Community Archive

Dora Wiggins Thrash celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday, Oct. 15, with friends and family at First Baptist Church of Milton.

That’s 36,525 days (including 25 leap days). Asked how she achieved such longevity, Mrs. Thrash didn’t divulge a secret diet or exercise regimen; instead, the (almost) life-long Santa Rosa County resident shared practical wisdom.

Friday night lights will be coming to Allentown in 2023.

At a pep rally to celebrate the Central Jaguars Youth Football program, Central School principal Klint Lay announced that school will field a high school team beginning next school year.

The Heritage Festival in Munson took place this past weekend at the Krul Lake recreation area in the Blackwater River State Forest.

The festival highlighted a time when life was much slower and there was a different way of doing things.

Santa Rosa County Public Safety will be celebrating Halloween with the community by hosting a family-friendly Haunted Open House on Tue., Oct. 18 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 4499 Pine Forest Road, in Milton.

At the event, children and adults can enter a costume contest, play games, get a jump start on Halloween treats and learn valuable Halloween safety tips.

Building a football program from scratch isn’t easy; some days it’s downright humbling.

The Central Jaguars under-12 and under-14 youth football teams lost to Gulf Breeze 28-0 and 36-6, respectively, on a beautiful Saturday at the Salvation Army Field, 1501 North Q Street in Pensacola.

Milton is looking for help cleaning up Carpenter’s Park.

The city’s second Community Redevelopment Area workday is Saturday, which also happens to be National Public Lands Day.

For most people, skating is just another fun activity to do. For David Weber, it is a lifestyle.

Weber, who owns Weber’s Skate World in Milton, has been skating for 43 years and is the coach for the Emerald Coast Speed Team, which features about 100 skaters of various ages.

If you’ve walked around downtown Pensacola at any point over the summer, you may have wondered why there is now a painted maroon line that weaves from street to street.

On Sunday, Aug. 14, people got their answer.