Aug 13, 2019
Whitfield named Florida’s top volunteer fire chief
PACE — Chief Robert "Robbie" Whitfield of the Pace Fire Rescue District was not sure if he wanted to attend The Florida's Fire Chiefs' Association Annual Conference this year.
It was in Boca Raton …
Aug 13, 2019
Avalon Middle celebrates new school year
MILTON — Avalon Middle School, located in the mid-point between Milton High School and Pace High School and serves as a feeder school between the two, hailed in a new year Monday with smiling faces a…
Aug 13, 2019
A taste of yesterday
JAY — When you think of good old southern cooking, perhaps memories of your grandparents or great grandparents spring to your mind and you wish you had a specific recipe from them.
The community of…
Aug 9, 2019
Animals looking for their furever home
Each week, Santa Rosa County Animal Services and the Press Gazette share photos and descriptions of several animals in need of immediate adoption. If you are interested in adopting one of them, call …
Aug 9, 2019
Milton's National Night Out ended as a success
MILTON — Milton's National Night Out drew a huge crowd of families to the Milton Community Center this past Tuesday to learn about healthy lifestyles and ways to have safer neighborhoods.
Speaking …
Aug 9, 2019
Father, son team take incredible journey
MILTON — Max Soelzer and his son Eric have been writing original music for several years with the goal of entertaining and uplifting people during challenging times. Recently the songwriting team too…
Aug 8, 2019
Police chief making progress within department
MILTON — Milton Police Chief Tony Tindell said the department is doing some great things to improve the department and better serve the community.
Tindell said in addition to the expansion project …
Aug 7, 2019
Infrastructure improvements coming to Jay
JAY — The city Of Jay is growing and has some construction projects underway to meet that growth.
"The FDOT is repaving Highway 4 for the stretch that goes through Jay," said Eric Seib, operations …
Aug 6, 2019
Santa Rosa Community Briefs
MILTON — Upcoming community events, announcements and activities by local organizations are as follows: NAACP Santa Rosa Awards and Recognition ceremony The Santa Rosa County Branch No. 5094 of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold its 2019 Awards and Recognition program 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Citizens Moving Forward Complex, […]
Aug 5, 2019
Young adult finds lasting friendships
My life became somewhat intertwined with one of the “town” families who were prominent in Milton's affairs during the 1930s-60s. Milton had only a few families who exerted a good bit of influence wit…