Community Archive

Tucked away in rural Santa Rosa County within the Blackwater River Forest sits an operation that has been critical to recovery efforts of the Chipola River Shoal Bass population.

In existence for 80 years, the nearly 600-acre Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center in Holt has been at the center of helping to revive a species of fish that was devastated by Hurricane Michael in October of 2018.

Alonzo Samuel has coached hundreds of young Milton athletes over the past 36 years, starting with his own children in 1985. Most folks just call him “Coach Sam.”

The City of Milton will show its appreciation Saturday by naming its youth football field in his honor. The day will start at 10 a.m. at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, 5629 Byrom Street, with a ceremony honoring the long-time volunteer, aircraft mechanic and pastor.

A Milton-based group of beekeepers are looking to get the word out on the importance of bees and promote beekeeping. One of these beekeepers is Frank Miller.

Miller is in his fifth year of beekeeping and his first year as president of the Santa Rosa Beekeeping Association.

Eating beans on toast for breakfast was just one of Sara Boles’ experiences this summer.

“The cuisine was very…different,” the 20-year-old Milton High School graduate told the Press Gazette last week. “We ate breakfast and lunch at the Oxford dining hall every day, so we got to eat what the other students were eating.”

Every Summer, just before children return to the classrooms, United Way of West Florida and other community partners come together to help get students the tools they need to make the school year successful.

On July 21, they will do that again with “Stuff the Bus.”

In the movie “Bull Durham,” catcher Crash Davis offers a philosophical take on the Durham Bulls baseball teams’ losing streak: “Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes, it rains.”

This weekend in Milton it rained, cutting short Volunteer Santa Rosa Day and adding new challenges to the Santa Rosa County Amateur Radio Emergency Service’s annual field day exercise at the SRC Emergency Management Center.

Milton NJROTC cadets spent part of their Memorial Day placing flags on the graves of veterans.

A total of 35 cadets participated and were at the Milton cemetery for nearly three hours before heading over to the Memorial Day Ceremony, where they presented colors and laid wreaths on behalf of veteran groups.