Santa Rosa Community Cleanup
MILTON — These cleanup opportunities are available year-round. Buckets, grabbers, gloves and trash bags supplied. Dress for the weather and bring water, bug spray and sunscreen as needed. OCEAN HOUR VOLUNTEERS CLEAN NAVAL LIVE OAKS NATIONAL PARK: first Saturday of every month. Sign in at 8:45 a.m.; clean from 9-10 a.m. at Naval Live Oaks […]
Support for second Santa Rosa Day of Service down; volunteers needed
MILTON — Santa Rosa County’s second annual Day of Service takes place this Saturday, but so far volunteer numbers are falling short of last year’s, according to coordinator Daniel Hahn with the Santa…
'We just need volunteers'
EAST MILTON — “I haven’t seen two food distributions after a mild winter fill up so fast,” United Way of Santa Rosa Major Gifts Manager Kyle Holley said.
The first was an April 14 One Love distrib…
JustServe website connects volunteers, service organizations
Editor’s Note: This continues our Celebrate Community series on nonprofit organizations that improve Santa Rosa County residents’ quality of life.
MILTON — The website www.justserve.org provides a …
Watch what you recycle
MILTON — Increasingly, local residents are recycling prohibited materials.
According to George Rials, Milton’s public works director, residents are putting everything from lumber to concrete blocks…
What's Happening in Santa Rosa County
MILTON — Upcoming Santa Rosa County events and activities are as follows. MILTON HIGH SCHOOL’S CLASS OF 1998 seeks classmates for whom they have no contact information. Email the committee at miltonfl_1998@outlook.com or contact Rachel (Willis) Hamm, 982-5773, to help. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS’ GENEALOGY WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to noon April […]
Lights off for sea turtles
MILTON — Santa Rosa County encourages visitors and residents of Navarre Beach to practice light pollution reduction and keep the beaches clean and safe for sea turtles.
Sea turtle nesting season in…
Still racing
MILTON — At 39 years of age, John Knapp, of Syracuse, N.Y., bought his wife their first bike, a CT 70. The next purchases, when he was 42 years old, were a Honda 100 and then a Suzuki 185.
When 43 …
Jones graduates from basic military training
MILTON — Army National Guardsman James Taylor Jones graduated from basic combat training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. as the company guide and in the top 10 percent in his class.
Jones is the s…
Milton Rotary Club learns about pre-diabetes
MILTON — The Milton Rotary Club learned about pre-diabetes and prevention from Ashley Turner of the Santa Rosa Health Department.
"People can have pre-diabetes for years but have no clear symptoms,…
















