Milton comprehensive plan to reject Highway 90 widening
MILTON — The City Council decided to amend Milton's comprehensive plan to add language showing they do not support four-laning Highway 90 through downtown. At the Oct. 10 meeting, the council voted o…
Milton Councilwoman Lay resigns
MILTON — Councilwoman Ashley Lay resigned during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. With tears in her eyes and “mixed feelings,” she said, she decided to end her term as a council member, citing p…
City considers allowing boarding houses
MILTON — The City Council and city staff on Monday decided to amend a zoning ordinance to make boarding houses permitted by special exception in all residential areas. At an Aug. 17 Committee of the …
Commissioners' pit decision saves taxpayers $8M
MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners’ recent approval of Blue Water Holdings Santa Rosa County Inc.’s permit to build a construction and demolition debris disposal pit in East Milton is a step toward en…
Santa Rosa County Commission supports hunters in lawsuit
MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners have unanimously supported hunting with hounds in a case between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and property owners in the Blackwater State Fo…
City: churches could opt out of alcohol ordinance
MILTON — During a Thursday Committee of the Whole meeting, the City Council decided to change language of a city ordinance, allowing churches the option to serve or sell alcohol on their premises. At…
'We are so lucky … to live in a constitutional system'
Rep. Matt Gaetz was among invited guests at the Sept. 15 event. Capt. Nathan Nelson, a retired veteran from the U.S. Air Force, also spoke to the children about how the military protects their rights.
Commissioners OK land purchase for courthouse
MILTON — Santa Rosa commissioners have approved the purchase of a 19-acre parcel of land on Avalon Boulevard on which to build a courthouse. The commissioners on Sept. 14 voted 3-2 to buy the land fr…
County library system receives state grant, eyes expansion
The Santa Rosa County Library System annually applies for and receives the State Aid to Libraries grant through the Florida Division of Library and Information Services, and is again eligible to rece…
Milton church closer to serving alcohol at special occasions
MILTON — The Milton City Council voted Sept. 12 to draft an ordinance allowing alcohol sales and consumption within 500 feet of a religious establishment with the approval of the church’s governing b…
















