2015 Year in Review



There were highs and lows, but our community rallied together and made a success of 2015. Here are some of the stories covered by Gulf Breeze News this year: JANUARY GBPD officer dragged by vehicle, run over Gulf Breeze woman, Amy Lee Giorgio, ran over a Gulf Breeze Police officer, dragging him from her vehicle down Gregory Street during a […]

Calendar of Meetings



Dec. Thursday 31 Gulf Breeze City Hall Holiday Hours 7:30 a.m. – noon Gulf Breeze Chamber Holiday Hours 8 a.m. – noon County Offices Holiday Hours Normal business hours Jan. Friday 1 Gulf Breeze City Hall Closed Gulf Breeze Chamber Closed County Offices Closed Monday 4 Regular City Council Meeting 6:30 p.m., Gulf Breeze City Hall, Council Chambers Tuesday 5 […]

Flashbacks

December 31st

One year ago this week West Florida Planning Council offered to help the Santa Rosa Island Authority make a plan for the future if all lease fees are eliminated. Five years ago this week The Santa Rosa Island Authority voted to let Escambia County Deputies oversee roadside parking and enforce the noise ordinance. 10 years ago this week Gulf Breeze […]

City considers legal counsel for eminent domain





The City of Gulf Breeze is facing four different potential issues in the area of eminent domain and has hired a Tampaarea law firm for a maximum of $250,000 to handle the matters, including the Catawba Street beach access, Florida Department of Transportation eminent domain over portions of Wayside Park, the regulatory taking involving the utility plant and reclaiming property […]

Parties ring in new year



Happy New Year! New Year is the world’s most popularly celebrated holiday! These celebrations date back to the era of emperors. These powerful people thought that celebrating a special day which should dot a day for beginning and end of the year was a good thing. The first New Year celebrations were noted in Mesopotamia around 2,000 years ago. It […]

GB High School marching band to perform at Pensacola Pelican Drop

New Year Celebration to feature fireworks, live music, family fun and a giant, lighted Pelican

The Gulf Breeze High School marching band will perform at this year’s Pelican Drop celebration — engaging in a “Drumline”-style musical showdown with rival Tate High School in the streets of historic Downtown Pensacola. The competition will kick off at 7 p.m. at Government and Palafox streets, ending three blocks north, at Garden Street — where the event’s namesake, a […]

Florida’s middle class is losing ground



Last week, the Pew Research Center published a report documenting the shrinking “American middle class” from 61 percent of all Americans in 1971 to 50 percent today. Florida experienced an almost identical decline, but unlike the national trend, most of Florida’s lost middle class ended up in the lower-income tier. However, controlling for Florida’s median household income suggests that the […]

Political Cartoon



In the chaos, some valuables go missing



It only took us about two hours to realize that the gift cards were missing. We were packing up ready to make our annual pilgrimage to the in-laws home in Dothan when our youngest daughter came in with the panicky announcement: “I can’t find my iTunes cards!” We surmised that they must have gotten thrown away as we stuffed all […]

On the Spot:





“When do you take down your Christmas decorations?”