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Woman punches man in face following alleged rape

SANTA ROSA BEACH — A man was arrested for rape after he asked to use the bathroom at a friend's house and instead entered a woman's bedroom and began having sex with her while she was asleep. Rigoberto Vasquez Ramos, 24, of Santa Rosa Beach, was arrested March 25 and charged with ... Read More

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Chi Chi Miguel fundraiser

The fundraiser includes celebrity chefs, pitmasters and winemakers all in one place. The event will be April 5th through April 7th in Santa Rosa Beach. There will be a golf tournament, auction, outdoor BBQ competition, live entertainment and more. All ... Read More


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Recycled plastic path paves way on Navarre Beach

NAVARRE BEACH — Santa Rosa County has rolled out — literally — a new beach access pathway.County officials unveiled a new 100-foot Mobi-Mat on Friday afternoon at the kayak launch just east of the Sea Oat Pavilion in Navarre Beach Park. The mat, a 5-foot-wide pathway made of recycled plastic, is designed to provide easier access to the beach for people who use wheelchairs or walkers or have other mobility issues.The mat, which can be rolled up when not in [...]
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DEL STONE JR.: My car liked a taste of the real thing

Suddenly my car has begun getting better gas mileage, and while I’m not sure, I think it may be due to an experiment I tried a few weeks ago.I made the mistake of looking at the EPA figures for my car. In the city it’s a dismal 19 mpg, which comes as a shock because for years I thought it was 23 mpg. That 23 is the combined city/highway rating for the model with automatic transmission. Mine is a stick, which has a combined rating of 22 mpg (I thought stick shifts got [...]
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