Category: News
Bere Jewelers Scavenger Hunt
At Bere Jewelers you have the chance to own a Breitling watch and fly in a Breitling plane. The winner of the scavenger hunt, which…
Recognition for Female Veterans
About 20 to 25 percent of the armed forces are women and yet, there is no monument to commemorate their service to this country. That…
Someone call Fox Mulder
The district attorney who looked into the sex-abuse case against Jerry Sandusky in 1998 went missing in 2005 and has been declared dead. Read NYT…
Paterno to step down at end of the season (video)
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, his long career brought down by his failure to…
Proposed bill would restrict local goverments’ ability to charge impact fees or collect for new schools, roads
HB 603 by Rep. Michael Weinstein, R-Orange Park, would prohibit cities and counties from applying impact fees until July 1, 2015 unless approved by a…
Gulf Coast Shoreline Clean-up Completion Plan approved
Press Release – from our “friends” at BP: After 18 months of sustained effort to clean the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico following the…
Occupy Pensacola Holds On, Mobile Not So Much
The Occupy in Pensacola is going a bit smoother than its sister-campout in Mobile. While about 20 protesters were arrested overnight in Mobile, local leaders…
Scouting the Edge
What could drive local community leaders over the edge? The Boy Scouts. As part of the group’s Over the Edge fundraising event, area ‘celebrities’ and…
350 Delays Presentation
A local environmental group has decided to delay its presentation originally slated for tomorrow’s Pensacola City Council meeting. Elaine Sargent, spokesperson for Sustainable Gulf Coast/…
Badlands the Series – Clean Sweep hits Myrtle Grove
Press Release: The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Myrtle Grove Neighborhood Watch, will conduct an “Operation Clean Sweep†event on Monday Nov. 14…
Poverty Solutions Rally Nov. 19
Catholic Charities Bridges to Circles Initiative invites the community to experience a unique Poverty Solutions Rally featuring a Poverty Simulation on Saturday, November 19, 2011…
Could This Be the End for Paterno? (video)
The AP’s Jim Litke is at Penn State, where the school and their football program are reeling from the sexual abuse charges against former coach…