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I have been asked to address the current state of the Santa Rosa County Courthouse. The current courthouse was completed in 1927, making it 82 years old. Through the years, there have been renovations and additions made in an attempt to keep up with the growth the county has experienced. More ... O n a warm summer night, I sat in my car in the parking lot of Paradise Bar and Grill. I had decided to not get out. I was bribing Keith, my husband of 26 years, with taking him to a nice dinner in an air-conditioned restaurant as far away from the Gulf Breeze High School Class of 1979 reunion as possible. It was a little Irish place he loves just a couple of bridges away. More ... Independence Day is the only national holiday that commemorates the United States and is celebrated in every state. Wonder what George Washington would say about the way we celebrate this memorable day? In 1778, then-Gen. Washington issued a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute. More ... Danny Gifford, a rising junior at Gulf Breeze High School, recently completed his Eagle Scout Project by rehabilitating the grounds and facilities at the House of Faith Full Gospel Church in Midway. Gifford is a Life Scout with Troop 417 at St. Ann Catholic Church. His Scoutmaster is Robert Engel. More ... Groups and organizations interested in participating in the 6th annual Beaches to Woodlands Tour of Santa Rosa County are invited to fill out a participation form available at www.thebeachestowoodlandstour. com. The month-long tour, held each October, is a showcase of Santa Rosa County's cultural, historical and natural attractions. More ... Army Spec. Grant Barrett, a 2002 graduate of Gulf Breeze High School, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. More ... Gulf Breeze-based Studer Group, owned by Quint and Rishy Studer, has been recognized as one of the top 50 best small and medium companies to work for in America by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. (GPTW). More ... Internationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon Dr. James R. Andrews will be installed as the 38th president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) on Saturday, July 11, during the Society's annual meeting in Keystone, Colo. More ... Motorists in Florida now can expect to receive a traffic citation if they are driving their vehicle without having buckled their safety belt. Gov. Charlie Crist signed the Dori Slosberg- Katie Marchetti Safety Belt ACT (Senate Bill 344-House Bill 1) on May 6 that eliminated the weakness of Florida's safety belt law, which allowed only "secondary enforcement. More ... Santa Rosa County Commissioners are being asked to protect the water supply of 54 percent of its residents. More ... The Santa Rosa County School District has been handed a $187,000 bill for legal expenses from the American Civil Liberties Union. But it is a bill the ACLU does not expect to get paid in full, according to ACLU attorney Benjamin Stevenson. More ... Rob Murphy, 26, surfaced from the depths of the Atlantic five miles offshore of Stuart, enjoying what he loved best - scuba diving. Although he had been diving for just over a year, he dove three days a week, accumulating about 400 dives under his belt by that January 2009 day. More ... A Franklin County man who illegally killed a black bear last winter is finding out that justice can be costly. Larry Joe Colson, DOB 4/25/54, of Apalachicola, appeared before Gulf County Judge Fred Whitten last week and pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge. He must pay a $1,150 fine; forfeit his . More ... "More than 20 percent of fatal boating accidents are a result of alcohol use," said Capt. Richard Moore, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) boating law administrator. "The FWC and our marine law enforcement partners are making every effort to bring this number down and save lives. More ... The staff at the Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center has been busy this spring producing more than four million fish for Florida waters. More ... |
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