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Fishermen are expected to voice their objection to the idea at the commission’s public forum at 4:30 p.m. today at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, 6495 Caroline St., in Milton.

Milton Mayor Heather Lindsay on July 3 cast a tie-breaking vote to deny a Business Improvement Grant application not on the project’s merits but because the applicant already has received multiple grants.

Not too nice. That was Mayor Heather Lindsay’s plea to staff preparing to advertise a request for proposals to develop city-owned property along the Blackwater River.

The Milton City Council was expected on Tuesday to decide whether to keep the city’s current property tax rate, adopt the rollback rate or consider an increase to offset rising operations costs. “What you need to think about is, are you inclined to maybe raise (the millage rate) a little bit or keep it the same. In the past, there have been times when people wanted to keep it at the rollback rate,” Budget Coordinator Heidi Sroka told the council at its July 3 executive committee meeting. “That can be done, but… given how all the other costs have gone up, that would be difficult for us.”

The Milton city manager’s job is Scott Collins’ to lose. Councilmembers voted unanimously Monday to invite Collins for an in-person interview at the council’s regular meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. “I actually thought that there was one stellar candidate that stood out above them all,” Councilwoman Marilyn Farrow said at a special meeting to choose finalists to replace retiring City Manager Randy Jorgenson.

The Santa Rosa Island Authority is thrilled to announce that local naval aviator and retired Marine Corps Major Paul Entrekin is celebrating his 30th season as Air Boss of the Pensacola Beach Air Show this year.

Have you ever wondered who controls the schedule for all the aerial acts, mass formations, high-speed jet demonstrations and pyrotechnics at every show? Enter the Air Boss.

As the Air Boss, Entrekin has the primary responsibility for coordinating all air show operations within the demonstration area and plays a critical role in ensuring a safe, efficient and entertaining air show every year. All of this while also meeting the latest standard air show regulations.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will hold a workshop for proposed Land Development Code changes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, July 10, with a break from 11 a.m.-noon for lunch.

Lainey Christison, 15, keeps the suds soaring at the Super Foam Brothers foam pad at Woodbine Baptist Church, 4912 Woodbine Road in Pace. The foam pad is just one of the fun activities available at the church’s annual Freedom Fest celebration, going on until 5 p.m. today.

More school vouchers. Expanded restrictions on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. Limits on using TikTok. Carrying guns without concealed-weapons licenses. A larger Florida State Guard.

UPDATE: Power has been restored and all clinical operations have resumed at Santa Rosa Medical Center (SRMC) as of 6:25 p.m. on June 29. The temperatures in the building are back to normal. While the hospital was operating on back-up power with limited air temperature management, nine patients were transferred to other facilities. The remaining patients are continuing to receive medical care and remain stable.