News Journal publishes correction on The Fish House headline

Yesterday, the daily newspaper printed its story on The Fish House’s response to Mayor Ashton Hayward’s notice of default on the leases for Pitt Slip…

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City Council will discuss adopting city motto. City of Five Flags vs. Upside of Florida

Councilman Charles Bare has put on the city council’s agenda for Dec. 12 a resolution that would make the city’s official motto: “The City of…

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Escambia County State Legislative Delegation sets date for hearing on local bills for Jan. 21

The Escambia County State Legislative Delegation will a public hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance…

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Game of Thrones, Escamiba County edition debuts today

Today the Escambia County Commission will discuss, possibly as early as this morning, who will be the next county administrator. Here is the list: Vincent…

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Rolling out red tape for small business in Pensacola

The Mayor-elect for St. Petersburg is Rick Kriseman. He posted on his Facebook page today: Heard at Harvard’s Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly…

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City went silent on its default notification

The day after the PNJ published its article on the dispute between Mayor Hayward and The Fish House, I requested interviews with the city and…

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Document trail on Pitt Slip leases gives the behind-the-scenes view. Several of these are published here for first time

As part of the investigation into the Independent News’ cover story, “How NOT To Do Business: City vs. The Fish House,” we gathered the letters…

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Merrill and Russenberger reject default notification

Mayor Ashton Hayward hired attorney Nix Daniel to send a notification of default to Ray Russenberger, whose company, Seville Harbour, Inc., has the master lease…

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DIB Wine Festival may become Wine Walk

Downtown Improvement Board may have a more creative replacement for its Pensacola Wine Festival, which was eventually canceled for 2013 after Tropical Storm Karen threatened…

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Hayward delays vote on airport food services for third month

Michael Laven, contract manager at the Pensacola International Airport, sent notification to Creative Food Group -that includes The Fish House, Varona’s, Bagelheads and Pensacola Brewery,…

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Weekend Buzz: Possible indictment, another town hall and fundraisers

Are the Feds about to indict a local elected official? That is the rumor that has dominated county politics over the Thanksgiving weekend. The daily…

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Fundraiser for Philippines set for Sunday, Dec. 1

The Filipino American Republican Club is holding a benefit for its Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund this Sunday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. at the Old…

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