Military child of the Year





Two Gulf Breeze High School students have beat hundreds of entries nationwide and earned the honor of being named Military Child of the Year finalists. Tori Bindi, senior, was selected as one of the Top 15 Navy Children of the Year and Hailie Wright, junior, was selected as one of the Top 5 Air Force Children of the Year. The […]

Flashing traffic signal to get upgrade





The traffic light on the intersection of Gulf Breeze Pkwy. and Hospital Dr. is showing signs of age, and the city decided that it is time to replace the traffic control cabinet in order to eliminate the high number of times that traffic light goes out. The 20-year-old cabinet has suffered lightning strikes that damaged its hard wiring and weakened […]

City increases waste fees





Fee increases coming from the top is forcing the city to pass down the extra costs to its solid waste collection customers. A memo to the city from Director of Finance Steve Milford stated that Santa Rosa County has authorized a series of increases to raise both Class I (garbage) and Class III (construction) debris to $40 per ton by […]

Waiting…



Clay Ray (left) and Robby Rushing wait to congratulate runners as they finish the fourth annual Quentin Cooper Liver Life 5K. Ray is the recipient of the proceeds raised from this year’s run, while Rushing (who ran the race) was last year’s.

County eyes tourism dollars for Gulf Breeze





Gulf Breeze City’s bed tax tourism dollars ware discussed at Monday’s Santa Rosa County Commission meeting and will be on the agenda at today (Thursday’s) meeting. The City presented the county with an interlocal agreement in writing to keep the basically ‘verbal’ agreement in place that has been used since 1997. That agreement gives Gulf Breeze City 90 percent of […]

Turn lane closure to be permanent





What was once a temporary solution to a dangerous problem is about to become permanent, as the Florida Department of Transportation has obtained the funds to officially close the turning lane that allows vehicles traveling east to take a left hand turn to get to the Starbucks and Neighborhood Walmart Shopping Center. This project was spearheaded a couple of years […]

Calendar of Meetings



March Thursday 10 GBA Chamber Monthly Breakfast 7 – 9 a.m., Andrews Performance & Research Pavilion Commissioner Regular 9 a.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board Room Zoning Board 6 p.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board Room Friday 11 Optimist Club Breakfast 6:30 a.m., GB Hospital Cafeteria Wednesday 16 Gulf Breeze Toastmasters Noon, Dining Hall First Baptist Church of Gulf Breeze, 555 Fairpoint […]

Flashbacks

March 10th

A year ago this week The city surveys the hardest hit areas from the April 2014 flood as an emergency measure to provide data to develop flood mitigation projects. 5 years ago this week In an effort to improve safety, the Gulf Breeze City Council authorizes a study to be conducted on the intersection of Hwy 98 that serves Baptist […]

Dispose of hazardous household waste

Santa Rosa County hosts Amnesty Day March 19

If you have accumulated some items that you no longer want but are unsure if they are safe to throw away, you may be able to rid yourself of them on March 19 when South Santa Rosa County hosts a free disposal day for residents. Santa Rosa County will host Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Amnesty Day on Saturday, March 19 […]

Blue Angels celebrate 70th Anniversary



The City of Pensacola and the Blue Angels Association are partnering to commemorate the Blue Angels 70th anniversary year milestone with a kickoff event, March 21. The event will begin with a flyover of downtown Pensacola, followed by a proclamation ceremony with local and military officials, dignitaries, and hundreds of visitors at the Blue Angels atrium in the National Naval […]