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Non-profits now allowed to have alcoholic drinks at parks, paving way for festivals
State approved non-profits recently got the green light to allow or sell alcohol at a county park. Navarre Park will be the first Santa Rosa park to allow alcohol. "This would allow [non-profit groups] to hold something similar to Evenings in Seville," Commissioner Gordon Goodin said. More...
Target plans cause confusion
BY FRANKLIN HAYES Gulf Breeze News franklin@gulfbreezenews.com

At a Navarre Area Board of Realtors' meeting last week, County Commissioner Gordon Goodin said he is privy to information that few else have heard. Goodin says Target, the Minneapolis, Minn. based retailer, will be opening a store in Navarre next to Publix and not in Gulf Breeze, as previously reported. More...

NAPA robbed at gunpoint by minor
FROM STAFF REPORTS Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com

A 15-year-old Gulf Breeze High School student was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a NAPAstore at gunpoint on March 11. Gulf Breeze News will not reveal his identity because he is a minor. According to police reports, the suspect brandished a gun in the store, located at 1556 Central Parkway in Gulf Breeze, and demanded money. More...


 Community
• GBHS science team excels at state level
Most students are bummed when it's time to go to science, while others are excited. You may call them nerds, or geeks, but they don't care. They proudly wear their shirt that says "Talk Nerdy to Me." In science, there are so many fields ranging literally from A to Z From Acoustics to Zoology. More...
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 Island News
• Georgia man drowns on Pensacola Beach
Drowning breaks 3-year safety streak
One group of students' spring break trip to Pensacola Beach ended in tragedy as one of the visitors drowned Saturday afternoon, March 15. According to The Athens Banner-Herald, the man has been identified as Bijal Patel, a 27-year-old doctoral student at the University of Georgia. More...
• article has image Crowds crawl for St. Pat's
• article has image Pondering on people
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 Entertainment
• Entertainment CALENDAR
Thursday 3/20 Paddy O' Leary's Texas Hold'em 444 Fun, 7 p.m. Ragtyme Grill J.B. Davis, 7 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge Tim Spencer, 8 p.m. Friday 3/21 Sandshaker Lounge Wildwood, 8 p.m. Paddy O' Leary's Live Music, 9 p.m. More...
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 News
• County hires jail contractors to oversee construction
Santa Rosa County Jail will soon be under construction with an addition to provide 128 more beds. County commissioners approved an architectural firm to begin work on a plan, and a construction management company that will hire contractors and oversee the work. More...
• article has image Celebrating 17 years
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 School
• Santa Rosa Education Foundation's Rookie Teacher of the Year list released
Teacher retention and recruitment are vital to a quality education system. According to a 2003 study by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, after just five years, between 40 and 50 percent of all beginning teachers have left the profession. More...
• GBES run March 28
• Alliance for Excellent Education releases 'snapshot' of nation's high schools
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 Sports
• Sports Schedule
March 20 TK at Patriot Invitational in Pace, 9 a.m. Ninth grade SB at Navarre, 5 p.m. SB vs. Navarre (JV 4 p.m., Var. 6) BB at West Florida, 6:30 pm March 24 JV BB at Catholic Tournament, TBA Ninth grade SB vs. Milton, 5 p.m. More...
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• Tides
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 Faith
• article has image St. Ann adds new PR Director
Amy Maddox, a wonderful young woman with a degree in Public Relations, has replaced Melinda Jones and Libbi Crowe as the Communications Department at St. Ann Gulf Breeze, effective this weekend. Maddox is a graduate of the University of South Alabama and has worked at Pensacola Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of Pensacola Young Professionals. More...
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 Calendar of Events
• Calendar of Events
Thursday, March 20 No meetings scheduled as of press time. Friday, March 21 CERT Training, 5 - 9 p.m., Midway Fire District (Station 35), 1322 College Pkwy, Gulf Breeze. Learn how to respond to a disaster. More...
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 Seniors
• article has image Choosing a surrogate is important
My dad thought his mother, Katherine Reiman, was a good-looking woman, but I didn't think about that at all. I just found it easy to believe the family legend about how she met, and married, my grandfather. She literally carried him off on horseback! More...
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 Business
• GB Ford to host safety fair March 22
Gulf Breeze Ford will be hosting a child safety fair, in partnership with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office and Gulf Breeze Police Department., on Saturday, March 22. This event will take place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Gulf Breeze Ford dealership, located at 2665 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze. More...
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• article has image Local businesses get exposure at Expo 2008
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 Health
• article has image Andrews surgeon successful with innovative outpatient knee surgery
It all started with pain and knee problems as an adolescent. Gwen Petet of Pensacola recalls being a young child, and always having problems that caused years of excruciating pain. "I had my first surgery at age 14 that consisted of muscle transplantation," says Petet. "I spent eight days in the hospital and wore a cast. More...
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 Home & Garden
• article has image Tips on planting tulip beds
Tulip planting is impossibly bipolar. It's split between spring and fall making the span between ordering, planting and flowering at least seven months apart. What inspires us in early spring as these magnificent plants bloom is often a faded memory by the time fall bulb planting season rolls around. More...
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 Opinion
• article has image City unfair in development process
Concerned about development in Gulf Breeze? My experience with a project next door may be of interest. I knew I couldn't trust the developer; I learned I couldn't trust the city. More...
• article has image Florida government needs spending limits
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 Legals
• LEGALS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR PROPOSED ADOPTION OF Baby Boy Doe, Born: 12-8-07, A Minor Child. Case No.: 2007-DR-3513 Division: M CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF N.W. FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, UNKNOWN BIRTH PARENTS OF BABY BOY DOE, Respondents. More...
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