Businessmen oppose DOT removal of parking on 98 in Destin
Destin merchants plan to use a DOT parking lot to serve Blue Room customers as the agency contemplates eliminating curb parking and medians for seven lanes. Ken MacPike warns elderly and disabled may struggle to reach the restaurant. Allen Potter notes about 46 percent of accidents involve parked cars or left turns, casting doubt on safety gains.
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Blue Room
DOT
Wells
Destin
Ken MacPike
Allen Potter
MacPike
Destin airport plans shift amid traffic and parking debate
County officials discuss locating a new Destin Airport site with a bridge to Choctawhatchee Bay and a road network. An FAA funds request seeks to update the Airport Master Plan and extend the runway by 1000 feet. DOT moves favor wide medians and reduced on street parking, with June or July bids and a post Labor Day start.
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Thomason
Choctawhatchee Bay
Anita Krohn
Destin
Cial
Krohn
Eglin
Gardner
Air New
Crimes Report From Destin Sees Vehicle Window Breaks
Okaloosa County deputies logged multiple incidents in Destin. A 1980 Oldsmobile window was broken at a nightclub between 10 30 p m March 13 and 2 a m March 14, with $150 damage. Debbie Clay reported theft of Canon AE 1 camera gear at Silver Beach Motel around 1 a m March 15, valued about $600. A Sun King Towers maintenance man reported a six foot oak wall unit theft from a condo with a broken key in the lock, worth $400. Kenneth Morrison reported a stolen Kawasaki dirt bike found later in a wooded area near Nightown. A man took a 1980 Ford pickup from Claudette Rollins in February. Wells and Bennett investigated. The vehicle is valued at $5,000.
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Jan Allen
Jackson
Okaloosa County
Debbie Clay
Eureka Springs
Silver Beach
Highway 98
Destin
Sun King Towers
Holiday Isle
Kenneth Morrison
Nightown
Morrison
Siebert Avenue
Mark Watkins
Claudette Rollins
John Wells
Rollins
Wells
David Bennett
Coast Guard reports three boating incidents near Destin
On March 17 a 19-foot inboard Glastron ran aground five miles west of the Destin sea buoy at 12 40 p m. The 44 foot vessel refloated and dewatered. owner Richard Blossman of Covington Kentucky. On March 18 at 4 30 p m the 35-foot sailing vessel Mike missing in fog at Destin East Pass. George Dix on Carrington Georgia. escorted through the pass by the 44-foot. On March 20 the 36-foot sailing vessel Sangrita adrift in Rogers Bayou at 9 45 a m. later found anchored and drifting with the wind. false alarm.
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Destin Sea
Richard Blossman
Covington
Mike
Destin East Pass
George Dixon
Carrington, GA
Sangrita
Rogers Bayou
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