The county schools are in worse trouble than the district originally thought at the beginning of this budget year. The projected budget shortfall of the district for the 2008-09 school year currently stands at $8.7 million. "We just found this out in the last couple days," Santa Rosa Schools Superintendent John Rogers said last week. More...

A former marine biology teacher at Gulf Breeze High School had a book signing last Saturday, Oct. 18 at Geronimo's Outpost on Pensacola beach. Mary Easley, who taught at the high school from 1989-2007, signed copies of her recently published children's book "Flutter the Flounder. More...

My grasp of Spanish is tenuous at best. I know a few words, and virtually all of them can be found on the drive-thru menu at Taco Bell. More...

Felonies 10/13/2008 Langman, Sheila Broom, W/F, 38, 9800 block of Parker Lake Circle, Navarre, sex offense. Quina IV, Robert Sebastian, W/M, 21, 5400 block of Soundside Drive, Gulf Breeze, burglary and larceny. More...

Of all the sports Gulf Breeze High offers, soccer can be one of the most difficult to cover. Football, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball, there's a lot of action - a lot of scoring. In a close game, a soccer story could read 'ooooh, they almost scored here, they almost scored there, Oh! They hit the post here... More...

Charles Henry Meyers, 82, a former Gulf Breeze resident, passed away Oct. 8, 2008, at his residence in Azalea Trace in Pensacola. Meyers was born Nov. 12, 1925 in Bismarck, N.D., and was a multi-talented man. He flew jet planes off aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy, retiring from the Navy Reserves. More...

Thursday, Oct. 23 Santa Rosa County Commission 9 a.m., Commissioners Board Room, County Administrative Center, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Gulf Breeze Board of Adjustments 6:30 p.m. More...

It was when my two oldest boys were four and six, and both were in school most of the day in Philadelphia, that I decided they were old enough for me to become an artist's representative for my husband once more. I caught the train to New York in the morning and had time to circulate among the various ad agencies, extolling my husband's commercial artwork. More...

Q: Katie, tell us a little about yourself, where you grew up and how you got to Gulf Breeze! A: I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. and attended and graduated from the University of North Alabama. We moved here to be closer to my husband, Jeff's, New Balance territory in 2007. We have been in business here since July 19, 2008. More...

The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze is now providing free orthopaedic exams and assessments to high school and college athletes on Saturday mornings. More...

Been thinking about composting, but you just don't have the space? Well there is a system that uses worms to compost and the outcome is garden magic. Vermicomposting is the process of using worms and micro-organisms to produce rich compost from kitchen wastes. One pound of worms can turn 65 pounds of garbage into garden compost in 110 days. It's fun and it's easy. More...

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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, Born: 09-15-08, A Minor Child. Case No. More...