Last week I was writing about my critics and this week I started scanning pages of one hundred-year-old copies of the Milton Gazette, which is now the Santa Rosa Press Gazette.  I found the following printed on May 1, 1925 – which could have been my column last week – just said in a different way…

Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) is hosting a reduced-cost microchip drive-through clinic on Friday, May 9 from 12 – 2 p.m. at Santa Rosa County Animal Services, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton. Only cats and dogs are eligible to be microchipped. Participants must be residents of Santa Rosa County and will need to show an ID. All cats need to be in a carrier and dogs need to be on leash and collar.

East Spencer Field Road will be closed at the Highway 90 intersection in Pea Ridge/Pace for repaving of the turn lane beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1. Weather permitting, the road will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday, May 2.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services is hosting a Community Cats Day for Santa Rosa County residents on Tuesday, April 29 at the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton. 30 stray/feral cats will be accepted for free spaying and neutering.

East Bay Boulevard in Navarre is closed near Edgewood Drive as of Wednesday morning, April 23. The road is now expected to be closed for two weeks to install two crossings in the area.

I used to make my living as a professional guitarist, and there is a universally shared experience among guitarists who have played in bands. At some point in your performance, someone is going to shout out, “Freebird! Freebird!” For those who don’t know, Freebird is a song by the southern-rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it features several iconic guitar solos. I have heard that request often and most of my 6-string colleagues have as well. For the many times we’ve been asked to play the song, you’d think that we would take the time to learn it. I never have, and neither have any of my guitar playing friends. Perhaps, deep down, we fear that, were we to play it, we would be disrupting a long-established order of things.

The Santa Rosa County Environmental Department is partnering with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to hold a Waste Tire Amnesty Day at the Central Landfill from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025. A maximum of eight (8) tires per Santa Rosa County resident will be accepted at the Central Landfill, 6337 Da Lisa Road in Milton, free of charge with a photo ID as proof of residency. Tires from commercial shops and vendors will not be accepted. Residents can drop off tires during regular operating hours.

A HOPE Spay and Neuter Clinic is hosting a Feline Fix Fest on April 22-25. Basic Indoor Cat Package $100 Spay/Neuter Rabies Vaccine One Month Flea Prevention Ringworm Check Microchip and Registration Basic Pain Medication Premium Indoor Cat Package $200 Spay/Neuter Rabies Vaccine FVRCP Vaccine FeLV/FIV (Combo Test) Nail Trim One Month Flea Prevention Ringworm […]

UPDATE: The westbound lanes of Highway 90 at Glover Lane in Milton have reopened after closing due to a motor vehicle crash.