Jul 29, 2014
Pace structure fire
A fire in a vacant house on Chipper Lane had Pace, Avalon, Skyline, Ferry Pass’ attention this week as firefighters fought to contain the blaze. Fire Marshal was called to do an investigation.
Jul 29, 2014
Local soldier Col. Roger D. Cotton retires
Colonel Roger D. Cotton was commissioned as an infantry officer upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and retired from the Army in April of this year as Colone…
Jul 29, 2014
Sunnier Pines under new management
Sunnier Pines is now Hidden Lake Resort; new name, new management, and same great place. The new management is very excited about the change to a growing resort where over 400 people have visited du…
Jul 29, 2014
Milton taskforce position paper regarding downtown courthouse site
Recently, the Santa Rosa Press Gazette received the position paper put together by the taskforce the Milton City Council created to investigate building the new courthouse where the current one is. H…
Jul 29, 2014
NASWF Public Works Department restores deteriorating hangar bays
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Public Works Department turned over the final hangar bay to the Chief of Naval Air Training last month. This act marked the completion of the multi-year hangar restora…
Jul 25, 2014
Central Landfill recycling guidelines
Recycling resumed in Santa Rosa County when a contract with the Emerald Coast Utility Authority to transport recyclable material from the recycling transfer station at the Central Landfill in Milton …
Jul 25, 2014
Children Visit NAS Whiting Field firefighters following June accident
Firefighters at Naval Air Station Whiting Field witnessed the resiliency of children first hand Tuesday when two, young, kids they helped treat following an multiple car accident near Allentown in ea…
Jul 25, 2014
Pressure builds over courthouse location
Attendees to Monday’s Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting included Mayor Guy Thompson and other Milton city council representatives, Matthew Hargraves and Brad Johnson from Johnso…
Jul 25, 2014
Wounded vets to be recognized August
August is Purple Heart Month. Saturday, meeting at West Milton Church of Christ, veterans, mostly from the Vietnam War and all wounded, worked to help other veterans as part of an organization called…
Jul 25, 2014
Arkansas man charged with lewd/lascivious
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marc Matthew Starnes, 43, Mountain View, AR Saturday for lewd/lascivious behavior of a molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age by an offender 18 …