Local Area
Click it or ticket: New seat belt law begins today
Starting today, you don’t have to be speeding or swerving to be pulled over by a law enforcement officer.
Motorists now can be stopped for failing to wear a seat belt and fined $93 as part of the primary enforcement of Florida’s safety belt requirements, according to a new law. Before today, failing to buckle up wasn’t reason enough for an officer to pull over a car.
Harley riders revving up for possible 2010 rally in Destin
DESTIN – Nothing could top the Emerald Coast for next year’s Florida Harley Owners Group’s state rally, the organization’s Bruce Fuller says.
“After being rally coordinator for seven years, this is the best location yet for a rally in the state of Florida,” Fuller said. “We have looked at Key Largo, looked at the Gainesville area, we have looked at the Ocala area … After being (in Destin) for two days, the selection committee made a decision our bid was going to be for Destin/Fort Walton Beach. We are not looking any further
EDUCATION on the plantation
FREEPORT — M.C. Davis believes he can change the world by giving kids a chance to pick up turtles in the woods.
And when he opens the E. O. Wilson Biophilia Center at his Nokuse Plantation, that’s exactly what he wants to see.
“The theme here is learning while you’re having fun. We expect them to learn almost through osmosis,” Davis said during a recent tour of the center. “If kids leave here feeling like a little bit of a naturalist, that may go dormant, but when you are a mayor or a governor … maybe you’ll remember.
“I think it will manifest itself, I really do. I’m betting my life’s work on it.”
Walton County OKs bed tax hike
SANTA ROSA BEACH —Walton County commissioners have approved an increase to its bed tax from 4 cents to 4.5 cents on the dollar effective Oct. 1.
The hike could raise up to $6 million during its five-year lifespan.
The county’s Tourist Development Council has agreed to set up a separate account for the additional funds and use the money solely to help market the Emerald Coast as a vacation destination and to attract a low-cost air carrier.
Beach access project to mark completion
MIRAMAR BEACH
Beach access project to mark completion
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and official reopening of the Miramar Beach Regional Access will be at 9 a.m. Monday at the beach access next to Pompano Joe’s on Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach.
The area is reopening after eight months of construction that involved the creation of 141 parking spaces [...]
Bay Town Trolley
Bay Town Trolley a leader in passenger trips
Regional Medical Response Team gets mobile hospital for emergencies
After years of planning and waiting, Okaloosa County is home to Region One’s State Medical Response Team. The group boasts more than 75 doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and logistics specialists and is hoping to attract even more
Destin Market report
Destin Real Estate Market Report:
Pier Park Mall
Pier Park in Panama City Beach, Florida is the best shopping and entertainment destination in the area.
1 million square feet of shopping and entertainment including the best beach food and music at Jimmy Buffetts Margaritaville, Raggae music and Island cousine at Raggae J’s Island Grill, live country music all day at Tootsies Orchid Lounge, trivia, [...]
PANAMA CITY BEACH FACT SHEET
The proximity of Tidewater Beach to Pier Park, the new retail and entertainment complex, as well as the international airport that is scheduled to open in 2010, put you at the center of the new developments in this established beach community and vacation favorite. The location of the building on the “west end” of Front Beach Road is prime — very near Highway 79 and only six miles from Carillon Beach and fine dining opportunities.
