The Midway Fire District awarded a $1,500 scholarship to a Navarre High School student to help her pursue a career as a paramedic. Stephanie Watts, a senior at Navarre High, received the first Randall Garrett Scholarship Award on May 12 during a meeting of the Midway Fire District Commission. More...

File Photo This weekend is the official kickoff to the summer tourist season, and Santa Rosa Island officials say they are ready. Hotel rooms are filling up, the road to Fort Pickens is set to open and the road to Navarre Beach is open, allowing many more miles of beach on which to bask. More...

Thursday 5/21 Bimini Beach Bar Live Entertainment. Paddy O' Leary's Texas Hold'em 444 Fun, 7 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge Tim Spencer, 8 p.m. Friday 5/22 Paradise Bar & Grill 30x90, 6 p.m. More...

Weekly Activity Report For the week of May 9 to May 13, Gulf Breeze Volunteer Fire Department was called for 10 emergencies. These calls included 8 medical calls, 1 motor vehicle accident and 1 false alarm. To learn more about the Gulf Breeze Volunteer Fire Department, log on to: www.cityofgulfbreeze.com/ firedept/index. More...

The Gulf Breeze Middle Science Olympiad Team represented the State of Florida for the 11th year in a row and the Gulf Breeze High team made its 10th appearance at the Science Olympiad National Tournament. More...

An affliction the Dolphin baseball team had appeared to have cured reared its ugly head last weekend, bringing an end to their Cinderella-like run through the postseason. Jacksonville Paxon scored three unearned runs to beat Gulf Breeze 4-2 in the decisive game of a three-game series for the Region 1-4A championship. More...

Jesse Irene Watkins Fortin, 86, of Gulf Breeze, passed away on Saturday, May 9. Fortin was born in Centralia, Ill., on Jan. 5, 1923. She lost her father at an early age and was raised by her mother, Lena Ann Watkins, who never remarried. More...

Thursday, May 21 Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast 7 a.m., Andrews Performance Research Pavillion, Gulf Breeze Early Learning Coalition of Santa Rosa County Executive Committee 9 a.m.; Finance Committee 9:30 a.m.; full Board 10 a.m. More...

This time of the year it is easy to wax enthusiastic about all the beautiful plantings around most of the homes in our area. As I take my daily walk, I speak to so many neighbors and note how well they are doing to keep our part of Gulf Breeze looking good. More...

The national average price of gasoline has climbed 25 cents a gallon since May 1, and in Florida the average price has increased by 25 cents. While consumers are puzzled by the consistent climb, Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), says retail gasoline prices are reflecting sizeable wholesale price increases during the same period. More...

The Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing had its reunion on April 24-26. Onehundred twenty-five alumni plus invited guests attended; some came from as far away as Oregon and California. Some of the alumni who live in the Pensacola and surrounding areas planned the activities, and Sacred Heart Hospital hosted most of the events. More...

More than 130 severely wounded veterans from around the country joined locals for the EscaRosa Independence Weekend (EIW) and many of them rolled through Gulf Breeze last Saturday for the Wounded Warrior Bicycle Rally. The weekend-long EIW event raised nearly $100,000 in in-kind donations and $50,000 in cash. More...

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