Opinion Archive

The city of Milton’s Oct. 8 work session and council meeting figures to be an interesting one.

There’s a long-running joke out there that just about anyone can be a weatherman.

I saw a Facebook post a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday morning that caught my attention. It was on one of the Milton pages and featured photos of several players doing yard work just hours after they walked off the field at Bennett C. Russell Stadium in Navarre. They were holding rakes, working and smiling.

I remember being a middle school student, working on a PowerPoint presentation for Black History Month, when I heard the word Google for the first time. My teacher had just found out about the new search engine with a fun name and told us we should use it for our research.

Santa Rosa County has its very first Veterans’ Treatment Court for justice-involved Veterans and Judge Tony Giraud admitted three Veterans to his first court Sept. 11. He will admit 10 more Sept. 25.

In 1985, I went on a short-term mission trip to Haiti with a small team from our church. We were going to help Hosean International Ministries (HIM) build an orphanage in the town of Pignon, 40 miles south of Cap Haitien. There was a lot riding on this trip.

Amendment 1 on the ballot in November will determine whether Florida school board races remain nonpartisan.

I do some freelance work in the Division III college football world and one of the coaches last week said something interesting that all teams should keep in mind as they go through their respective athletic seasons.


His nationally ranked team, a title contender, had been upset by an unranked opponent at home in week one.

I was at the most recent Jubilee zoning board meeting, where the room was so full that you would’ve thought you accidentally got in line for a big college football game.

I am writing to underscore the critical importance of early childhood education and its profound impact on our community’s future. Early education is not merely a preparatory step, but a crucial foundation upon which our children’s futures are built. Research consistently shows that the first five years of a child’s life are the most formative, setting the stage for academic success, social skills and emotional well-being.