Lisa Newell

Ava Marks is going for the gold. No, she is not competing at the Olympics in Paris. She is completing the requirements to get the Gold Award in Girl Scouts, the highest award available and similar to the Eagle Scout distinction in the Boy Scouts. Ava, a rising senior at Gulf Breeze High School, has been involved in girl scouting […]

Gauze, cool packs, splints and other emergency life-saving equipment is neatly organized in a small khaki camo backpack, ready for members of the Gulf Breeze Volunteer Fire Department to put in their personal vehicles just in case they happen upon a person in need. Joseph Lindley, a rising senior at Gulf Breeze High School, and a member of the Junior […]

Midway Fire Department has a new way to levy fire protection fees, based on a new Florida law. Rather than base your fire fee on the value of your home, the new plan, which will be aired at a public hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. will assess homes and businesses on the building’s square footage. The public […]

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials say the Bayshore to Portside widening project will be complete in Spring of 2026. Originally set to be complete in Spring 2025, work was hampered due to the conflict around an AT&T trunk line, the officials said. Also, rain delays in Pensacola affecting the asphalt plant caused delays on the project in Gulf Breeze. […]

Do you sometimes shake your head after having a conversation with a member of another generation? Do you find that members of a younger set often misinterpret your meaning? Is the generation gap getting to be a generation chasm? Jeff Spooneybarger, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Gulf Breeze, knows what you are going through. He is now a […]

Sheriff Bob Johnson started his talk to the Gulf Breeze Rotary by expressing his relief that the Tiger King finally left the building. “Joe Exotic,” also known as the Tiger King and Joseph Maldonado, was temporarily housed at the Santa Rosa County Jail, while he was involved in a civil hearing in a case set in the U.S. District Court […]

Many a friendship started over a shared beverage. Local watering holes often introduce neighbors to each other and forge bonds that migrate outside the walls of the pub. Such is the case with a group of friends who met at the Tiger Point Tiki Bar. Located near the seventh hole of the Tiger Point Golf Course, it was the place […]

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All local candidates on the ballot for the 2024 elections were asked to complete a Q&A. Hear today from Lisa Newell.

The Breeze Apartments, built in 1966 and called Huntington Arms at the time, is being offered for sale. Located in the heart of Gulf Breeze, nestled behind Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, the 74- unit complex sits on 4.09 acres. The most recent owners made headlines when they increased the rent on long-term tenants, many of whom were elderly or […]