Freeport’s Damen Reynolds (3) stayed busy returning kickoffs and punts as the Bulldogs won a high-scoring affair 52-35 over Holmes County on Friday night. Photo by Jeffrey Powell

BERTHA INFINGER has been the postmaster at the Red Bay postal contract station since 1975 six days a week. The station closes permanently on Nov. 16. Photo by Leah Stratmann

IN THE 0-2 YEAR-OLD, WINNERS:  L-R back, Cole Quinley  2nd place, Madison Melcher Honorable Mention Jan Kenney Sandford & Sisters Malachi Croom 3rd place L-R front Denise Fellenz Raelynn Troublefield 1st place, in the DeFuniak Springs Business and Professional Association’s Halloween costume contest. Photo by Kathy Mosley

A SPIRAL herb garden was created at the E.O. Biophilia Center as part of the Nov. 5 environmental forum under the leadership of local resident Peter Horn. Photo by Dotty Nist

THE NINTH TELLURIDE MOUNTAINFILM on Tour made a stop over the weekend at the Watercolor marina park amphitheater for two nights of eye-opening, spirit-inducing and mind-expanding entertainment. Moviegoers enjoyed inspirational and thought-provoking shorts and documentary films, with a sense of personal community in an open amphitheater under the stars. Film buffs bundled up and enjoyed […]

PANHANDLE AREA SURFERS took advantage of high surf conditions near Pompano Joe’s on Sunday, Nov. 8. The surf was a result of approaching tropical storm Ida. At one time as many as 40 surfers were in the water near Miramar beach. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)

THE SECOND AND THIRD GRADES OF BAY ELEMENTARY performed “Celebrate America,” a collection of patriotic songs, and U.S. Armed Forces veterans were recognized for their service. In this picture, Mr. Forrest Taylor, U.S. Army (retired), World War II
veteran, was the guest speaker.

TROPICAL STORM IDA WETS COUNTY
Schools, government offices close.
EL CHARO KICKS IT UP A NOTCH
Proposed tavern seeks judicial review of denial.
PROPOSED WEST BAY PARKWAY UPDATE
Community briefed on possible scenarios.
VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCES
Children, adults honor service members past and present.
RED BAY POST OFFICE TO CLOSE NOV. 16
Substation opened in 1975.
ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM AT BIOPHILIA CENTER
“Growing locally with community gardens.”
CANINE […]

By BRUCE COLLIER
Walton County spent Monday clearing its schedule and preparing to receive an unexpected guest in the form of Tropical Storm Ida. Originally a lower-category hurricane, the storm was on-track for the Gulf Coast, with a predicted strike zone stretching from Pensacola to east of Panama City. Such late-season storms are a rarity, but […]

BY ALICIA LEONARD
Jack Bell and Freddie Lopez, through attorney Bert Moore, petitioned on Nov. 4 for a review (writ of certiorari) and relief from a prior denial of special approval by the DeFuniak Springs Planning Board and the DeFuniak Springs City Council in the First Judicial Circuit in and for Walton County .
The petition filed […]