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Nov 16, 2022
Milton City Manager Randy Jorgenson is expected to ask the city council to allow him to find a wastewater treatment plant project manager after the city’s request for proposals (RFP) received no response.

Nov 16, 2022
About 100 Milton-area residents attended a workshop Tuesday at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium to learn about possible threats to the Blackwater River from the city’s proposed new wastewater treatment facility.

Nov 14, 2022
Milton’s Concerned Citizens and Save the Blackwater River! are conducting a public workshop to discuss the proposed location of the city’s new wastewater treatment plant. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, scheduled from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, 4530 Spikes Way, Milton.

Nov 14, 2022
Political newcomer Marilyn Farrell still holds the slimmest of possible leads – one vote – over former mayor Wes Meiss in the race for Ward 2, Seat 1 on the Milton City Council.

Nov 14, 2022
The Florida Department of Health, after learning that Santa Rosa County is considering what to do with the long-vacant Whittle Building, notified staff earlier this month that a plume of toxic chemicals has collected beneath the building on U.S. Highway 90 in downtown Milton.

Nov 14, 2022
Rafael Lopez is a self-appointed ambassador of chess. The Cantonment car broker said he plays 10 to 15 games EVERY DAY. He taught his friends’ children to play, and, for the past few years, he’s made it his mission to teach anyone willing to try. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, he’ll bring “Chess Challenge” to East Bay Automotive, 5844 Stewart Street in Milton. Anyone 6 and older, regardless of their knowledge or skill, is invited to the free event, which includes a free snack and an opportunity to win prizes.

Nov 11, 2022
Almost 2,000 residents voted for one of four possible names for the new K-8 school being constructed at the intersection of Wallace Lake Road and Chumuckla Highway. Wallace Lake was the overwhelming winner, with 1,301 total votes.

Nov 10, 2022
Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Bob Cole, center, presents a plaque to Commissioner Dave Piech this morning commemorating his service on the Board of County Commissioners.

Nov 9, 2022
Residents worried about the proposed location of Milton’s new wastewater treatment plant may have a friend in high places. Pam Mitchell of Milton Concerned Citizens, a political action committee leading opposition to the proposed site, said she and other members of the group were encouraged by a meeting they had with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz at an event the last weekend in October.

Nov 9, 2022
Santa Rosa County officials buried a time capsule Wednesday to help commemorate the opening of its new courthouse on Avalon Boulevard. A plaque marking the capsule’s resting place will instruct future county officials to open the capsule 50 years after its burial, on Nov. 9, 2072.
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