North Santa Rosa
Archive for: October, 2015

Trick or Treat in the Street…

Trick or Treat? That’s the question that will be on every little one’s mind in a few weeks and the town of Jay will be hosting its annual Halloween event this year on October 30. This fun and free event is for the entire community and gives everyone an opportunity to trick or treat in […]

Royals top Bulldogs, 3-1

@ Jay- The Lady Royals'(10-3, 5-2) volleyball team defeated Freeport 3-1. Jay 25-21 Jay 25-16 Freeport 25-23 Jay 25-22

Jay’s Homecoming Week

Attached is a picture of JHS Homecoming Court.  L – R:  Hannah Vaughn, Junior; Kennedy Salter, Senior; Alaina Smith, Senior; Savannah Dubose, Senior; Jenna Thornton, Senior; Anna-Grace Smith, Sophomore; and Maci Holt, Freshman.  (Photo courtesy of Junia Fischer, Photos by Fischer) Schedule of events:                 Lion’s Roar – Thursday morning, 9:30AM, JHS Auditorium.  Queen will […]

Jay Band…Straight Superiors!

The Royal Pride Band was awarded Straight Superiors in Andalusia. They were Best in Class 2A for Percussion and Band out of 9 bands in that classification. They also found out they were 4th place over all out of the 25 other band competing Saturday. They will be competing again this Saturday at Tate in […]

Peanut Festival in Full Swing

Prep Scores (Week 6)

District play started tonight for our north Santa Rosa teams and none of the schools got off to the start they would have wanted… @ Baker-Baker (4-2,1-0) 48 Jay (0-6,0-1) 26 @ Milton-Gulf Breeze (2-4,1-0) 48 @Milton (4-2,0-1) 26 @ Navarre-Navarre(6-0, 1-0) 42 Pace (2-4, 0-1) 27

Forest Service, local departments monitoring island fire on Escambia River

MILTON, Fla. – Firefighters from the Florida Forest Service responded to reports of a wildfire in western Santa Rosa County along the shores of the Escambia River. The fire is contained to a small parcel of land in the Escambia River marsh but crews cannot make access and will monitor it throughout the weekend. The […]

Forest Service gets veterans back to the outdoors

MILTON, Fla. – The Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater District is hosting its fourth season of Operation Outdoor Freedom – an event-based platform that allows wounded veterans a chance to reconnect with the outdoors, nature and themselves through hunting, fishing and other activities. This year, there are plans for whitetail deer hunts in November and January […]

Fall Formosan Termite Awareness Workshop in Santa Rosa County

GULF BREEZE – Rep. Doug Broxson (R), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Science’s Santa Rosa County Extension have teamed up to further educate our residents on how to best protect their homes and businesses against Formosan termite damage. The Formosan termite is currently […]

GAMEDAY

Welcome to week 6 everyone. The weather has turned cool as fall as in the air. Check out tonight’s slate of games and maybe bring a jacket or a blanket to the stadiums tonight. Have a great day! Gulf Breeze(1-4) @ Milton (4-1)-7:30 pm kickoff Jay (0-5) @ Baker(3-2) -7:00pm kickoff Pace(2-3) @ Navarre (5-0)-7:30pm […]