October 30, 2014 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ $2 million Haunted may flood in County anticipates grants for House several soaked neighborhoods B M P The county’s Local Mitigation Y AT ELLEGRINO Strategy Taskforce released their list Gulf Breeze News
[email protected] of neighborhoods that were eligible for HMGP funding last month. The The Florida Division of Emergen- group recently acquired a 90-day cy Management oficially gave word estimate from FEMA on how much that there will be available Hazard the county could receive in HMGP Mitigation Grant Program Funds grant money. as a result of the April lood event. Now it’s up to the county where that money will go, once it’s received. See Northridge Page 3A » WBMS tops at robotics meet BY MAT PELLEGRINO WBMS took home the BEST Gulf Breeze News Award, that earns them a spot at the
[email protected] Regional Competition, South’s BEST that will be held December 5 -7 at Au- Woodlawn Beach Middle School’s burn University. robot “Crash” took home the robotic Shannon Farrell, the WBMS 8th Resident crown at this year’s Emerald Coast grade science teacher credited with BEST Robotics competition held last leading her team of 43 students to the Saturday at The University of West continues » Halloween Florida. See Students Page 8A tradition BY MELANIE KORMONDY Gulf Breeze News
[email protected] Halloween is a holiday that gives people the once a year opportunity to take off their daily costumes as doc- tors, lawyers, students, mechanics, salespersons and other professionals, and show their true colors under the guise of “dressing for the holiday.” For some people a mask, some candy and maybe a party or two is all they need to at last be themselves.