Meet prominent residents from Bagdad’s past and learn their stories during the Bagdad Cemetery Association’s free Legends and Lore Tour. The event was suspended because of COVID, but volunteers have revived the educational two-hour presentation, which takes place between 10 a.m. and noon Saturday at the cemetery, 6800 Pooley Street in Bagdad.

The Milton City Council voted last week to install benches in the city’s parks dedicated to sexual assault survivors, including a plaque with contact information for support resources.

Butterflies in Motion, Inc., unveiled its “Wow! World of Water” presentation Friday, Oct. 6, at an end-of-season party at Beardless Brewhaus in Milton.

The Santa Rosa County Budget Office has scheduled a budget workshop beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, to discuss how the county’s budget is funded and additional ways in which the county could increase revenues.

Don Salter, who served five four-year terms on the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners beginning in 2000, lived just north of the Pace Community Center on Chumuckla Highway; he worked hard to get the facility approved and constructed.
On Monday, Commission Chairman Colten Wright suggested renaming the center to honor Salter, who died Aug. 20.

The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee will host the annual Florida Culture of Life Conference – “A Eucharistic Way of Reconciling Love” – Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Navarre.

Santa Rosa District Schools on Monday, Oct. 2, announced that Triumph Gulf Coast has awarded the district a $9-million grant to create the Santa Rosa Center for Innovation, “a cutting-edge, STEAM-powered Career and Technical Education Learning Hub.”