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…
Firefighters use tree to send a message of holiday fire safety
Each holiday season, 945 people are killed by fire. It adds up to $1.7 billion in damage. That’s a staggering amount of cash, almost impossible for an ordinary citizen to comprehend, and it’s an ala…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nobles is longest-serving elected city employee
When Milton City Clerk Dewitt Nobles finishes her new four-year term in office, she will have served the citizens of Milton for 42 years. Even the 38 years she has already contributed makes her the l…













