The City of Crestview has a lot going on and City Manager Tim Bolduc recently held a special meeting of the Planning and Development Board to make sure its members knew what direction the city was heading.
The planning board is a volunteer committee that reviews proposed changes to the city’s comprehensive plan and its land development code, along with ordinances related to annexations, and makes recommendations to the Crestview City Council.

A lot can happen in a couple of days.

On March 27, a group of residents who lived around Shortwell Avenue attended the Crestview City Council meeting to discuss the deplorable living conditions in their neighborhood brought on by one problem residence where they owner had passed away and squatters had begun living there.

Northwest Florida State College recently announced its 2023 Commencement Keynote speakers, Marcus Chambers and Russell Hughes. Northwest Florida State College will host two commencement ceremonies May 6, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Delivering remarks at the 10 a.m. ceremony will be Chambers, superintendent of the Okaloosa County School District.

This spring enjoy National Garden Month with homegrown herbs.

Each April, this monthlong observance brings together gardeners, gardening groups and those new to gardening to share tips and offer support for a bountiful season.

Water is everywhere along the Emerald Coast, from the Gulf of Mexico, bays and bayous along the coast to ponds, rivers and creeks in the north end.

Swim lessons can be harder to find.

Seventh-grade life science students at Davidson Middle School recently participated in a dissection lab of a different kind.
The frogs used were not the traditional cadaver frogs raised and then harvested for educational purposes. They were SynFrogs, hyper-realistic synthetic frogs mimicking real frogs in size and texture designed to replace cadaver frogs, allowing students to have a realistic, yet humane learning experience.

Crestview High School Principal Jay Sanders has announced he will be retiring at the end of the school year. His last day on the job will be around June 30.
Sanders, a 1981 Crestview graduate, has been the Crestview principal for two years and said the decision to retire didn’t come easy.

Okaloosa County will begin spraying for mosquitos in the coming weeks.
Mosquito spraying is conducted in the evening and is required by state law and the county has released its schedule for the upcoming sprays. Spraying will begin one hour before sunset Mondays through Thursdays at the following locations in the north part of the county: