Breeze’s ‘Blue’

Stolp sees Blues from inside

The Blue Angels are a source of great community pride. During Red, White and Blues Week each July, residents sport tshirts and caps, display magnetized logos on their vehicles and fly flags on houses and businesses in honor of the U.S. Navy’s elite flight demonstration team. Gulf Breeze resident Vincent Stolp feels a different kind of pride when the Blues […]

Rescue leads to Navarre Beach review

¦ Surfer saves woman’s life, ordered to leave swimming area because of ordinance

The Saturday morning rescue of a distressed Texas woman in the Gulf waters at Navarre Beach has prompted Santa Rosa County to launch a review of its ordinance that prohibits surfers from encroaching into public swimming areas. Surfer Jonathan Kanzigg, a Navarre resident and Chief of the Midway Fire District, saved an approximately 30- year-old woman caught in a strong […]

City: No tax increase expected for next fiscal year

¦ Council to freeze millage rate at 1.9% despite decline in property values

The Gulf Breeze City Council began budget hearings Wednesday and for the second year in a row – despite declining property values – expects to freeze the city’s millage rate at 1.9 mills. According to City Manager Edwin “Buz” Eddy, department heads have crunched all the numbers to once again bring in budget recommendations to maintain the current level of […]

Navarre girl wins Pitch, Hit, Run crown

¦ Her path to Phoenix started at Tiger Point Park on May 1

Fifty years from now, Kallie Anderson will be able to tell her grandchildren about the time she became a national champion the grandest of stages. The Navarre resident and youngest of Jody and Christy Anderson’s three children won the national championship Monday in the girls’ 9- and 10- year-old division of the Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run […]

Broxson, Ford team up to back ‘Caylee’s Law’

¦ Local lawmakers will co-sponsor House Bill 37 in wake of acquittal

A Florida House of Representatives bill has been filed with District 3 State Rep. Clay Ford of Gulf Breeze and District 1 Rep. Doug Broxson, also of Gulf Breeze, signing on as co-sponsors. The bill would make it a felony to neglect to report the death or abduction of a child within a short time of the event. It is […]

Calendar of Events



Thursday, July 14 SRC Commission Regular 9 a.m., County Administrative Center, Commissioner’s Board Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton SRC Zoning Board 6 p.m., County Administrative Center, Commissioner’s Board Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Monday, July 18 TEAM Santa Rosa 11 a.m., Jay Community Center, 5259 Booker Lane, Jay Gulf Breeze Chamber Executive Board 4-5 p.m., Chamber Conference Room, 409 Gulf […]

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report

Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Felonies 7/5/2010 Hamby, Jonathan Michael, W/M, 25, 2700 block of Hillview Court, Navarre, burglary and larceny. Gilroy, Ragen Paige, W/F, 23, 3100 block of Clemson Road, Gulf Breeze, battery. 7/7/2010 Brazzel, Joseph Patrick, W/M, 21, 1200 block of Pine Street, Gulf Breeze, violation of probation. Hale, Sylvia Blanton, W/F, 58, 1900 block of America Drive, Gulf Breeze, fugitive from justice. […]

Emergency Reports

Information provided by Gulf Breeze Fire & Rescue and Midway Fire District

GB Fire & Rescue For the week ending July 8, Gulf Breeze Fire & Rescue was called for 17 emergencies. These incidents included 6 medical calls, 2 mutual aids to Pensacola Beach, 2 smoke alerts, 2 hazardous conditions, 1 mutual aid to Midway Fire District, and 4 dispatched and canceled en route. To learn more about Gulf Breeze Fire & […]

Traffic onslaught handled; burglaries remain problem



Fourth of July and Blue Angel traffic flowed smoothly through the city this week, with very few incidents. However, there were a few burglaries to report. On July 4, at 10 p.m., a resident in the 400 block of Warwick Drive awoke to the sound of burglars and saw the cab light on in a pickup truck. Two shadowy figures […]

Burns tapped by local charity



Judy Burns has been named the new Executive Director of the Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida, effective Monday, July 25. Burns will work with the staff, volunteers, Board members and the Board President on strategic planning, donor relations, board development and fundraising. “After a comprehensive search, we are happy to announce Judy Burns as […]