It’s in Washington, D.C. The truck will launch on July 9 and will serve lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday, with stops at Union Station, Farragut Square, Navy Yard, Metro…
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The Yogi and the Brewer
Both businesses on the southwest corner of Seville Square offer customers relaxation. The current mood in this nook of Pensacola’s historic district, however, is anything but relaxed. “What we’ve got is an…
Kickstart Soccer coming to Lexington Terrace
By Stephanie Sharp… With the EuroCup having just wrapped up and the Olympics just around the corner, the international soccer community is having a very exciting summer. Andreas Dias wants to make…
CMPA executive director applies for Ft. Walton Beach city manager job
Ed Spears, executive director of the Community Maritime Park Associates (CMPA), is among the 33 people who have applied to be the city manager of Fr. Walton Beach. Their former city manager,…
PSC Makes Top 100 List
For the fourth straight year, Community College Week magazine has named Pensacola State College to its list of Top 100 Associate Degree Producers in the nation. The ranking compares about 1,400 colleges….
2012 Game Changers
The INweekly has picked 20 men and women whom the paper believes are helping redefine Pensacola. Pensacola tends to splitter and fall apart–more when things are going well than when the area…
Government St.-Reconnect Public Meeting
The city of Pensacola tomorrow will host the first in a series of meetings to discuss the reconnection of East Government Street. The public meetings were planned after a number of residents…
Letter: Not all Democrats ‘happy’ with Obamacare
by: Deborah Nelson, Chair, Santa Rosa Democratic Executive Committee— When the Pensacola News Journal contacted me last week to get my reaction to the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling, I gave them my…
Buzz: Pensacola goes after big Mobile employer
The City of Mobile and its chamber are worried that Pensacola might lure away one its largest employers, according to the Mobile Register. The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce CEO/President told the…
Santa Rosa County says it is ready for Airbus
In a press release on Tuesday, July 3, the Santa Rosa Economic Alliance (formerly TEAM Santa Rosa) proclaimed that its county is ready for Airbus and its Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers. What…
Inaugural May Family July 4th Picnic A Success (video)
Lumon May hosted a July 4th picnic at Legion Field. Based on the community’s response, May told me that he plans on making it an annual event. “We started at 11 am…
Buzz: Kennedy in Pensacola
The civil rights and racial discrimination issues with the Escambia County School District are spiraling out of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ control. Attorney Mike Papantonio has confirmed that his firm is looking into…
Rubio’s Right-Wing Dimples
Back by the Science-Fiction section, at the end of the line, he was being referred to as “very visionary,†“very sincere†and “very smart.†At the front of the line people described…
Celebrate Beach Big Wheel with videos
Pensacola didn’t get a roller coaster, but it’s too soon to have any really cool videos of Buck’s Beach Big Wheel so I found this post by David Waterhouse of MemeMachine. He…
Patriotic Playlists
Courtesy the Rolling Stones’ fans, includes Dylan, Springsteen, Simon, Hendrix and more. And here are the Patriotic Covers (with video) recommended by Vulture.com: Link
Buzz: Starbucks giving away free coffee on July 4
Starbucks Corp. CEO Howard Schultz said his company will give away free tall coffees on July 4. In a full-page ad Sunday in major newspapers entitled “How can America win this election?,”…
Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union earns five stars
Press Release: Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union, Pensacola, Fla. is proud to be recognized as a 5-Star Superior credit union by the nation’s leading credit union rating and research firm, Bauer Financial,…
Calling All Artists
Original artwork is being solicited to promote the 28th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival. The event, which is sponsored by the Flora-Bama, and the Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce will take…
A Sustainable Gulf Coast
Every new product, process, and design has environmental impacts from beginning to end. Sustainable Gulf Coast’s July meeting explores those issues with Dr. Nye Grant, visiting assistant professor in the University of…
Andy Griffith Dead
The news media is reporting that Andy Griffith was found dead today in his North Carolina home. The man who played Sheriff Andy Taylor and later Ben Matlock was 86. One of…