Santa Rosa County will scrap seven disabled workers’ jobs at the end of 2010.

The Arc Santa Rosa, a nonprofit agency serving developmentally disabled clients, has provided employees for the county’s landfill and recycling center since 1990. Originally, workers sorted recyclable materials at the landfill. But their duties changed as the operation grew.

“It’s been a good agreement for these many years,” County Administrator Hunter Walker told commissioners Sept. 7, adding that the recycling center has supported itself and even made money in the past. “There’s just so much product (to be recycled) we had to change the way we use our Arc people.”

For more on this story, check out the Sept. 16 edition of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.

Just days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, a local group of moms knew they had to do something – anything – to honor their heroes close to home.

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Four open Gulf Breeze City Council seats will be filled without an election.

Mayor Beverly Zimmern and councilmen Dick Fulford, Dana Morris and J.D. Schluter all qualified for the Nov. 2 city election, but only Fulford had a qualified challenger, David Landfair. Fulford withdrew from the race on Thursday in a short letter to City Clerk Marita Rhodes.

“I have decided to withdraw from the Gulf Breeze City Council elections for Seat D,” he wrote. “It has been a pleasure to serve this outstanding community for the past three years and prior years of 1977 to 1980.”

For more on this story, check out the Sept. 9 edition of the Navarre Press, or subscribe online.

The American Automobile Association, known to most as AAA, and Budweiser will help protect roadways throughout the Labor Day weekend with the “Tow to Go” program, offering anyone – AAA members and non  members – a free “Tow to Go” ride Friday – Monday.

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A Pensacola man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for crimes he committed in Santa Rosa County.

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The Navarre Krewe of Jesters organization is gearing up for its third annual Rubber Duck Derby to be held at Juana’s Pagodas on Sept. 6.

According to organizer Wayne Hall, the event isn’t just a fun way to spend a sunny afternoon – though he promises it will be – it is a vital means for raising much-needed funds for the well-known philanthropic organization.

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