Notes: CMPA meeting, more info

More notes from the April 11 Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees meeting: Business other than Bentina Terry’s appointment to the CMPA board and…

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302 Million Dollar Questions

How much of the $302 million for ECUA project to relocate the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant will go to local contractors? Will out-of-town companies…

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Hometown reports on Rescue Center

Nearly 13 years after Daniel Biddle’s death, the U.S. Navy is dedicated a training building in his name in Pensacola, this past weekend. Here is…

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5,605 watch Naturals in new ballpark

Under clear skies (51 degrees), 5,605 fans watched the Northwest Ark. Naturals lose a heart breaker, 3-1, to San Antonio. Baseball, new stadium, family fun…..what…

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Mobile won’t lose tanker deal

Mobile Press Register reports: Boeing Co. is unlikely to overturn the U.S. Air Force tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading defense analyst…

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Biodiesel plant coming to Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa Press Gazette reports Santa Rosa County could be producing biodiesel fuel by the end of the year. Agri-Source Fuels Inc., one of 12…

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Second Saturday today

Looking for something to do? Want to see a vibrant downtown? Support Second Saturday – DIB event to promote local businesses along Palafox St. Every…

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Naturals win 11-4

Before a crowd 6,022 fans under cloudy skies (53 degrees), the Northwest Ark. Naturals beat San Antonio, 11-4. The Naturals are playing just their second…

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Radio: Snyder interview

Listen to my interview with UWF biologist, Dr. Dick Snyder, on the fish in Escambia Bay. Definitely hear it before you order fish. Listen: Dick…

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Notes: CMPA board meeting 4.11.08

April 11 Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees meeting notes: Bentina Terry was appointed to the CMPA board this afternoon. Terry, a fairly new…

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Notes: Pensacola City Council 4.10.08

April 10 City Council meeting notes: Thursday night’s City Council meeting didn’t last 20 minutes, partly because four committees, such as Neighborhood Services and Enterprise…

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Radio: Biologist on Bay fish

I will have Dick Snyder – the director of the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation and a biology professor at the University of West…

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gulf1 campaigns for Miller

Just got another email blast from gulf1.com – even though I have unsubscribed about two dozen times – this one touts VP Dick Cheney’s visit….

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Springdale opens baseball park

Six weeks before Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park, Springdale, Ark. passed a referendum for a baseball park. They played their first game in…

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How sad

The News Journal lets groups post articles to its website. There is one from Friends of the Community Maritime Park entitled “Promise made, promise kept:…

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Markes denied custody

Erin Markes, the 19-year-old mother who has been charged with criminal neglect of her 4-year-old boy who suffers from a rare brain disorder and who…

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Notes: BCC meeting 4.10.08

Committee of the Whole Workshop Board of County Commissioners 10 April 2008 9 a.m. All commissioners were present. Escambia County Muzzleloaders Update “There are just…

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More on LuTimothy May

The nominee packet issue for the CMPA Board of Trustees did not have the full bio on Rev. LuTimothy May. Here it is: A native…

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Portofino Medical Spa closed

The Gulf Breeze News reports today that Portofino Medical Spa was forced to close due to a state requirement mandating that all medical spas must…

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Do not eat Escambia Bay fish

“In this case, (people) might think twice about eating fish and seafood out of Escambia Bay. It really is a matter of risk-a personal health…

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