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MILTON — Upcoming Santa Rosa County events and activities are as follows. UPCOMING VETERANS CLOSURE: The Santa Rosa County South Service Center Veterans Services office will be closed Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, reopening Jan 2. COUNTY HOLIDAY CLOSURES: The following Santa Rosa County offices will be closed Jan. 1 for New Year's Day and Jan. […]

MILTON — The United Way of Santa Rosa County is repurposing the Whiting Furniture building at 6447 Caroline St. in Milton into a thrift store. Due to the search for the best price for remodeling, UWS…

MILTON — Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen has nine months to find funding to support its Transitional Housing Program, which serves homeless families in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
The U.S. Dep…

JAY — My Father’s Arrows, a nonprofit organization that supports foster and adoptive families, is recognizing those who help children in crisis and those who care for them through its 100 Families 10…

MILTON — For the third year now, Avalon Baptist Church, at 4316 Avalon Blvd., in Milton, has decorated its premises for Christmas and held a holiday event.
This year, the church moved the décor to …

MILTON  — These library events are scheduled throughout Santa Rosa County. RECURRING  UF-IFAS EXTENSION: 10 a.m. every third Friday at the Gulf Breeze Library, 1060 Shoreline Drive. The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences presents a monthly series on a variety of topics including agriculture, the environment, sustainable living, disaster preparation and recovery, […]

This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Sharing Santa Rosa's Christmas spirit

MILTON — The Jaimee’s Ridge subdivision in Milton is showing its Christmas spirit this year with its first Holiday Home Decorating contest.
The first-place winner will receive $100, second place re…

On Dec. 18, the Naval Installations Command’s commander named Naval Air Station Whiting Field as the Installation Excellence Award’s recipient.
The award recognizes top Navy commands at shore for t…

PENSACOLA — Jazz Pensacola seeks arts and crafts exhibitors to submit applications for the 2018 JazzFest.
The event takes place April 7-8 at Seville Square in historic downtown Pensacola. 
Applic…