Destin City Meetings Set For Labor Day Week
The Destin area schedules a busy week with meetings at City Hall and the Fire Station. On Monday the city hall closes for Labor Day. Tuesday includes Emergency Management, a 10 a.m. meeting at Destin Fire Station, and a 7 p.m. public hearing on the tentative 1.5 mill millage rate and budget in the Destin Elementary School auditorium. Thursday features Harbor Board and Recreation Committee sessions at City Hall. The Department of Community Affairs invites written comments by Sept. 8 on progress of local governments implementing the Northwest Florida Coast Resource Planning recommendations, to inform a final compliance evaluation to be reviewed Sept. 17.
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Destin City Hall
Emergency Management Committee
Destin
Destin City
Harbor Board
Recreation Committee
Department of Community Affairs
Northwest Florida Coast
Department
Intergovernmental Coordination Subcommittee
Ben Starrett
DCA
Division of
Executive Center Circle East
Tallahassee
Lagoon A Septic Dump Threatens Destin Harbor
Florida State University biologist Dr. Skip Livingston reports Destin's Old Pass Lagoon and Choctawhatchee Bay suffer long term degradation from nutrient pollution and sewage runoff. He warns a two step cleanup, reducing inputs and flushing the lagoon, could take up to a decade, with sediments unlikely to fully recover.
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Old Pass
Destin
Skip Livingston
Florida State University
Choctawhatchee Bay
Livingston
Holiday Isle Won’t Get Deputies, Councilman Says
Destin City Councilman Richard Duke reports Holiday Isle will likely not receive extra deputies despite talks with Sheriff Larry Gilbert and Holiday Isle Improvement Association President Gary Alden. Gilbert stated deputies will be deployed as needed for island safety, with dogs if necessary, but he does not plan constant patrols. A correction notes Bob Grant was mislisted in the school board voting guide.
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Holiday Isle
Destin
Richard Duke
Duke
Isle
Crime Roundup From Destin Area Investigations
A series of thefts and property crimes are reported across Destin and nearby locales. A bicycle left at Beach Drive was found abandoned since Aug 18. A purse theft occurred as a resident showered. Cash losses include $270 and $200 from various incidents. A 1976 Pontiac Catalina was lent and not returned. the suspect headed toward Louisiana. A van window was broken at Henderson Beach. wallets totaling $98 and a cooler were stolen. A girl’s pink bicycle saddle was reported missing. A marijuana and firearm possession arrest occurred after officials found drugs and a pistol in a Fort Walton Beach traffic stop.
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Robert Cook
Cook
Lousiana
Jimmy Ray Jenkins
York
Henderson Beach
Jeanice Thompson
Legion Drive
Destin
Raymond Charles Hamilton
Box 1
Santa Rosa Beach
Hamilton
Fort Walton Beach
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