There’s no place like Sandestin!  After 11 years of traveling the world to source, design and create beautiful and unique boots, shoes, handbags and apparel, owners Kristi Rockwell and Cameron Tharp have made full circle,  choosing Sandestin as home for their business and residence. “We live here, we work here and we play here”, said […]

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May is a wonderful month to be a friend and to be a kid! Since May 1st marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season, we hope you’ll be a friend to sea turtles. There are four species of sea turtles that nest in the Florida Panhandle. Loggerheads and Green sea turtles are the most […]

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Sports fans, save the date for the 6th Annual Stake & Burger Dinner featuring keynote speaker, Derrick Brooks, on Friday, August 29th from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hilton Sandestin. The annual fundraising event will offer the community an opportunity to learn more about the impact of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the […]

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By Rita L. Sherwood Casi Stubbs is a Florida girl through and through. Born and raised in Defuniak Springs, she went to college at FSU, dental school at the University of Florida, and then finished up at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. But this local girl knew in her heart she’d always return to […]

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Everyone likes to find great happy hours and dining secrets only the locals know, so the new show Misfit Mermaid perfectly fits the bill. Hosted by Dara Jean Harvick, three episodes have already aired on the 30a TV network. The first visit discovered some yummy food at Blue Mabel, the second found $3 beer and […]

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Since its inception and early steps in 2010, Food For Thought Outreach has grown to be a critical part of the lives of more than 3,300 children across 33 schools in Okaloosa and Walton counties. The organization works tirelessly to fight childhood hunger by providing backpack weekly backpacks, monthly snacks, holiday food services, garden initiatives, […]

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Trees on the Coast, a local environmental nonprofit, recently hosted a Tree Planting Party on Saturday, April 20th in Grayton Beach along Hotz Avenue, and donated 25 Sand Live Oaks to the community.  Approximately 40 local volunteers attended, hand dug and planted all the trees. Trees on the Coast provided a short educational program outlining […]

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The yellow school busses pull into the parking lot at Charles E. Cessna Landing in Walton County. Brakes hiss and doors squeal open and the excited chatter of children goes from muted to a dull roar. Third grade students from Butler Elementary School leap to the ground, making a bee-line toward their teachers, who herd […]

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Dog-Harmony Inc., a nonprofit that works to keep dogs out of shelters, is offering free training advice for rescued dogs with behavioral problems, such as jumping, leash pulling, potty training and separation anxiety. The training advice is offered every Wednesday by Nancy Bown, Dog-Harmony’s founder and Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed (CPDT – […]

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By Melanie Barrett With a degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia, Melanie Barrett set out in a career as a television reporter, later becoming a newspaper reporter, followed by some freelance magazine writing. Little did she know that one day she would be working in her dream world…working with animals. When she was […]

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