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Minimum bid for former restaurant property nearly half-million dollars
Cancun's Mexican Grill in Gulf Breeze, seized by federal authorities after a highly publicized 2007 illegal drug, firearms and immigration case, will go on the auction block in September. More...

Joe Culpepper/Gulf Breeze News Jeff and Teresa Helms of Gulf Breeze pause with their quadruplets before entering Gulf Breeze Elementary School on Monday morning to send the young'uns into kindergarten. The Gulf Breeze High School Class of 2021 will include, from left: Kendall, Alexandra, Mira and Zach. The quads turn 6 this Friday. Related story, 3C; more first-day photos, 8C More...

The Midway Fire District Commission voted 3-1 on Aug. 12 to oust Chief Stephen Demeter, the majority expressing a shared opinion that change in leadership was necessary to move the department forward. The firing, reported exclusively on www.gulfbreezenews. More...

The first professional theatre company in the area is being launched in Gulf Breeze this week with the production of "Footloose" by BETA Children's Theatre. The musical will run the next two weekends in the studio theatre at the University of West Florida. More...
As the schools open and tourist season winds down, the parking squeeze on Pensacola Beach get some relief. Now, a ruling by the Santa Rosa Island Authority will provide for additional parking in the Quietwater boardwalk lot as employees must park elsewhere. More...
Exhibit runs through Oct. 10 at Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts
PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts presents the works of Victor Bokas, Tony Krysinsky and James Carter as part of the 2008-2009 Lyceum series at Pensacola Junior College. The exhibit runs Aug. 25 through Oct. 10 at the Visual Arts Gallery on the Pensacola campus. Come meet the artists at a reception 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 28. More...
Price the new GBHS Dean of Students
As school starts this week, Gulf Breeze High teachers will see a lot of old faces in their classrooms, as well as some new ones. They'll also see an new 'old' face. B.J. More...
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church sponsors a Christian day school, pre-kindergarten through grade eight. The Sunday prior to school opening, we hold a dedicatory service, inviting all our students and their families to worship with us as we pray for the school, discuss our mission and commission our teachers for another year. I think it is a great way to start. More...
1928-2008
After a 30-year battle with Lupus and related conditions, Beatrice Stone Galloway is at rest in the arms of our Lord. Galloway was born in Pensacola and resided in Gulf Breeze since 1959. More...
Thursday, August 21 The Zoo Northwest Florida town hall meeting 6 p.m., Boma Pavilion, The Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway Monday, August 25 Santa Rosa County Commission 9 a.m. More...
Most everyone I knew was touched by my family's expertise
It was 1928 and I was just 12 years old when my maternal grandfather bought his first player piano, and that introduced me to an entirely new world of music. He was the choirmaster of the church where my paternal grandfather was the minister. They had been longtime friends even before their kids (my mother and father) married each other. More...
It was a time of full skirts, curve-hugging dresses, narrow suits and fabulous fedoras. It is the time of "Mad Men," AMC's highly stylized hit series set in the early-1960s world of Madison Avenue is in its second season. More...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MTAG CUST/BROADWAY ASSET MGMT holder of the following Tax Sale Certificate has filed said Tax Certificate for the Tax Deed to be issued thereon. More...