Mayor Hayward issues open letter on Pitt’s Slip legal fees

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward issued today an open letter regarding the legal fees regarding the fight over the Pitt’s Slip leases. “Once again stories of…

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Bowling tries to outline how she controls outside law firms

City Attorney Lysia Bowling is fighting Councilwoman Sherri Myers’ effort to put in stricter controls over the city’s outside legal contracts. Myers wants no more…

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Blue Angels in the Outfield on Monday, June 12

The Blue Angels Association and the City of Pensacola have partnered with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for baseball night. Make plans to attend on Monday,…

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Pensacola mayor pays out $28K for gas tax appeal, settles for lower share

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward paid the Orlando-based law firm GrayRobinson $28,409.55 to handle his appeal regarding the local gas tax and eventually settled for a…

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Inweekly Listening Tour off to solid start [podcast]

By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Inweekly’s Listening Tour, led by publisher and owner Rick Outzen, brought a crowd of about 50 people to the historic Antioch…

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Olson on homelessness: ‘This is not a problem we can solve’

By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY The homeless and panhandlers have been a problem among Pensacola area residents for years. Several ordnances have been put in place…

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Breaking News: DCA upholds decision in Pitts Slip/Fish House case, City of Pensacola loses

The First District Court of Appeal issued a ruling that upheld Judge Scott Duncan’s decision in the case of Seville Harbor vs. The City of…

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EPA awards grant for Community Maritime Park brownfield

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 172 communities across the country including five in Florida to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to…

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City of Pensacola legal fees continue to climb, up 35-percent in two years

According to the quarterly, unaudited financial reports that CFO Dick Barker will present to the Pensacola City Council, the Hayward administration’s legal fees are up…

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Citizens celebrate Carpenter’s Creek efforts

By Sammi Sontag INWEEKLY Locals celebrated and simultaneously discussed Escambia County’s purchase of the 8.5-acre Carpenter’s Creek headwater property and restoration processes over pizza and…

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Breaking news: Myers proposes repeal of anti-panhandling ordinance

Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers notified Inweekly that she plans to ask her fellow council members to repeal the anti-panhandling ordinance passed earlier this month…

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Poll: City voters hate veto but still support ‘strong mayor’ charter

The latest Inweekly-Political Matrix survey found that Pensacola city voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council vote regarding hiring a budget…

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City concedes to public pressure, Morris Court playground to reopen

Thanks to lobbying from Commissioner Lumon May and the neighborhood on the Area Housing Commission the Morris Court playground will reopen next Tuesday. Of course,…

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Judge grants new penalty phase for Patrick Gonzalez

The State Attorney’s Office announced this morning that Judge Nickolas Geeker has ordered a new penalty phase for Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., who was convicted…

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Blues on the Bay concert to benefit Workman Middle band

When the Emerald Coast Blues Brothers take the stage at the next Blues Angel Music Blues on the Bay Concert on June 4, they, like…

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Free Beach Trolley service starts tomorrow

The free trolley service on Pensacola Beach, provided by the Santa Rosa Island Authority, will kick into full swing on Friday, May 26, at 5…

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ParsCo selected for Blount project

By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY In a Pensacola City Hall meeting regarding the former Blount School property sale and redevelopment Thursday morning, all committee votes were…

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News Talk 1370 WCOA to broadcast live the Inweekly town hall

News Talk 1370 WCOA has offered to broadcast live the first half of our Inweekly Listening Tour town hall that will held on Thursday, June…

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38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp starts next month

The 38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp hosted by the City of Pensacola Department of Parks and Recreation Sports Speciality Summer Camp Program will conduct…

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Videos of Carpenter’s Creek clean-up

This past weekend, the Emerald Coastkeepers led another clean-up of Carpenter’s Creek. Councilwoman Sherri Myers took these videos of the effort. She gave me this…

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