Bakery manufacturer and ingredient supplier Dawn Foods recently announced the winners of its annual Sweetest Bakery in America contest and local favorite Milton Quality Bakery took top honors as the best full-line…
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PYP membership drive
The Pensacola Young Professionals announced their 2019 membership drive. Annual membership will be available for a discounted rate of $99 through Dec. 5. Annual membership is regularly $125. Member benefits include free or discounted…
Besser leaves $2 million to UWF
Press release: Throughout their lives, Valmae and Ron Besser were ardent advocates for the University of West Florida, supporters of the arts and committed to community improvements in Pensacola. Their longstanding history…
Seeking Rising Star nominations – deadline today
It’s time to select the next Rising Stars class. We are looking for nominations for the 2020 Rising Stars class, which will be published in late January 2020. The qualifications are: 1. Must…
Poll: Walker leads Lunsford in ECUA D5 race
In an InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 533 likely Republican voters living Escambia District 5 voters, we found that Larry Walker has the lead for the re-election for his ECUA race over challenger…
Judge denies rehearing on heritage oak case
Judge Jeffrey L. Burns of the First Judicial Circuit Court has denied a couple’s motion for a rehearing on their case involving a heritage oak tree on their property. On  Oct. 30,…
Poll: District 1 incumbents lead their races
The 2020 primaries are nine months away. Inweekly hired the Political Matrix to check the temperature of District 1 Republicans. The polling service surveyed 422 likely Republican Escambia District 1 voters and…
Talking turtles
Turtles are plentiful in the Florida panhandle, and there are folks who still consider them to be a tasty meal. Even protected varieties of turtles, such as the gopher tortoise. “Most of’em…
McReynolds Switcheroo: How to make money on a charter school
Summary Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy:Â In August 2002, the Escambia County School Board voted to sell its McReynolds school property to the charter school for its appraised value. School founder Celestine Lewis switched…
More murals popping up downtown. Here’s why
In the fall of 2017, the University of West Florida Historic Trust applied for and received funding from the National Park Service for the creation and installation of two maritime themed murals…
EDS first stop for ‘Fill the Mayflower’
Press Release: Episcopal Day School and Christ Church Parish students, families, faculty, and clergy are proud to be the first stop for the Mayflower truck on its way to Cordova Mall forManna…
Gannett-GateHouse merger completed
The merger of Gannett, the parent company of USA Today, Pensacola News Journal and more than a 100 other dailies, and GateHouse Media was completed Tuesday afternoon. The new chain will own…
SCAPE plan for Pensacola waterfront on track
Terry Horne, executive director for the Center for Civic Engagement, gave the crowd at the CivicCon event on Monday an update on SCAPE project to revitalize Pensacola’s waterfront. For first half of…
Presser Notes: Annexation, Feedback and the Tree Fund Reprise
After knocking out some announcements — the city’s completely replaced all its old cast iron pipes and the fire department’s been installing residential smoke alarms — Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson spent the…
UWF gets two new trustees, Stephanie White and Jill Singer
Press release: The Florida Board of Governors has appointed Stephanie White and Jill Singer and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has reappointed Alonzie Scott to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees….
‘Christmas on the Coast’ tickets on sale
Press release: Let’s go on with the ‘SNOW’ as we welcome Christmas on the Coast back to the Saenger Theatre stage. Watch as the Pensacola Children’s Chorus transforms our southern forecast into…
Chamber announces December luncheon speaker
Press release: The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce announced today that Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears will keynote this year’s Chamber Legislative Luncheon. The luncheon will be…
Pensacola Comedy Fest tickets go on sale
Gilbert Gottfried, Donnell Rawlings, Orny Adams, Evil Dead: The Musical Pensacola, FL and much, much more take over downtown for four days for Pensacola’s first comedy festival- Jan. 2-5. The 2020 Indie Fringe…
City Council preview: Money Tree
Funds may soon flow once more from the city of Pensacola’s tree trust fund. City Council members will consider Thursday approving a tree planting and management plan that would free up a…
Inweekly Martini Night starts 5 p.m.
Inweekly Martini Night is tonight – Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 5-6:30 p.m. -at Angelena’s Ristorante Italiano, 101 E Intendencia St. The bar will offer $4 Martinis and free samples of their delicious…