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Kimberly Blair: Grooming public servants, fundraising for foster kids
Gulf Breeze looks at grooming future public servants and shoring up Deadman's Island; Geronimo's on Pensacola Beach supports foster children Grooming future public servants The newest member of the Gulf Breeze City Council, Dana Morris, got a green light to have city staff look into creating a youth in municipal government program for high school ...
Bridge bust, vexing vote, good cause
Read this column and you may well take the pedal off the metal when you cross the bridge between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze.
Gulf Breeze students aid Honor Flight
Gulf Breeze Elementary School students have raised $531 for the Emerald Coast Honor Flight by making paper airplanes.
Gulf Breeze students to march in Macy's parade
Three Gulf Breeze High School band students have been selected to participate in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday in New York City.
Pet Fest in Gulf Breeze moved to Sunday
Due to possible severe weather, Pet Fest 2009 in Gulf Breeze has been rescheduled from Saturday to Sunday.
An enthusiastic crowd of about 300 people greeted Northwest Florida's newest Publix supermarket.
A day out with man's (and woman's) best friends
Ever ponder the origin of a word or phrase? My latest inquiry was 'doggone.' As the owner of a large dog, which at one time naturally was a mischievous puppy, I was pretty sure the phrase derived as the result of something some dog had done that prompted an owner or neighbor to shoo the animal away with a loud 'dog gone!' Having researched the ...
Three Gulf Breeze Elementary School students have won Jets for Vets, a paper airplane contest.
Six-car accident ties up traffic on U.S. Highway 98
An morning six-car accident on U.S. Highway 98 tied up traffic on the busy roadway, with some motorists reporting that it took hours to drive from Navarre to the Fort Walton Beach area.
Gulf Breezers competing for worthy cause
The City of Gulf Breeze is home to several impressive parks. Two of its outdoor recreational areas, the Naval Live Oaks Reservation and Shoreline Park, make up a large percentage of the city's 23.5 square miles.
Gulf Breeze signs two to Div. I scholarships
Gulf Breeze senior and star tennis player Jackie Kasler said she just had a feeling.
Accused kingpin pleads not guilty
A multi-millionaire Orlando businessman is scheduled for a Jan. 4 trial on cocaine conspiracy and money-laundering charges .
UPA to be county's 'eyes and ears'
Members of the United Peninsula Association want to be part of the solution in Santa Rosa County, starting with code violations.
South Santa Rosa soggy, but OK after Ida
Minor flooding and yards littered with small tree limbs, pine cones and needles was the only apparent damage Tropical Storm Ida left in its wake in Gulf Breeze and South Santa Rosa County 'It was a yawner,' said Ron Getkowski of Tiger Point.
Beach bingo, Holiday Inn construction, toll transponders
Pensacola Beach in holding pattern over the adult gaming center issue. The new Holiday Inn is progressing toward a 2011 opening.
Operation Christmas Child ongoing effort
Operation Christmas Child, the world's largest Christmas project, is calling on local children, families, churches, businesses, schools and community groups to fill shoe boxes full of gifts for children overseas who are suffering from disease, famine, war, terrorism and natural disaster.
'Vote YES' charter proponents raise $38,724
The political action committee promoting the proposed Pensacola charter has raised $38,724, far more than its opponents.
U.S. Highway 98 wreck sends two to area hospitals
A Monday evening accident sent a 17-year-old Gulf Breeze teen to the hospital in serious condition.
Motorcyclist killed on State Road 87
A motorcyclist was killed Monday in a two-vehicle accident in Navarre. Richard Lacquement, 64, of Gulf Breeze was on a Honda that collided with a Chevrolet Tahoe on State Road 87 near East Bay Boulevard about 5:30 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Area business owners take ideas to state summit
With one of the nation's highest jobless rates, Florida biggest economic challenge is creating enough new jobs to get its nearly 1 million unemployed citizens back to work.