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A RENDERING for the Botanic Miramar Beach apartments. The apartment project got final approval at the Aug. 25 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting. By DOTTY NIST A little over a year after starting the county review process, Botanic Miramar Be Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content. Read More

By RUBY KEARCE The Paxton City Council met Tuesday, June 21 at Paxton City Hall. The meeting started by electing a separate cemetery board. The cemetery board will have their own meeting within 30 days. Latilda Hughes – Neel then approached the board to discuss Grit and Grace, a stage-play drama depicting the life of Paxton native Bobby Kemp, as told by Bobby Charles and Brendan Roberta. The show is nearing completion, and it will be the second in a lineup of 11 stories about Walton County History. Hughes- Neel, with permission from Charles, read an excerpt from the play: “Mama and Daddy were a team. Mama went to city council meetings with Daddy. If he got overly excited about something, all she had to do was say ‘Bobby.’ And at home when she calmed him down, she would just quietly say ‘Bobby I’ve heard all I want to hear’ and if he’d kept on she would say ‘Bobby I said I have heard all I want to hear.’” The Council was invited to the performance of Grit and Grace. Patrick O’Neal, developer of the future Black Lake RV Park, then approached the board regarding utilities for the park. The project is projected to have 35 spaces and needs sewer services in order to move forward. O’Neal is asking the board for a letter of availability and a time frame in order to know if the project will need to be done in multiple phases or if it can be... Read More

TRAVIS DIGGES spoke to the Freeport City Council on the possibility of a community garden. Story by ADRIANNE WALLINE CAMPBELL  The Freeport City Council held its regular meeting on Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content. Read More

DISCUSSION RECENTLY RETURNED to the April 5 report issued by the Walton County Clerk of Courts containing findings of violations by members of the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) involving purchasing card use and travel-related expenses, with the commissioners continuing to dispute those findings. By DOTTY NIST Approximately 687 pages of documentation, including several letters, have been assembled and made publicly available, aimed at countering the findings of the Walton County Clerk of Courts Internal Audit Department 40-page April 5 report that had been prompted by an anonymous statement to the clerk’s Fraud, Waste & Abuse Hotline. The documentation and letters, the latter all dated Aug. 10 and addressed to Walton County Clerk of Courts Alex Alford, were included as part of the agenda for the Aug. 23 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) regular meeting at the South Walton Annex, and there was related discussion at the meeting. The clerk’s office report had come to light in early July shortly after being made available to the public for the first time. Among other findings, the report had concluded that Walton County commissioners had violated county policy and state law in connection with travel-related spending and with their use of county purchasing cards, also known as p-cards or Walton County credit cards. A copy of the report had been furnished to the Office of State Attorney, First Judicial Circuit of Florida, and that office had sent a copy to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for... Read More

[ August 24, 2022 ] Magistrate finds violations with Chat Holley, Santa Rosa and Frangista properties, denies bonfire vendor appeal [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] WARREN AVERETT reported on the audit. [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DeFuniak Springs City Council approves events, talks Comp Plan density [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] School Board holds public hearing for half-mill referendum News [ August 24, 2022 ] TRC approves Dollar General, Watersound Origins road, and lot split, advances other requests [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DFS hosts Triumph Gulf Coast Aug. 17 board meeting [PREMIUM] News Read More

Stories [ August 24, 2022 ] Magistrate finds violations with Chat Holley, Santa Rosa and Frangista properties, denies bonfire vendor appeal [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] WARREN AVERETT reported on the audit. [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DeFuniak Springs City Council approves events, talks Comp Plan density [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] School Board holds public hearing for half-mill referendum News [ August 24, 2022 ] TRC approves Dollar General, Watersound Origins road, and lot split, advances other requests [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DFS hosts Triumph Gulf Coast Aug. 17 board meeting [PREMIUM] News PAXTON TOWN HALL From RUBY KEARCE  Paxton City Council held its monthly meeting Tuesday, Aug. 16, at City H Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content. © Copyright, Defuniak Herald-Breeze — All Rights Reserved | Designed @ Beach Web Design & IT Read More

[ August 24, 2022 ] Magistrate finds violations with Chat Holley, Santa Rosa and Frangista properties, denies bonfire vendor appeal [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] WARREN AVERETT reported on the audit. [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DeFuniak Springs City Council approves events, talks Comp Plan density [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] School Board holds public hearing for half-mill referendum News [ August 24, 2022 ] TRC approves Dollar General, Watersound Origins road, and lot split, advances other requests [PREMIUM] News [ August 24, 2022 ] DFS hosts Triumph Gulf Coast Aug. 17 board meeting [PREMIUM] News Read More

Stories [ August 17, 2022 ] Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Aug. 9 regular meeting [PREMIUM] News [ August 17, 2022 ] Planning Commission takes up Seascape DRI Amendment [PREMIUM] News [ August 17, 2022 ] Citizens asked to participate in Master Parks Plan Survey News [ August 17, 2022 ] Ponce De Leon audit to be complete ASAP, council approves Senior Day [PREMIUM] News [ August 17, 2022 ] Large apartment project gets final approval, amendment denied for another [PREMIUM] News [ August 17, 2022 ] WCBCC opens newest park facility: Choctawhatchee River Paddle Trail at Cowford Landing Uncategorized Aug. 9 regular meeting A yes vote was to approve the motion. Request by Tony Cornman, inter Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content. © Copyright, Defuniak Herald-Breeze — All Rights Reserved | Designed @ Beach Web Design & IT Read More

CONDOMINIUMS AT Seascape Resort. A request by the resort for a development of regional impact (DRI) amendment was taken up by the Walton County Planning Commission on July 11. By DOTTY NIST An proposed amendment to the Seascape Development of Regional Impact (DRI) has cl Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content. Read More