Month: August 2011

Pensacola High School IB Student Dylan Dalrymple has been recognized as an Arby’s Hometown Hero.

Press Release: The Pensacola Police Department is alerting the public about an increase in residential burglaries in the Cordova Park area. Since June, there have…

This Sunday two DeLuna Fest artists are performing a “secret” showat The Dock on Pensacola Beach. The concert, which starts at 2pm, is free, will…

Eric Fischer created this animated map of earthquake tweets (available on Flickr.com). Visit his Flickr account here Eric Fischer, www.flickr.com

Press Release: The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)…

Press Release: On Aug. 25, 2011, BP confirmed through a standard visual wellhead inspection that there is no release of oil from the Macondo well…

Here is the link on the ship that docked at the Port of Pensacola this morning: http://www.globalind.com/Documents/Operations/Vessels/Global_1200_WEB09.pdf

Press release: The Second Annual BonfireJam, scheduled Dec. 10, will begin pre-selling tickets at all Pen Air Federal Credit Union branches and 29 area Walgreens,…

City of Margate, Florida has 53,284 population. The operating budget for the fire department is $9.69 million and it has 112 employees, of which 110…

Council President Maren Deweese wants to bring back the fire rescue units. If her facts hold up, she has a compelling case. If the rest…

The Aug. 18-22 Sachs/Mason-Dixon poll has President Barack Obama trailing Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, 51 percent to 43 percent, and Texas Gov….

Florida Clarion reports Attorney General Pam Bondi joined a multibillion lawsuit against Education Management Corporation this month and reportedly is continuing an investigation into several…

Mobile Press Register reports scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match…

Over 120 people attended the second annual IN LeaP Forward banquet that was held to honor and challenge the incoming Leadership Pensacola class. They listened…

PNJ’s Jamie Page had to sit through the entire Pensacola City Council workshop. In reading his article, “Council members leave budget meeting over bickering,” my…

It appears the daily newspaper let Dogan go for using excerpts from an Education Week article (December 2000) for his Sunday column. Read more.

Three new Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners redistricting conceptual maps are now available online at www.santarosa.fl.gov/redistricting. The maps were created based on public input…

The latest Gallup poll of Republican voters showed Texas Gov. Rick Perry leading Mitt Romney by a double-digit margin—29% to 17%. It also found that…

The South has the highest rate of divorce and the Northeast has the lowest, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report that based its…

The News Journal is about to unveil the latest Gannett project – Deal Chicken – which is targeted to compete with Groupon, Val-Pak and other…