Milton, FL – The 2017 “Walk for Mommy & Me” will take place on Saturday, April 22, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon at Carpenter’s Park on Munson Highway in Milton. The walk is sponsored by the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County WIC Program and supports the Department of Health’s Healthy Babies and […]
U.S. VeteranSherwin Barlow age 60 of Jay FL passed away Monday April 10, 2017. He was a long time resident of Jay,FL and served in the U S Army. He is preceded in death by his father William Barlow and sister Karen Jones. He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Mills, sister, Kay (Terry) Maughhon […]
Apr 12 2017 | Posted in
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Smoked Salmon, grilled pineapple, sausage, swordfish, brisket, tuna dip, pulled pork, grilled cobbler, these are just a few of the delicious items sampled at past Grillin’ in the Breeze events. Come join the Santa Rosa Education Foundation on Saturday, April 22nd, from 11:00-2:00 at Shoreline Park in Gulf Breeze to taste this year’s delicacies and […]
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4/11 @JHS- Jay High School hosted their district track meet on Tuesday. Eight schools were represented (Freeport, Paxton, Rocky Bayou, Baker, Central, P.C.A., Northview, and Jay). Both boys and girls competed in the all day event that began at 10:00am. Baker won both the girls and biys district championships. Jay boys finished 5th and the […]
The following offices are closed Friday, April 14, in observance of Good Friday. Regular hours of operation resume Monday, April 17. Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners, including the library system and animal shelter. The library system will also be closed on Saturday. Santa Rosa County Clerk of the Court Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser […]
Eula Mae Forbes age 75 of Jay.FL passed away April 6, 2017 She was preceded in death by her parents, James Paul and Wilma White, Former spouse, Mike Germany, grand daughter Cheyenne Glenn and ex son in law Robbie Ashcraft bro in law David Jones. She is survived by children, Timmy Hammack ,Cynthia forbes (Sissy), […]
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I once had the humbling opportunity to lead a worship service (chapel) for a group of military service member’s just weeks before they were to deploy to a foreign country. I had served as their chaplain for a 3-week training rotation at the National Training Center (NTC). Many of the Soldiers were tired […]
The Santa Rosa Education Foundation invited every school in the Santa Rosa School District to nominate one teacher for the Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year award. All full-time teachers in their third year or less of teaching were eligible for this award. This included total teaching experience, not just in Santa Rosa public schools. […]
MILTON, Fla. – Officials with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center are issuing words of caution as high winds and low humidity have all but negated the effects of this week’s rainfall. Thursday brought winds upwards of 25 mph in much of the three-county area and the forecast calls for extremely low humidity through […]