Marlin Grill will celebrate the day of love with an elegant Valentine’s Day Dinner available Friday, February 12 through Sunday, February 14. Each night beginning at 5 p.m., Marlin Grill will offer a three-course special menu for two featuring a selection of prime steaks, decadent sides, fresh-caught seafood, and Marlin Grill’s famous hand-crafted desserts. Diners […]

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Community Garden plans Spring 2021 opening Cultivate Community Gardens (CCG), the first community garden in South Walton, announced the organization is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from the J.W. Couch Foundation. The funds will be used towards the initial construction of a garden to be installed this spring at Padgett Park in Santa Rosa […]

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Join Hope on the Beach Church for the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is 40 days leading up to Holy Week and Easter and is to be a time of preparation, reflection, and renewal. Hope invites you, your family and friends to join in  their annual Free Soup Supper & Ash Wednesday Worship. […]

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Caring & Sharing of South Walton is excited to share details for its 12th Annual Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon. This year’s event will be held on Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Vue on 30a from 12:30p.m. to 3:00pm. “We look forward to this event every year. It is a great opportunity for us to […]

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Birding / Plant Walk at Eden Gardens State Park Saturday, Feb. 13th at 8:00 AM Join Bay County Audubon Society and Coastal Seniors of South Walton at Eden Gardens State Park. This is a combined birding/plant walk with members of the Sweetbay chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society.  Meet at 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. in the […]

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The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) received the largest cash donation in its 63-year history from a “Secret Santa,” a gift that will make wishes to better serve Okaloosa County and its animals come true in this new year. The donation from a part-time Destin resident who asked to remain anonymous, is enough to break […]

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By Lori Leath Smith Longtime local and Destin Life favorite Sean Dietrich (sometimes better known as “Sean of the South”) is a traveling storyteller, podcaster and Southern Living writer known for his daily column filled with stories of steel workers, church potlucks and trusty bloodhounds. His penned words seem to grant his readers a reason […]

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The first Special Olympics was held on August 2, 1968. Since then, the program has impacted millions, and continues to do so more with each passing year. So what does the Special Olympics do exactly? Their overall mission is to provide year round sports training and competition for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This […]

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Walton County Prevention Coalition Adds Two Businesses to Not In My Lot Program 30a Songwriter Radio Music and Coffee and Caring & Sharing of South Walton have joined the Walton County Prevention Coalition (WCPC) in showing their commitment to operating responsible businesses that help promote successful kids, strong families, and healthy communities through the Not […]

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Now more than ever, I am grateful for our community, who have funded, volunteered, celebrated and advocated for us throughout the years. Your unwavering support throughout this time of great uncertainty has helped Northwest Florida State College thrive. This year, we are overwhelmed and humbled by the community’s response to assist our students through the […]

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