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Milton’s police chief highlights community outreach
Milton Police Chief Jennifer Frank told City Council members the department has secured $25,000 worth of tactical equipment at no cost to the city while expanding community programming that includes women’s self-defense classes, high school emergency management training and an inaugural Citizen Police Academy.
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Food Raising Friends help students in need in Santa Rosa County
While it may not look like much from the outside, a one-story building off Stewart Street stocks canned food and shelves of peanut butter for students in need across Santa Rosa County.
Stage Crafters mourns loss of beloved stage manager Pamela Strecker
Before every performance, Pamela Strecker made one final walk.
She moved through the backstage area from one side to the other, checking on every actor, calling out final cues, making sure nothing had been missed. Then, just before heading up to the booth, she would turn around, look out at the cast and raise a hand in the air.
“Be brilliant.”
It caught on. Cast members started saying it to each other.
Strecker,61, who served as stage manager and eight-year president of Stage Crafters Community Theater in Fort Walton Beach, died earlier this month after a battle with cancer. She had been part of the organization for more than two decades, arriving as a shy backstage helper in 1999 and becoming the heartbeat of one of Northwest Florida’s most beloved volunteer arts organizations.
