Escambia County Public Schools Foundation: 2012 Mira Creative Arts Awards

The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation will host the 2012 Mira Creative Arts Awards program on March 29, 2012. Sixty-nine of Escambia County’s most creative…

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Sen. Gaetz: 2012 Legislative Session Report

Balanced budget, no tax increases The most encouraging news to come out of the 2012 session of the Legislature is that, unlike other large states,…

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Sanford Police Chief Steps Down… for now / Superintendent of Schools Weighs In

As protest of the killing of 17 Year Old Trayvon Martin rages on in South Florida, the Miami Herald is reporting this afternoon that the…

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Occupying the Court

Two people who were arrested outside Pensacola City Hall last year will be heading to court soon. Dr. Melody Castro and Rev. David Burden were…

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A Clean & Green Pensacola

Pensacola’s Keep Beautiful local affiliate, Clean & Green has partnered with Escambia County Parks and Recreation to initiate an Adopt-A-Park program. Through the program, organizations,…

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Meeting Meltdown

Officials from the city of Pensacola, Escambia County and Gulf Breeze stepped into a room yesterday to discuss natural gas franchise rights. It did not…

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Hawthorne: An Olive Branch or Baseball Bat?

He knows he’s going to speak before the Pensacola City Council tomorrow. He’s just not sure exactly what he’ll say. “I have an olive branch…

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The Civil War in Florida

The Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) will have an opening reception for a new exhibit called “Rebel Guns: Defense of the Apalachicola” on Monday, March…

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Messer’s Tired of Dancing

Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer’s trigger finger is getting itchy. Tiring of what he once referred to as a “dance,” the attorney asked the Pensacola…

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12th Annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration

Saturday, March 31 marks the 12th Annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration. The family event will feature live marine life in touch-tanks, games, fishing, kayaking, food and…

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PNJ v. Miami Herald

I have really been hit by how differently the Miami Herald is treating the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old shot by a neigh­bor­hood…

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The Dead End Debate

Empty seats at yesterday’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole meeting were few and far between. Most of them were filled with someone there…

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