Jan 26, 2022
Letter to the editor: Political-based club meeting had no place on front page
I was disappointed reading Patriots hold candlelight vigil for Jan. 6 prisoners. Is a political-based club meeting really front-page news? I would have expected more from the Gazette.
Jan 26, 2022
Santa Rosa County local and Christian bass player Jay Weaver passes into ‘glory’
“Anybody’s who’s come in contact with him knows how real his faith in Jesus was. I believe even though COVID may have taken his last breath, Jesus was right there to catch him. I know that he’s seeing things now that I long to see. My heart’s broke.”
Jan 24, 2022
Local historian and professor pens new book
In between teaching college classes at two schools, Dr. Brian Rucker, a longtime resident of north Santa Rosa County, writes books. His latest is on Disneyworld resorts.
Jan 20, 2022
Blackwater Literary Journal launches new edition
This issue is a literary collection of prose and poetry that explores values and sentiments unique to Santa Rosa County. Milton’s Poet Laureate Marc Livanos’s belief is that you have the right to feel what you feel.
Jan 20, 2022
James R. Fletcher, June 2, 1957-January 5, 2022
It is with great sadness that our family is saying goodbye to our loved one, James Ralph Fletcher, age 64, who passed from this world to be with our Lord on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, after a short illness.
Jan 18, 2022
NWFSC Students Named to President’s List and Dean’s List for Fall 2021 Semester
Northwest Florida State College recognized the superior academic achievement of students who completed the Fall 2021 semester by naming them to the President‘s List and Dean’s List. The President’s List includes students with nine or more credits in the semester who earned a grade-point average of 3.8 to 4.0 in college-level courses during the semester. The Dean’s […]
Jan 14, 2022
Spots filling up for Milton blacksmithing class
What do you do when you need a metal part for antique, car, boat or any other thing and can’t buy one?
If you’re David Sandlin, you make it.
Jan 13, 2022
Santa Rosa Medical Center welcomes year’s first baby
The first baby, Orion Isaiah, was born Jan. 3 to Kerstin Kent and Michael Dunn in Santa Rosa Medical Center’s Baby Suite.
Jan 12, 2022
New doctor’s office opens in Milton with ‘old-school’ values
“Here at Island Doctors we see maybe 20 patients per day, where the average general practitioner sees 40 to 50 patients a day.”
Jan 5, 2022
Local museum holds Milton’s railroad history
Tucked into an old neighborhood along a railroad, the West Florida Railroad Museum honors a world connected by rail.
The museum – the former Milton depot built more than 100 years ago – is maintained by about 10 volunteers who wish there were a lot more.