Exclusive: Pensacola deputy fire chief speaks out

Yesterday, Pensacola Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover, a 27-year veteran of the Pensacola Fire Department, was placed on administrative leave without any explanation. Glover said…

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City 3-1-1 app still not catching on

Inweekly had Duwayne Escobedo look into the City of Pensacola’s 3-1-1 service, which handled a little over 400 calls a month last year–most of which…

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Three roughest starts as Pensacola City Council president

The first two months of any position can be rocky as one gets acclimated to the position. That definitely holds true for the position of…

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Podcast: Council president says Human Rights ordinance may not come up until March

Yesterday, Pensacola City Council President Charles Bare said on “Pensacola Speaks” that the human rights ordinance that was referred last November to the city attorney…

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Podcast: Mayor Hayward working on downtown parking solutions

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward called into “Pensacola Speaks” to praise Quint and Rishy Studer for their investments in his city. He also talked about downtown…

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Pensacolians love their fire and police

City of Pensacola residents gave the Pensacola Fire and Police departments, City Sanitation and City Parks high grades, according to a telephone conducted by the…

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Viewpoint: Downtown – Barely Getting Started

By John Peacock, Downtown Improvement Board chairman The City of Pensacola is an amazingly wonderful place to live, work and play, and the downtown area…

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Olson gives update on city projects

At the end of the five-hour Pensacola City Council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14, City Administrator Eric Olson gave his update on city operations. The…

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Olson: Deepflex concerns, FEMA appeal, City Hall security tightens

At the end of last week’s five-hour Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly verbal report to the council. Olson said…

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Manna Food Pantries only did what city officials told them

When Manna Food Pantries bought the old Pickens School property on Hayne Street, the Escambia County School District’s realtor, Danny Zimmern, told the non-profit that…

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Schrey: ‘The amendment file was totally hidden from me’

Elizabeth Schrey was the Planning Services staffer that presented the exception request for Manna’s proposed warehouse to the Planning Board. She told Inweekly that she…

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Mayor pushes council to decide about its staff

Though the Pensacola City Council eventually decided to place the mayoral add-on onto its agenda for Wednesday, some members initially raised concerns about the request…

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