South Walton’s Ohana Day School is offering free tuition for three months exclusively at their new Grand Boulevard at Sandestin location, at 495 Grand Boulevard.
In honor of the first school year at their new location, Ohana is offering a discounted yearly tuition for students who sign up by September...
Members of Watersound Fountains, a Watermark Retirement Community in the Florida panhandle, took to the water in late July for a men’s fishing trip in Choctawhatchee Bay.
Six men from the independent living community attended the outing aboard the Reel Addiction, a 25-foot captained fishing boat. The group caught a...
By Larry Barrett
It was a hot, humid, summer’s day in 1970. Sitting in the aluminum boat with no breeze made it worse. Charles, John, and Larry had been working hard all morning taking soundings on the Intercostal Waterway near Overstreet, Florida. There was a bend there called the Devil’s...
The Junior League of Emerald Coast Hosts Food and Beverage Festival
The Junior League of the Emerald Coast (JLEC) will host their second annual Toast on the Coast fundraising event on Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, at Henderson Beach Resort to benefit a great cause while enjoying culinary delights from...
by Kathleen Edge, Publicity & Website Chair
The October meeting of Green Thumb Garden Club (GTGC) will give attendees an opportunity to preview and purchase holiday items that will be available for sale at the November Holiday Bazaar. The Holiday Bazaar is the Club's primary scholarship fundraiser. In 2024, GTGC...
It's football season, and we all know what that means—College Football and Friday night lights as the local high school teams take the field. First National Bank Miramar is excited to be part of this exhilarating time of year. The commitment to community involvement and support for local schools...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will issue a School Fishing Club Grant to 50 schools for the upcoming school year, including South Walton Academy. The School Fishing Club Program is an annual educational grant program that teaches youth anglers about best fishing practices to help ensure...
On election day, November 5, 2024, more than 13.5 million Floridians will cast their votes. In addition to electing a U.S. President, 29 members of Congress, 120 members of the State House and 20 of the 40-member Florida Senate. In addition, the ballot tasks Floridians with voting on six...
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive, neurological disease that is the fastest growing and second most common neurodegenerative disease in the United States. Parkinson’s diminishes the body’s ability to make Dopamine, a neurotransmitter critical for making smooth, coordinated motion. Currently, there is no known cause or cure but we...
In honor of the 100-year celebration of Defuniak Springs Country Club, now the county-owned Eagle Springs Golf and Recreation Center, SoWal Life interviewed some of the faithful “old salts” who never gave up on the vision of a golf center in the northern part of Walton County.
Walton County resident,...
