"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water"
The making of 'Jaws2,' the movie sequel to the mega-hit 'Jaws,' might have been old-hat movie making to the professionals involved, but for the residents of Gulf Breeze and Navarre, it was a real happening. The movie came out in theaters in the summer of 1978. More...
Residents to receive TRIM notice with 2009 tax estimates Aug. 16
BY VICI PAPAJOHN Gulf Breeze News vici@gulfbreezenews.com
After weeks of budget hearings and deliberations, the Gulf Breeze City Council voted Monday to raise the millage rate from 1.552 mills to 1.8 mills. "There is no question we are raising taxes," Mayor Lane Gilchrist said after the meeting. "We have to do so this year to balance the budget. We are raising taxes the most balanced way we can. More...
Electric company says it will not profit from this cost increase
Gulf Breeze News
The Florida Public Service Commission last week approved an increase in electricity prices for Gulf Power Company customers brought on by sharp rises in the cost of the fuels — mostly coal and natural gas — used to make electricity. More...
U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin A. Richardson was recently promoted by Lt. Col. Fishchel, U.S. Air Force, while serving his second deployment in Afghanistan. Richardson, a Gulf Breeze High School graduate, is with the 208th Finance Battalion from Mannheim, Germany, where he has been stationed since January 2004. More...
The 22nd Annual Bushwacker & Music Festival provided locals and tourists alike the opportunity to enjoy a fun-filled weekend of great food, live entertainment and ice-cold bushwackers. Huge crowds, live music and large quantities of alcohol presented the Escambia County Sheriff's Deputies with a weekend full of, well let's just say it wasn't fun. More...
But restoration manager says construction months away
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Friday issued a highly anticipated permit to allow the placement of breakwater structure around part of eroding Deadman's Island. But two other agencies - the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. More...
Celia Eddy has been used to being the 'big fish in a small pond' as a member of the Lady Dolphin volleyball team the past two years. She got to swim with other big fish recently as one of 35 other players at the A-1 Development Camp, sponsored by the United States Volleyball Association. The six-day camp took place in Colorado Springs. More...
For the third year, the Community Life Center of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church is serving today and Friday as a host site for The Leadership Summit. The Summit is an annual gathering of 100,000 church, business and nonprofit leaders in more than 230 cities worldwide. More...
Thursday, August 7 Santa Rosa County Electrical Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals 3 p.m., 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Milton Santa Rosa County Board of Adjustments 5:30 p.m. More...
Some of the lessons you learn early in life are the ones that stay with you the longest. It was in sixth grade, and I learned a lesson that has stayed with me all these years. In those days, schools were divided into three sections; grades 1-6 were elementary, grades 7-9 were called junior high, and 9-12 senior high. More...
Women's hormonal health will be the topic of a free presentation at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 in Gulf Breeze. Gynecologist Karen Kennedy, M.D. will address the issues of hormones at Fit for Women, Quietwater Business Park, Building 2, Suite 3. Refreshments will be served. More...
Picture this: it's Thanksgiving, and all the family is gathered together, chopping, baking, talking and making memories. Now, picture these activities taking place in your brand new, beautiful, efficient kitchen from D&D Kitchen and Bath Cabinets. More...
I was first introduced to U.S. Highway 98 back in the 1970s during my college days at Southern Miss. Part of U.S. 98 ran right by the USM campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi's Hub City. I became friends with a group of fellas from Mobile, Ala., and it wasn't long until I took my first late-night road trip down U.S. 98 to Mobile for a night on the town. More...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MALBEC 11 LLC holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. More...
A time to reap, a time to move on