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Stories by Gail Acosta

Stories by Gail Acosta

November 5, 2024
With all precincts reporting, the Milton City Council will turn over four seats. Incumbents Jeff Snow, Matt Jarrett, Roxanne Meiss and Shari Sebastiao have lost their re-election bids to Tom Powers, Larry McKee, Robert Leek and Ashley Fretwell. More details to follow.
November 5, 2024
News Service Florida Dara Kim Tallahassee – A $150 million-plus effort to allow recreational use of marijuana in Florida fizzled out Tuesday, falling short of the needed 60 percent voter approval and delivering a major victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, pumped nearly $144.6 million into the proposed constitutional amendment. […]
June 7, 2024
Many people said it was a crazy idea. He tried and failed, tried and failed again, and then the impossible happened and in 1984 Pat Quinn built a zoo. Not just any zoo – the Gulf Breeze Zoo. Forty years later, the Gulf Breeze Zoo stands strong on the shoulders of Quinn’s legacy.
April 16, 2024
In response to an ethics finding against Milton City councilman Mike Cusack, the council voted to remove him from his role on the city’s finance committee. The vote was four in favor, with Farrow opposing and Cusack abstaining. Earlier this month, the Florida Commission on Ethics found that Cusack had violated state law by using […]
April 2, 2024
What can we expect in north Santa Rosa?

According to eclipse2024.org, the eclipse is a total eclipse for those in the path of totality, however, north Santa Rosa County will experience a partial eclipse with 80% magnitude (or coverage of the sun) on Monday, April 8, 2024.

March 29, 2024
Interim Milton city manager Randy Jorgenson has asked the city council to consider hiring an assistant manager.

“The city is in need of an assistant city manager,” Jorgenson told the council in their workshop meeting last Thursday night. “The workload around here right now is pretty heavy. I will put it on the agenda for consideration if it is desirable to the council.”

March 26, 2024
The Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce welcomes a new CEO to step in after Donna Tucker retired after having served 23 years.
March 21, 2024
Lighthouse Private Christian Academy on New Hope Rd. in Gulf Breeze has come under the scrutiny of Santa Rosa County officials, Midway Fire Department, and Department of Children and Families in recent days as a result of a fire safety inspection.
November 20, 2023
According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, their study on the state of Florida veteran population (2020) shows that Santa Rosa County has 22,295 veterans. In 2020, the state total population of veterans was 1.5 million.
November 6, 2023
The numbers are staggering. The number of overdoses in northwest Florida, the number of calls to first responders for overdoses, the number of pills laced with fentanyl continues to grow.
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