John Peacock called to suggest the City look into the federal bond program – Build American Bonds – for the Community Maritime Park. It does look feasible on the surface. We save…
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First Clue for Deluna Treasure Hunt
DeLuna Treasure Hunt Clue One Click Escambia at Florida Public Archeology Network to tour the earliest shipwreck in our state. Use the fish as the link to study the ship. Your key…
More on GBHS gun arrest
This report is from GB Police: At 9:05 am this morning Gulf Breeze Police School Resource Officer Kerstan Tatro confronted a 61 year old white female in the Gulf Breeze High School…
Buzz: Clary may run against Gaetz
There is a steady buzz from Okaloosa County that Charlie Clary may run for his old state Senate that is currently held by Don Gaetz. Clary has made a few calls to…
Group protests Opera elephants
Elephants at the opera?! Animal rights group protests Pensacola Opera’s use of a circus elephant (Pensacola) The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) has sent a letter to the Pensacola Opera protesting…
Jailed pilot wants to tell his story
According to Aero-News Network: Jailed pilot Marcus Schrenker, facing a competency hearing in a Pensacola federal court on April 24, is anxious to tell his side of the story of what happened…
UWF faculty lags behind
The University of West Florida pays less to its professors and associate professors than six of the nine universities in the state that offer master programs, according to an American Association of…
IB and Advance Placement could take budget hit
The State Senate is considering a budget that would cut nearly in half the funding for advanced placement and International Baccalaureate across the state. Last year these programs got $66 million —…
Pensions are a problem
BTW: The PNJ editorial board thinks “It’s fiscal insanity to play the city pension plan game” We’ve been writing on that, too. It was one of the issues of the past city…
A year later PNJ writes on pensions
In its Sunday edition, the Pensacola News Journal has a story on how pensions are breaking the city budget. On April 24, 2008, we wrote about this issue (Feed the Beast). We…
Sacred Heart to start Internal medicine residency
Sacred Heart announced today that it will start a three-year residency program for internal medicine thanks to an Innovate Workforce grant from Florida’s Great Northwest – $200K – and $1M of state…
CMP developer agreement finished
The final master developer agreement as been negotiated and agreed to by all parties. It and a cover memo from City Manager Al Coby are posted on City website. CMPA Board will…