at Tiger Point
Nearly 100 kids became Tiger Point Tiger football players for the first time as practice opened Monday at Tiger Point Park. Tiger Point will field three teams this season - Mini Mites (ages 7-8), Mites (ages 9-10) and Midgets (ages 11-12). More...
• Wave wins one, loses one at World Series
• article has image U14 team wins at Summer Sizzler
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 Faith
• article has image Churches to host citywide mass
The St. Ann and Our Lady of the Assumption Community of Praise will host a city-wide Mass with Prayers for Healing Aug 13. All local prayer groups are invited to come share prayer and praise at 7 p.m. in the main church. Fr. Eugene Pathe will celebrate. More...
• New women's Bible study at GBUMC
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 Obituaries
• MARION VIRGINIA COOKSEY
1916 - 2007
Marion Virginia Cooksey, 90, of Gulf Breeze passed away Friday, July 20, 2007. Marion, referred to as "Nana" by her friends and family, was loved and cherished for her kind heart, sweet disposition, her feistiness and her great sense of humor. She was the best mom and the most funloving grandmother that anyone could ever want. She will be greatly missed by all. More...
• MARY ELIZABETH FOLEY
• CALVIN COOLIDGE FOUST
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 Calendar of Events
• Calendar of Events
Thursday, Aug. 2 No meetings scheduled as of press time Friday, Aug. 3 No meetings scheduled as of press time Saturday, Aug. 4 The Pensacola Beach Community Church will have an Old-Fashioned Cookout to mark the end of summer from 5-8 p.m. at the church, located at Via de Luna and Avenida 18. Hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixin's will be prepared. More...
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 Seniors
• article has image Plastic reminds one of days of paper
Recently, while slipping a drycleaner's bag over an evening dress before putting it among the others in an already overcrowded closet, I was reminded of those long ago days before plastic . . . back when all bags from the drycleaners were made of brown paper. That was back in my art school days. More...
• Council on Aging 2007-2008 Board of Directors elected, awards presented
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 Health
• article has image Clear up the hype about cosmetic surgery
Dear Dr. McCollough: What could I learn from a consultation with a facial or plastic surgeon? Dear Reader: Before you decide on any cosmetic procedure, you should consider taking with a plastic surgeon. You may learn that some of the socalled "minimally invasive" or "non-invasive" procedures actually cost more than surgery that lasts. More...
• HEALTH BRIEFS
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 Home & Garden
• article has image All about wicker
How and when wicker went weatherproof
After the war, aluminum aircraft manufacturers retooled to furnish the Baby Boom with folding lawn furniture. This all-American creation of woven plastic on a lightweight metal frame replaced its age old predecessor, rattan. More...
• article has image New unofficial club shares recipe ideas
• article has image Chicken Spinach Salad
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 Opinion
• article has image City faces challenges for '08 budget
The City of Gulf Breeze is facing significant challenges this year making revenues match expenses in our local municipal budget. We have prepared a budget based on the state mandated reductions in property tax rates and limited growth in other revenue sources that is balanced. There is not a great deal of capital improvement money available. More...
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• Letters to the Editor
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 Legals
• LEGALS
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SATURN 1 LLC holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. More...
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