Cap, gown will be draped over vacant chair during graduation
Gulf Breeze News Gulf Breeze High School student Sarah Brown might have passed away as a sophomore two years ago, but her friends and family are driven to carrying her name into the future. Brown will be remembered with love when her 344 classmates graduate Monday (5 p.m. More...
About 80 fewer seniors expected for Monday night's event
BY JOE CULPEPPER Gulf Breeze News joe@gulfbreezenews.com
Organizers of Project Graduation at Gulf Breeze High School hope seniors wavering on whether to attend Monday's all-night, chemical-free celebration will decide to participate. As of last Friday, about 80 fewer students than in 2008 had purchased tickets to attend this year's mystery tour event. Graduation is at 5 p.m. More...
Phoenix man advocates kindness during 48-state tour
BY JOE CULPEPPER Gulf Breeze News joe@gulfbreezenews.com
Bob Dolven knows he can't change the whole world. But the Phoenix, Ariz., resident figures he can make a small difference in the lives of many on a nationwide kindness tour. "I'm traveling the country - 48 states - doing random acts of kindness," Dolven, 45, said recently as he spent three days in the Gulf Breeze area during his two-month endeavor. More...
There will be 70 fewer pink slips sent to Santa Rosa County school teachers this week than originally planned. Twenty-seven more support personnel will be added back to the ranks of the employed within the district. That was the word from Lewis Lynn, Santa Rosa County School District's Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, last week. More...
Governor Crist honors Pandora de Balthazar for her efforts to help foster families
Hosting a birthday party for local foster children in 2007 changed Pensacola Beach resident Pandora de Balthazar's life. The party inspired her to learn as much as she could about the needs and helping children in foster care. Last week, she was recognized by Gov. Charlie Crist as a Point of Light in honor of Foster Parenting Awareness Month. More...
A Gulf Breeze man will spend at least the next three years in prison after being sentenced last week in Collier County on two felony counts of using a computer to seduce and/or solicit a minor for sex. More...
The Gulf Breeze High Class of 2009 raked in more than $7.4 million in scholarships, it was announced during their GBHS Senior Awards banquet last week. More than 60 percent of the senior class (344 members) received one or more scholarships recognizing their outstanding achievements during high school. More...
GBHS' strong showing in spring sports was enough for them to repeat as Rafferty Cup champions, it was announced last week. Gulf Breeze edged rival Catholic by 14 points (125.9- 112) to win the Cup, for the area's top athletic program, for the second straight year. More...
Jessie Mason "Macy" Jones, 91, a lifelong resident of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, passed away Friday, May 15 in Pensacola. Jones was born in Pine Barren on April 19, 1918, the daughter of Murdock Baker and Gasque Ward. Her mother moved the family to Pensacola in 1926. It was there that she eventually met her husband, Ben Jones, who was stationed at Pensacola NAS. More...
Thursday, May 28 Santa Rosa County Commission Regular 9 a.m., County Administrative Center, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Santa Rosa County Commission Special Rezoning 6 p.m. More...
I spent Sunday morning reminiscing as I was reading through an article my niece sent, cut from the Travel section of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It was all about my mother's birthplace - Lititz, Pa. It seemed strange reading about a tiny town that I once knew as well as I know my own name. More...
The national average retail price of gasoline increased 11 cents per gallon in the past week as wholesale prices and retail prices both rose in advance of Memorial Day Weekend. In Florida, the average retail price rose 8 cents per gallon during the past week; Georgia's average price increased by 10 cents per gallon; and Tennessee matched the nation's 11-cent increase. More...
Bicyclists focus attention on diabetes research, cure
In April, 333 cyclists gathered at Andrew's Institute in Gulf Breeze to ride in the Inaugural Tour de Cure. They raised more than $90,000 in pledged contributions to support American Diabetes Association programs and research to find a cure for diabetes, a leading cause of death by disease in the United States. More...
Women of all ages gathered at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, to begin a project that had never before been done in our area, when construction of the first Habitat for Humanity Home to be built by all women began at 1959 America Avenue. More...
What a great article ('Navy nurse did angelic duty, April 23, GBN) about one of my favorite people! (Gulf Breeze resident) Ernestine (Davey) just sent me the newspaper story and told me she had a terrific time on the Emerald Coast Honor Flight trip to Washington D.C. More...
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