ECCAC Rebrands

Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center (ECCAC) has launched a new brand to continue growth and heighten its impact in the fight to end child...
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Ask Destinites: Crosstown Connector Plan Moving Forward

By Patricia Lee, Owner Destinites.com This month in our Destinites Facebook group (www.Facebook.com/groups/Destinites) Mayor Bobby Wagner announced that after 16 years, Destin is moving forward...
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United Way Emerald Coast Celebrates Achievements and Impact at Annual Meeting

United Way Emerald Coast (UWEC), a local non-profit dedicated to improving lives and building stronger communities, concluded its Annual Meeting July 25 at The...
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Don’t Let Stress Get The Upper Hand

By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely When did you last experience tense shoulders, sighing breaths, irritability, exhaustion, trying to keep it positive, being overscheduled and overwhelmed?...
Amateur Golf Tournament

A Game for the Ages, A Tournament for Champions

By Barbara Palmgren As a golf enthusiast and now occasional reporter, I covered this prestigious two-day event held at Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club July 17-18....
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Local Author Bookshelf: A Flicker in the Water

One of the most memorable lines in the classic novel The Old Man & the Sea is “Everything about him was old except his...
Tailfins Tiki Boat

Tailfins Island Adventure Adds Tiki Boat Cruises!

DAILY CRUISES! Introducing Tailfins Island Adventure! Departures seven days a week aboard “Always Workin’,” Tailfins’ 45-foot-long cruiser, and “Talk of Town” Tikis, Tailfins’ newest,...
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Q & A: Alex Fogg of Destin-Fort Walton Beach’s Artificial Reef...

By Will Estell If you are a full-time or part-time resident of any of the beach towns and coastal communities that dot Northwest Florida’s Gulf...
Destin Fishing Rodeo History

Lore of the Fishing Rodeo: Celebrating 75 Years!

By Frank Berte Way back in 1948, the very first Fishing Rodeo was held in Destin! Seventy-five years ago, this bustling international hotbed of the world’s vacationing...
Squishing a Smore

The Marshmallow Experiment

By Randy Locklier, President of Gulf Financial Don’t we all love smore’s? I do! On a recent mountain trip, we enjoyed them by the firepit....