Mobile Press Register reports that Tim Cook, who took the helm of Apple, Inc. this week is a Robertsdale, Alabama, native. Cook, took charge of the company on Wednesday after Steve Jobs…
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BP minces its words on leak
BP may very well have told the truth about the oil found in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion isn’t from the wellhead that the company…
Arby’s Hometown Hero: Dylan Dalrymple
Pensacola High School IB Student Dylan Dalrymple has been recognized as an Arby’s Hometown Hero.
Increase in Cordova Park burglaries
Press Release: The Pensacola Police Department is alerting the public about an increase in residential burglaries in the Cordova Park area. Since June, there have been eight residential burglaries reported in that…
Deluna Fest Preview Party
This Sunday two DeLuna Fest artists are performing a “secret” showat The Dock on Pensacola Beach. The concert, which starts at 2pm, is free, will include beer specials, and the winner of…
Animated map of Earthquake tweets
Eric Fischer created this animated map of earthquake tweets (available on Flickr.com). Visit his Flickr account here Eric Fischer, www.flickr.com
Library, Smithsonian Launch Civil Rights History Project Website
Press Release: The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) have launched The Civil Rights History Project…
BP denies oil from Deepwater well
Press Release: On Aug. 25, 2011, BP confirmed through a standard visual wellhead inspection that there is no release of oil from the Macondo well (MC252). In addition, BP also conducted a…
Details on the huge Offshore Inland ship at the port
Here is the link on the ship that docked at the Port of Pensacola this morning: http://www.globalind.com/Documents/Operations/Vessels/Global_1200_WEB09.pdf
BonfireJam Tickets To Go On Sale At Pen Air and Walgreen’s
Press release: The Second Annual BonfireJam, scheduled Dec. 10, will begin pre-selling tickets at all Pen Air Federal Credit Union branches and 29 area Walgreens, according to Joe Lewis, the event’s promoter….
City of Margate has 110 firefighters
City of Margate, Florida has 53,284 population. The operating budget for the fire department is $9.69 million and it has 112 employees, of which 110 are firefighters. Chief 1 Division chief 3…
Is Pensacola Fire Department top heavy?
Council President Maren Deweese wants to bring back the fire rescue units. If her facts hold up, she has a compelling case. If the rest of the city council and the firefighters…
Leaking oil is from Deepwater Horizon
Mobile Press Register reports scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match for the hundreds of millions of gallons…
LeaP Forward banquet
Over 120 people attended the second annual IN LeaP Forward banquet that was held to honor and challenge the incoming Leadership Pensacola class. They listened to Sheriff David Morgan and Quint Studer…
What I missed of the City Council workshop
PNJ’s Jamie Page had to sit through the entire Pensacola City Council workshop. In reading his article, “Council members leave budget meeting over bickering,” my blow-by-blow notes captured what happened well. What…
Reggie Dogan leaves PNJ
It appears the daily newspaper let Dogan go for using excerpts from an Education Week article (December 2000) for his Sunday column. Read more.
New Conceptual Redistricting Maps Available Online
Three new Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners redistricting conceptual maps are now available online at www.santarosa.fl.gov/redistricting. The maps were created based on public input and offer three additional options for redrawing…
South has highest divorce rate
The South has the highest rate of divorce and the Northeast has the lowest, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report that based its findings on data collected by American Community…
Is Deal Chicken too slow to the gate?
The News Journal is about to unveil the latest Gannett project – Deal Chicken – which is targeted to compete with Groupon, Val-Pak and other coupon programs. The Gannett Blog believes that…
Percentage taking ACT drops significantly at Pine Forest
State Senator Don Gaetz talks about the importance of encouraging all seniors to attend college, two and four years colleges. He measured it by how many seniors took the ACT exam. Pine…