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Sep 5, 2024

Milton makes decision on its recycling program

After months of discussion, the city of Milton officially voted unanimously on Sept. 5 to cut its recycling program, though discussions on possibly privatizing the service remain ongoing. The program would end at the start of the fiscal year in October.
Sep 5, 2024

Precautionary boil water notice for customers of Bagdad – Garcon Point Water System

A main break has occurred and/or a loss of pressure has been experienced.
Sep 5, 2024

Development plans for Florida State Parks meet backlash

The 2024-2025 Great Outdoors Initiative meant to increase public access, recreation and lodging at Florida State Parks has been met with mixed emotions and backlash since it was announced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Aug. 19.
Sep 5, 2024

Snow, Leek both see wastewater treatment plant as top priority

Jeff Snow is hoping to serve a third term on the Milton City Council representing Ward 3, but he’ll have competition in November from Robert Leek, a former councilmember.

Snow has served for the last eight years, while Leek was appointed to fill the other Ward 3 seat on the council in 2021 but narrowly lost to Gavin Hawthorne in an election for the seat in 2022.

Sep 4, 2024
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Dominate the spectrum: 350th SWW enables EW capabilities for Ukrainian F-16s

The 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron recently collaborated with their Danish and Norwegian counterparts in support of the delivery of F-16s from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine, as announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier last month at the NATO Public Forum.
Sep 4, 2024

Would raising salaries help Milton’s PD fill vacancies?

The starting pay for Milton police officers is less than most surrounding departments in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Escambia counties.
Sep 3, 2024
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C-130’s First Flight 70th Anniversary

Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-130 Program Office gathered for a group photo with an AC-130A Spectre Gunship on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on the 70th anniversary date of the C-130’s first flight, which occurred on August 23, 1954.
Sep 3, 2024
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SRPE and school district begin negotiations for 2024-25 teacher pay

After last year’s seemingly never-ending teacher pay negotiations saga, both the teachers, represented by Santa Rosa Professional Educators, and Santa Rosa District Schools are looking for a quicker resolution to getting paid for the 2024-25 school year.
Sep 2, 2024

Pensacola man killed while walking bicycle on Pine Forest Road

A Pensacola man walking his bicycle in the roadway was hit and killed by a motorist from Pace on Saturday evening, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol.
Aug 30, 2024

Keyser Cemetery full of history, but there’s plenty left to discover

Work continues to preserve the Keyser Cemetery and to find out more about the history of the men and women that are buried there.
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