Jun 5, 2014
Over $20 Million in SBA Disaster Loans Approved in Florida; Deadline Approaching for Physical Damage
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in Florida of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages cause…
Jun 4, 2014
Update: Brothers drown by Deaton's Bridge
The bodies of two young men who drowned in an extension of the Blackwater River were recovered by divers from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office overnight.
The brothers, 26-year-old David Flor…
Jun 3, 2014
Man arrested for aggravated battery
A Milton man was arrested Sunday and charged with aggravated battery and obstructing justice for hitting his wife and taking her phone after she called 911 the week before. James R. Clingerman, 54, w…
Jun 2, 2014
6 Steps to Homemade Soap
Most people wonder how it could be that making home made soap is cost or time effective. Marianne Hatch, Milton, is a wife and mother of two and has been using her own soap, a handed down family reci…
Jun 2, 2014
County Commissioner race begins
The first political forum at Holley by the Sea took place Thursday evening. All Santa Rosa County Commissioner candidates attended with the exception of one, Kristopher Daniel Long, (DEM), running fo…
Jun 2, 2014
Farmers not sure about fall harvest
This year will be remembered for an abnormal saturation of rain stranding residents within their own homes and warranting a disaster proclamation by President Obama. As volunteers came together to he…
Jun 2, 2014
Locals enjoy winemaking from their backyard grapes
Before relocating to Santa Rosa County in 2000 from Houston, Texas Kevin and Elaine Dinwiddie never would have considered themselves winemakers. However, when purchasing their home they acquired a he…
Jun 2, 2014
Rebuilding America's sweet medicine
On a farm in Jay lives a U.S. mail carrier whose second business has proven far sweeter than his job. For the last 20 years, Chester Capers has produced honey, starting, he said, with a single colony…
Jun 2, 2014
Frugal families share their plan
It has been said that the best things in life are free. In this day they may not always be exactly free but we can find ways to save lots of money. Some Santa Rosa County families are finding both ne…
May 30, 2014
The City of Pace question
Like the regular passing of a solar eclipse, a familiar topic many residents of the unincorporated community of Pace darkens the landscape again: Pace incorporation. Currently, the only governing bod…