Dec 21, 2012
DJJ to remove girls from facility
The Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility in East Milton will be closed on Dec. 24, according to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. The girls remaining in the facility at this time are …
Dec 20, 2012
Santa Rosa TDC to contribute $200,000 to equestrian center
The Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council will contribute $200,000 to help build what has turned out to be the somewhat controversial equestrian center in East Milton.
Dec 20, 2012
Toys still available for active, retired military families
Balfour Beatty Communities at Naval Air Station Pensacola and Operation Homefront, a Wounded Warriors support organization, still have a lot of toys left to give away.
Dec 20, 2012
Sheriff's Office having problems with telephone system
The Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office is having major technical issues with its phone systems, which is in the process of extensive repair. There is no projected time frame for the system to be reliably fu…
Dec 19, 2012
Virginia firm recalls mortadella because of misbranding and undeclared nut allergen
WASHINGTON – Fiorucci Foods Inc., a South Chesterfield, Va. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,650 pounds of mortadella because the product contains pistachio nuts, a known allergen, that ar…
Dec 19, 2012
Piecemakers donate quilts
The Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Milton had a busy year in 2011, holding numerous workshops and programs. Thirty members participated in classes on paper piecing, machine and hand appliqué, cloth origa…
Dec 19, 2012
Local children unwrap message of hope
On Monday morning, Linsey Rosen, a United Way volunteer, shuffled through stacks of Barbie dolls, stuffed animals and board games looking for a Monster High Doll — one of the items on a local child’s…
Dec 19, 2012
Pace High grads produce, direct feature-length horror movie
Two Pace High School graduates are working on a feature length film with the help of 30 friends and $20,000 – shot locally around Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties – and already it’s gained the attent…
Dec 19, 2012
Milton no longer adding fluoride to water
Drinking water furnished by the City of Milton no longer contains fluoride. City officials decided to pull fluoride from drinking water in November as “strictly a cost-saving measure” according Ricky…