By Lori Leath Smith, Publisher
November is the month of Thanksgiving; that time of year when we gather with friends and family to ritually offer thanks and appreciation to individuals (current or past) who have brought some sort of blessing into our lives. It causes me to reflect upon those...
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed Senate Bill 676 to help create a new “30A” specialty license plate for Florida motorists. The 30A tags cost $33, with all proceeds being donated to support Scenic Walton, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that promotes projects designed to improve the quality of life in Walton...
All over the United States, children are caught in terrible situations. Sometimes it’s an abusive home. Sometimes it’s neglect. Sometimes it’s abandonment. Whatever the reason, parents aren’t always there for their kids, and when the unfortunate event happens that a child is pulled from an unsafe situation there is...
Thanks for taking the time to read our fun, informative page for some basic laundry tips and tricks!
In this issue, we want to talk about a stubborn stain specific to our geographical location: Sunscreen!
Sunscreen stains are basically oil stains. Unfortunately, once oil stains impregnate a shirt’s molecules and change...
By Mary Chris Murray
Located on five acres within their original Whitfield Road property in Freeport, the Alaqua Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a state and federally permitted facility, providing a much-needed resource of rehabilitating sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife. Permits were issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
By Kelly Humphrey
The previous site of the Bluewater Bay community’s first early learning facility is filled with the sound of children’s voices once again.
Tammie Bowyer and Marilyn Wallace, the owners of Stepping Stones Early Learning Academy in Niceville, have purchased the former Discovery Learning Academy building on Commercial Drive....
By Mike Mahon
The Emerald Coast Classic, one of the area’s top sporting events, returns after a two-year absence this Thanksgiving weekend, providing fans along the Emerald Coast a look at college basketball teams that hope to make their presence known in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
LSU, seeking its third straight...
Niceville Now Included in Expanded Tourist District
Voters in Okaloosa County have overwhelmingly voted in favor of expanding the tourist development district to include Niceville, Valparaiso and other surrounding communities with the bed tax charge beginning March 1, 2022. Per unofficial results on the VoteOkaloosa website, the measure passed 65.42%...
By Justin “Lemur” LeMire, Bluewater Bay Community Support Group
Neighbors, after the announcement of the closure of the Bay Golf Course, an emergency board meeting of the Bluewater Bay (BWB) Men’s Golf Association (MGA) was held.
Members of the MGA realized the need to put an exploratory committee together to find...
Christmas is Coming to ECCAC—
It’s Adopt-A-Family Time!
ECCAC is seeking donors who will purchase new and unwrapped gifts for individual families for Christmas. Gift certificates are great for teens and Christmas decorations are always a bonus if funds allow. Last year, the program helped 197 children in 70 families have...
