Mother's Day Calls Tie Up Center Florida Lines
More than 18 million nationwide and about 34,800 Fort Walton Beach area calls are expected Sunday for Mother's Day. Center Florida urges customers to call Saturday to avoid busy signals as operators stay on duty with mechanized calling cutting some volume. Fort Walton Beach area hears the most due to a large military population.
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Center Florida
Fort Walton Beach Area
Brooke Rames
Rames
Fort Walton Beach
Center
Florida
Shrimper Arrested For Oversized Net In Pensacola Bay
Florida Marine Patrol arrested shrimping boat operator Dung Van Nguyen early Wednesday for dragging nets oversized for Choctawhatchee Bay. Net measurements exceeded limits by at least two feet with 24 foot 10 inch and 25 foot 8 inch nets. Nguyen faces charges for oversized net shrimping no boat registration and lack of landing permit. Officers Theron Blackburn Charles Mulligan and Danny Enzer assisted.
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Pensacola
Florida Marine Patrol
Choctawhatchee Bay
Roger Bennett
FMP
Dung van Nguyen
Nguyen
Bennett
City and fire district eye burn permits in Destin
City officials and the Destin Fire Control District explore a plan to grant permit authority within municipal limits for burning trash such as limbs and leaves. Details to be worked out at meetings with City Manager Jack Dorman and Fire Chief Hank Berry, with standards to meet Division of Forestry rules.
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Steve Humphries
Destin
Forest Ranger
Noel Jones
Jack Dorman
Hank Berry
Dorman
Berry
Fire Commission
Zack Brunson
Jones
Council Considers Destin Planning Items and Water Main Project
Destin City Council unanimously approved revised plans for Waterview Towers Phase II a 36 unit condo on Holiday Isle with drainage retention. It denied a seawall extension at Calhoun Avenue and a land vacating request at First Street and Benning Drive. The council declined a bait shop expansion by Zack Brunson amid grandfathered zoning issues while reporting 25 city citations for April 15 to May 2. Resolution 85-10 approved a 14 inch water main loop under Destin Harbor to boost firefighting and water pressure.
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Ingrid Kreis
Planning Commission
Destin City
Henry Maclin II
Waterview Towers
Holiday Isle
Maclin
Charles Morgan Jr
Calhoun Avenue
Morgan
Andy Anderson
First Street
Benning Drive
Zack Brunson
Brunson
Okaloosa County
Jerry Miller
Richard Duke
Dewey Destin Jr
Lloyd Tayior
Danny Wood
Ward
Duke
Public Safety Committee
Destin
Ray MacGrogan
Destin Harbor
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Hobie eDolphin
Blue Marlin
Sea Gems
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