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Family chooses apple pie and baseball
Japanese family relocates to area as destination of choice
The warm climate, aesthetic beauty and friendly residents of Gulf Breeze have always created regional appeal, but now it has earned international attention. Just ask one Japanese family that finally hit the jackpot in the green card lottery last year. More...
GBHS, NHS may get AP academies
BY VICI PAPAJOHN Gulf Breeze News vici@gulfbreezenews.com

Amid meetings to cut bills and refine budgets to allow for deep state cutbacks, Superintendent Johnny Rogers also announced that he is seriously considering the concept of creating an Advanced Placement (AP) Academy within Gulf Breeze High School (GBHS) and Navarre High School (NHS). More...

Businesses promote green living
BY STEFFANEY CLARK Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com

Gulf Breeze residents and businesses are learning that recycling is much more than just sorting trash into paper, plastic and organic. Consignment shops are a great way to recycle one's old belongings, and buy new used items for a fraction of the price of retail. More...


 Community
• article has image Sharing resources
Gulf Breeze Fire Chief Shane Carmichael, right, donates a surplus fire truck to Milton Fire Chief John E. Reble. A few years ago, the Milton Fire Department gave the City of Gulf Breeze a sewer vac truck in a similar arrangement. More...
• Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Report
• article has image 'OUR BODY' open to artists
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 Island News
• article has image Silly Signs
I collect strange things. I like to collect great quotes, make them up and trade them with others. I even have a blank page book that I have put them in for over 20 years and I read it every now and then. I also like to collect silly signs. Signs that don't say what they are meant to say. More...
• article has image She's a HERO
• SRIA allows three public Gulfside concession vendors
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 Entertainment
• Entertainment CALENDAR
Thursday 3/27 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 3/28 Sandshaker Lounge Wildwood, 8 p.m. Paddy O' Leary's Live Music, 9 p.m. More...
• article has image CRITIC'S CORNER
• article has image THINGS TO DO
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 School
• article has image Gulf Breeze High students go back in 'history'
Above: Celia Eddy (center), Grace Papajohn, Amanda Greene, Lexi Sydow, and Koren Schroeder won the senior division group competition for the Santa Rosa County History Fair. They will go to Tallahassee to compete in the state competition in May. Judge Lt. Nate Anderson questions the group regarding their project. More...
• Requirement becomes an option
• article has image Thanks for all you do
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 Sports
• Sports Schedule
March 27 TN vs. Arnold, 2:30 p.m. SB vs. Milton (JV 4 p.m., Var. 6) Ninth grade BB vs. Tate, 6:30 p.m. March 28 TK hosts First Rehab Invitational, 9 a.m. Ninth grade BB vs. Pace, 4 p,m, March 31 BB vs. Jay, 2 p.m. More...
• Sports Briefs
• Tides
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 Faith
• article has image Precious Easter moments
James Dean, 3, holds his door prize from the Easter egg hunt at Swenson Park on March 22. The event, sponsored by the Santa Rosa Shores Homeowners' Association and Coast Community Church, featured egg hunts, a tug-o-war, sack races and many other activities for the families present. More...
• article has image Lending a helping hand
• article has image Baby of the Week
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 Obituaries
• EVELYN SASSER CLAYTON DILLREE
1928 - 2008
Evelyn Sasser Clayton Dillree departed this life on Sunday, March 16, in Gulf Breeze, Fla. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilson Sasser and Lenora Luker Sasser; her husband, William C. Clayton and her brothers, Edward and Max Sasser. More...
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 Calendar of Events
• Full Story
Thursday, March 27 No meetings scheduled as of press time Friday, March 28 No meetings scheduled as of press time Saturday, March 29 8th Annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...
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 Seniors
• article has image An exercise in being politically correct
If you find that the daily newspaper is becoming dull and repetitious, try looking at it the way reporters do, when they jot notes and phrases to remember the people they have interviewed. For instance, the reporter's note to himself, "short, over 60, gray hair," will not appear in the paper. Instead the copy will read "petite, silver-haired matron. More...
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 Business
• Navarre market will improve
There is an old saying - "Opportunities are never missed. Someone will take the one you miss." The Wall Street Journal recently reported that intrepid home shoppers are venturing back into some of the nation's hardesthit real-estate markets, More...
• Hospice honors volunteers
• BUSINESS BRIEFS
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 Health
• Study shows oral contraceptives may prevent some types of cervical cancer
It's hard to believe that one little pill can do so much. Many women take the pill to prevent pregnancy, regulate periods and for a lot of other health reasons, but a recent study shows that birth control pills can also prevent ovarian cancer for many years. More...
• HEALTH BRIEFS
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 Home & Garden
• article has image Bored with Cooking Club
Are you an unofficial member of the Bored with Cooking Club? Mildred Hudson is a member of the Bored with Cooking Club and wants to share a true family favorite with YOU! "This has been a hit at many "family gatherings" and is a favorite of my family," she writes. More...
• article has image Draw from Spring's spectacular color palette
• article has image Freshen up your home and brighten your mood
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 Legals
• LEGALS
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALLIANCE HOLDINGS 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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