With 1,296 jars of peanut butter for a total weight of 2,431 pounds, the 2019 Peanut Butter Challenge was a success thanks to the partnership between UF/IFAS Extension, the Florida Peanut Producers Association, the Florida Peanut Federation and local support. The Florida Peanut Producers Association and Florida Peanut Federation contributed an additional 1,776 one-pound jars […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – January is Move Over month and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) urges all motorists to move over for emergency and service vehicles stopped along the roadway. Preliminarily in 2019, there were 182 crashes and over 20,000 citations issued for motorists failing to move over. FLHSMV and the […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), with its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), advises all motorists that beginning January 1, motorists can be stopped and cited for not operating a motor vehicle in a hands-free manner in a designated school crossing, school zone or active work […]
Get a healthy start in 2020! Ginny Hinton, UF/IFAS family and consumer sciences agent, will give a presentation on heart health and high blood pressure at the following locations: Fri., Jan. 10, 1 p.m. Second Fridays with UF/IFAS Extension at Santa Rosa County Extension Office, 6263 Dogwood Dr. in Milton. Wed., Jan. 15, 1 p.m. […]
Santa Rosa County has placed new educational signage at the Navarre Beach Marine Park Gulf Side Sea Oat Circle pavilion complex depicting the gulf side snorkel reef’s location, local marine wildlife and habitat resources. In addition, a non-coin operated binocular viewer has been added to the a bird observation overlook, with educational signage on local […]
Holiday ClosuresLibraries will be closed on Wed., Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day and Mon., Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Preschool Storytime Storytime programs are presented for preschool children ages three through five and include stories, finger plays and action rhymes. Caregivers must remain in the library […]
Santa was focused on Milton Christmas Day and the 100 seniors who gathered to celebrate the holiday. Thanks to countless volunteers and businesses the Milton Community Center made Christmas brighter for seniors who would normally be alone on the holiday. “We have been hosting a Christmas Luncheon for seniors the past six years,” said Joe […]
Live trees are a festive and fragrant holiday decoration for many families during the Christmas holidays, but how does one dispose of a real tree once the decorations come down? Santa Rosa County residents with waste haulers may place real wreaths and Christmas trees at the curb for pick-up with their regular yard waste collection. […]
The Santa Rosa County Environmental Department is partnering with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to hold a Waste Tire Amnesty Day Dec. 28, 7 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the Central Landfill, 6337 DaLisa Road in Milton. A maximum of eight tires per Santa Rosa County resident will be accepted free of charge with a […]
JHS-On Saturday night the JHS Drama Department hosted a dinner theatre in the Jay High Cafeteria. The menu was spaghetti and meatballs and the show was “The Grinch.” Both were spectacular! Brooke Steele is the sponsor of the Drama Club and this was the group’s first dinner theatre. Johnathan Ratliff lead an all-star cast as […]
