Pirate strikes boaters at Ft. Pickens



It’s not just something that happens in the movies. A reallife pirate struck boaters who sought refuge from a storm Saturday at Fort Pickens. Greg and Tracy Frank were entertaining family members on their 21-foot center console SeaPro Saturday when dark clouds loomed and lightning began to strike. They decided to pull the boat ashore on the soundside of the […]

The Beach Party at the Threshold

Gulf Breeze grads

Four former Gulf Breeze High School graduates are excited about what the future may have in store for them. They are hoping for a “smash hit” when and if their independent film project, “The Beach Party on the Threshold of Hell,” makes its debut in upcoming international film festivals. The film project was conceived by GBHS 1997 graduate, Kevin Wheatley, […]

Go ahead, drive to the beach … it’s free



Pensacola Beach residents and visitors probably can’t remember the last time they actually had to pay the $1 toll or have an attendant wave them through. And, according to Santa Rosa Island Authority Manager Buck Lee, there will probably be at least three more weeks of free passes onto the beach during tollbooth reconstruction. The tollbooth, located on the Pensacola […]

Wet/dry ballots arrive by mail



If you have it, return it. If you have not received it, you can still get one. Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Ann Bodenstein delivered the more than 100,000 ballots to the US Mail for delivery last Thursday, with staff loading the more than 500 trays of ballots onto a US Mail truck. The election will be held on […]

Hurricane Dennis heroes honored



On July 13, 2005, during stormy conditions with heavy lightning, the Midway Fire District Special Operations Team risked personal safety to save the life of an East Milton citizen, pinned in a tree by a large limb, 30 feet above the ground in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis. At the August Board of Commissioners Meeting, Fire Chief Stephen Demeter awarded […]

Local Jackson-Hewitt voted ‘Franchise of Year’



CK Ventures, Inc. with locations throughout Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties, was awarded “Franchise of the Year” by Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., a recognition presented to only the most successful Jackson Hewitt Tax Service(r) franchise. Franchise owners Carl and Carrie Kelley received the prestigious “Franchise of the Year” honor during an awards ceremony held at the Jackson Hewitt […]

COMMUNITY BRIEFS



PJC offers free GED classes PENSACOLA, Fla. Pensacola Junior College encourages Florida residents 18 or older without a high school diploma to enroll in a GED class free of charge. Individuals who are 16 or 17 also can attend with a letter of permission or an age waiver from the school district in the county in which they reside. The […]

Off to see the governor



TEAM seeks nominations



Do you know a business worthy of an award? Each year, TEAM Santa Rosa Economic Development Council recognizes Santa Rosa County businesses that are new to the county, have grown or expanded or have achieved success within their trade. Nominating a business is easy. Just send the company name and contact along with the reason you are nominating the business […]

WEDDING

Sansing, White exchange vows in Pensacola

Stephanie Leigh Sansing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clayton Sansing of Pensacola, and Frank Henry White, son of Mrs. Frank Burdette White III and the late Mr. Frank Henry White III of Amarillo, Texas were united in marriage on June 4, 2005 at First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Guests arrived at the front entrance decorated with arrangements of roses […]