MILTON, Fla. – The City of Milton is proud to continue its longstanding commitment to urban forestry by celebrating Arbor Day with a special tree planting ceremony at Milton High School on April 25, 2025, at 12:30 p.m.

Avalon Middle School teacher Theresa Yankovoy was one of five teachers in the state of Florida to receive the Florida Power and Light (FPL) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Classroom Makeover Grant for the 2024-2025 school year.

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity is building four new homes in Milton. Their mission is to help families find strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable homeownership.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit that builds homes with affordable mortgages, making the dream of being a homeowner a reality. Through their Homebuyer Program and Community Land Trust, they will be building four new homes in Larriet Lane in Milton that will go to families who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

Two proclamations were made at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on April 7. The National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW) and the National Donate Life Month.

Friday, April 4, kicked off the three-day Spring Festival of Flowers event at the Pensacola State College Milton Campus.

Florida has long faced the difficult task of managing growth and development. Here in Santa Rosa County, more subdivisions seem to pop up every day. Locals have said consistently, “Keep the country, country.” But a newly proposed bill could change that with more housing built on agricultural land.

On March 18, two astronauts returned to Earth after being stranded on the International Space Station for nine months. One of them utilized church service streaming to help him get through the trip.

On April 2, the City of Milton and Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field united to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM) by dyeing the City’s downtown fountain teal.

The county is taking serious flooding precautions with an over $5 million project to improve Pine Blossom Road drainage in Milton.

The project involves significant upgrades to the existing stormwater management systems to improve drainage and help prevent future flooding. They will enhance the current subsurface drainage system, install a new subsurface drainage system, and improve the roadside drainage.

Helping Hand Missions’ goal is to honor the Lord Jesus Christ through providing help for the helpless, healing for the hurting, and hope for the hopeless. Now they have partnered with the Friends of Santa Rosa Veterans Treatment Court to further their mission.