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MILTON — The Santa Rosa Arts and Culture Foundation has scheduled its first Monday Night Book Club meeting.

The kickoff gathering — part of a monthly series — is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Dra…

In August, a flood rocked much of southern Louisiana. Since then, Santa Rosa County, no stranger to natural disasters, has sent aid to survivors. But relief crews would like to see more of certain it…

PENSACOLA — When the University of West Florida football team took the field Saturday, it was the first time UWF fielded a football team.
Among the 100-plus athletes on the team, 13 of them are fro…

MILTON — An upcoming workshop will focus on prescribed burns.
The event — 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Blackwater River State Forest’s Bear Lake Pavilion — will provide an overview on uses o…

Dear editor,
 
The tax for a new courthouse failed for the same reasons it has always failed: location, location, location.
The taxpayers don't want to put a new courthouse in a place that has …

GULF BREEZE — Gulf Islands National Seashore wants fourth-graders to visit the park for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program.
The park pass is valid for a full calendar year. …

PACE — Stonebrook Golf Club’s Aug. 30 Ladies’ Day results are as follows:
 
Game: T's & F's
 
Flight "A" Net
1. Pat Daniels
2. Gayle Clifton
3. Linda Reddish
 
Flight "B" Net
1. S…

PACE — The congregation of Woodbine United Methodist Church continues to provide relief to the students and teachers at Central School.
Recently, the church donated more than $5,500 in school suppl…

MILTON — The Milton Eastern Star Chapter will host its second annual Craft Fair soon.
The event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Milton Riverwalk Park. 
There will be crafts for sa…

GULF BREEZE — Gulf Breeze Zoo has a new baby reticulated giraffe.

The giraffe has been named “Gibson” to honor one of the zoo’s long-standing landscapers, Larry “Gib” Gibson, who has worked at the…