Press Release: From November 21st to the 23rd, Coastal Moving and Storage of Northwest Florida joined forces with MANNA to hold their 3rd Annual Fill The Mayflower food drive. According to Jay…
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Buzz: Did 2009 land deal sink Bob Cole?
Yesterday’s FBI raid on the home and business of Bob Cole may be tied to a suspicious 2009 land deal. As a Santa Rosa County Commissioner, Cole was instrumental in helping Lifeguard…
ECUA: Don’t FOG your pipes
Press Release: PENSACOLA- Cooking a turkey? Love gravy? This holiday season, and every day of the year, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) urges residents to put your sewer lines on a…
Having the “doctor†“solicit†you in a Little Havana parking lot should have been your first indication…
How To Spot a Fake Doctor in Florida… Fix-A-Flat, pet squirrels, Super Glue, beach towels, toaster ovens, cigarette smoke and door-to-door breast exams are also indicators that perhaps you should go elsewhere….
Christmas Pub Crawl returns
The IN is proud to be sponsoring this event: Pensacola’s Happening, a group committed to organizing the best in Pensacola events, presents the second annual Downtown Christmas Pub Crawl. As a result…
Demaria Picks Up 2 More Grammy Nominations
Press Release: Pensacola psychologist, author, speaker and recording artist Dr. Michael Brant DeMaria has received his third and fourth GRAMMY Nominations. Nominations were announced November 30th by the National Academy of Recording…
Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union Puts Over $1 Million Back Into the Local Economy
Press Release: At a time when big banks are looking for ways to take more money out of consumers’ pockets, Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union is giving money back to its members….
Morning Joe – ‘Dance to the Music’
Love this new promo for Morning Joe
Most Shared Articles on Facebook – 2011
The list is out. What were the most shared articles on Facebook this year? 1. Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami (New York Times) 2. What teachers…
More evidence of BP ‘values’
Is my previous post overkill on BP? Consider this news item from this week: An Environmental Protection Agency investigator says BP ignored alarms that warned of the likelihood of a 13,500-gallon oil…
BP Hypocrasy
BP, whose rush for profits has killed dozens of Americans in the past six years, actually has created on their website a page for statements on their values…and there is no mention…
Buzz: Raid on Bob Cole tied to land deals
We’re hearing that feds’ raids on Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole’s home and business are tied to questionable land deals the IN reported on in 2009 (Santa Rosa in The Dark)….
Mobile Baybears: Baseball America’s Minor League Team of the Year
During the great Maritime Park debate, the naysayers called the Mobile Baybears a failure. They said the team would never permit Pensacola to have an affiliated team. They said a lot of…
Video: Gingrich tops Romney in S.C. presidential poll
Newt Gingrich looks to pick up more support in South Carolina, where a new state poll shows him 11 points ahead of rival GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Nancy Cordes reports. Source:…
Fallout from American Airlines bankruptcy…
Could be some cheap tickets. George Hobica, a travel expert and founder of Airfarewatchdog.com says as consumers shy away from the airlines, they are bound to offer sales and promotions. READ BTW…
Buzz: FBI raids Cole Automotive
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole had some unexpected visitors this morning- IRS and FBI- at his Pensacola business, Bob Cole Automotive. No word yet on what they are looking for.
2011 NCAA Division II Soccer Championships here
And we are getting national recognition for it. From NCAA.com: As the daughter of an U.S. Navy officer, Kelli Bahr moved around a lot as a child. But the one place she…
Video: 200 Arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, Park Cleared
More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied…
Seeking Hardest Working Women in America
Doron Ofir Casting (Design Star, Military Wives, Jersey Shore, Nashville Star, Chefs vs. City, My Strange Addiction) announces the search for the hardest working women in America to celebrate the tough women…
Last day for Rising Star nominations
Rising Star Nominations Deadline Nov. 30, 2011 In 2008, our newspaper began our Rising Stars program to honor the leaders in the under-35 crowd. Independent News has published each January a list…