Author: Rick Outzen
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…


