The national retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and will close all remaining stores nationwide.
Funeral services for former Milton City Councilwoman Sharon Holley, who died Sunday at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, will begin with visitation at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 6989 Beaver Creek Highway in Baker, followed by interment.
Pace – The new 76 gas station is opening this weekend with a special promotion for people fueling up on its opening day.
Residents of Pace and the surrounding communities are invited to celebrate the grand opening of a new 76 gas station located at 4560 US 90, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29. The station will offer customers regular unleaded gas for $1.76 per gallon between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Drivers will need to download the new Fuel Forward App to redeem the offer.
The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill aimed at curbing thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles. The House voted 105-2 to pass the bill (SB 306), which the Senate approved unanimously early this month.
The unpredictability of nature is a known unknown for most farmers; blueberry growers included.
The weather and feathered visitors have set back what seemed at one time to be an early opening for Blue Basket Farms’ “u-pick” blueberry season.
Santa Rosa County District Schools Student Services Department is hosting a Wellness Expo from 6-7:30 p.m. tonight in the Pace High School gymnasium. The expo will feature local agencies and organizations connecting the community to mental and physical wellness resources.
Pete Griffin and Dewayne Vasquez grew up together in Milton. As boys, they built a tree fort from which they hunted guinea hens with pellet guns in a field near their neighborhood.
“We never wound up killing any of them, but we tried for months,” Vasquez remembered last week. “We were 8 or 9 years old; we didn’t really know what we were doing, but we kept at it. We knew we were definitely doing something most kids don’t get to do.”
The Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council agreed last week to fund development of a Native American cultural gallery in Milton.
Dan Helms, chief of the Santa Rosa County Band of the Lower Muscogee, described the project and asked for $70,000 from the TDC at its April 6 board meeting. After a brief discussion, the board voted unanimously to provide the whole amount from its reserve funds.
