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.
Students at Gulf Breeze Elementary school were visited by Santa Claus, who arrived by helicopter thanks to the HT-8 Eightballers, a helicopter training squadron assigned to Training Air Wing Five at Naval Air Station Whiting Field.
Red, white and blue beads, candy and even pocket-sized copies of the Constitution were handed out to spectators seated in lawn chairs at the Milton Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11.
Milton High School was the winner in this year’s canned food drive, with students collecting 43,840 pounds of food. Pace High School students collected 20,980 pounds.
