WALTON COUNTY BUDGET FINALIZED
Cuts result in $101 million budget for FY 2009-2010.
BCC ROLL CALL SEPT. 22
Main items, measures taken.
CELL PHONE TOWER STILL ON HOLD
BCC wants more discussion on site near CR-192.
BACK TO NATURE FESTIVAL IN SOUTH WALTON
Oct. 16 - 18 event includes family fun day.
EDEN EMBELLISHED
Friends of Eden unveil park improvements.
FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL SEPT. 24 […]
By DOTTY NIST
Walton County will enter the 2009-2010 fiscal year with a budget trimmed back by $11 million as compared with the current year budget.
The final new fiscal year budget, approved by the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) on Sept. 28, will remove funding for 30 vacant employee positions, and it eliminates a […]
By BEN GRAFTON
The opening discussion presented by City Planner Latilda Henninger at Freeport’s City Council meeting of Sept. 24 revisited the issue of the retaining wall along the SR-20 right-of-way of the Freeport Business Park development. At issue was responsibility for repair in the event this wall was to fail and collapse onto the right-of-way […]
By ALICIA LEONARD
The DeFuniak Springs City Council opened with a request by Mayor Harold Carpenter requesting that Mayor Pro-Tem James Buddy Huffman serve in his place on the Walton County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA) board. Carpenter said that Huffman had been instrumental in helping WCEDA to come to Walton County and since the by-laws for […]
By JEFFREY POWELL
A warm and sunny afternoon welcomed Friends of Eden (FOE) members and visitors alike as they toured new park enhancements that are nearing completion at Eden Gardens State Park. Those enhancements include a new entrance road, pavilions for picnicking, a Tucker Bayou overlook and a kayak/canoe launching area. The tour was led by […]
By PATRICK CASEY
Walton lost to Marianna in overtime 37-30 Friday night in a game that could fill a book about all the things that can go wrong in a football game between two teams and the officials. There were 25 penalty flags - as well as nine fumbles - between the two teams, and 67 […]
By ASHLEY AMASON
While some like Richard Kluger praise the newspaper as “history’s devoted witness” and others prove staunch skeptics: “America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are newspaper men” (Alexander Graham Bell), many wonder what it takes to produce a newspaper. So at The DeFuniak Herald/Beach Breeze, we thought we’d give […]
