Category: News
Town Hall turnout showed power of social media
The Vickery Center was packed last night with citizens worried about the possibility of a Dollar General store coming to the corner of Spanish Trail…
Visit Pensacola in the Sunshine
This morning Escambia County citizens will get to hear, for the first time in a public forum, about the latest set of bylaws for Visit…
Buzz: Push for Catholic vs. West Florida High game to be played at maritime stadium
West Florida and Catholic will face off this Friday to see which team advances in the Florida 5A football playoffs. The Catholic Crusaders won their…
Homeowners will be at Vickery Center tonight to talk with Mayor about Dollar General issue
This email has been circulated by homeowner associations in the Cordova Park area: To all our Homeowners, Two residents brought to my attention that East…
Crist: Facing Scott’s $100 million war chest, made decision to run difficult
Former Governor Charlie Crist admitted to me today that his decision to run against Republican Gov. Rick Scott was a difficult one. I wanted to…
No Dollar General Update: Spanish Trail residents claim the zoning change request was not posted clearly
Over the weekend Pensacola City Council received emails from citizens in the neighborhoods surrounding the intersection of Summit Boulevard and Spanish Trail, where the city…
Burgess Road: dangerous passage for school children ignored by city hall
Burgess Road is a narrow street, majority of which is inside the Pensacola city limits, that has become a “cut-through†traffic for those avoiding the…
Fraud at school cafeterias
Now we know why the Escambia County Public School District set up a toll-free fraud hotline. The daily newspaper reports that an outside audit of…
Upwords: Mayor cares about homeless, grant helps 32 families (update)
No one can ever accuse the Pensacola Mayor’s Office of being subtle. After a week when the city was getting criticized in social media for…
Letter to the Editor: Pregnancy Discrimination
The State of Florida, through Florida Statute 760, provides vital protection against discrimination for individuals on the basis of several categories including sex, color, and…
Wahoo Job Fair on Monday, Nov. 18
For the third year in a row, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos will host two job fairs for people interested in applying for game-day/ part-time customer-service…
Viewpoint: Bring Fairness to Military’s Sexual Assault Process
SIDING WITH GILLIBRAND ON HOW TO BRING CLEAR FAIRNESS TO THE MILITARY’S SEXUAL ASSAULT PROCESS By Phyllis Hain In the U.S. Senate, two female Democratic…
City Council Decides on DPR and Lease Listings, Will Hear More on Food Trucks Within 90 Days
The City Council had a lot on its plate at Thursday night’s meeting. The meeting opened with public comment from two food service employees from…
Gallery Nights are expensive
Each Gallery Night, the monthly special event hosted by the Downtown Improvement Board on Palafox, costs the DIB $9,357 -which the organizations tries cover with…
Art: Pyramid School Handmade Christmas Ornaments
Quayside Art Gallery is proud to present the local talents of Pyramid artists. Its Christmas tree will be exclusively adorned this year with unique, one-of-a-kind…
PLT: A Year with Frog and Toad has tickets still available
Pensacola Little Theatre’s Treehouse Series, Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center present A Year with Frog and Toad, November 15-17 and 21-24, 2013. Arnold Lobel’s…
Councilman Terhaar plans to propose food truck ordinance tonight
Councilman Andy Terhaar has a food truck ordinance to pass out to the other council members tonight for their discussion on food trucks. He based…
Neighbors protest dollar store coming to Summit Blvd
We are getting several emails regarding a dollar store (not sure which brand – Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree or just Dollar Dollar) being…
Viewpoint: Domestic Partnership Registries benefit a broader community
By Joshua Jones On Thursday evening this week, supporters of a proposed Domestic Partnership Registry are encouraged to wear red and attend the City Council…



