Poll: Less than half of city voters support expensive Bayview Center

Yesterday, Inweekly/Political Matrix surveyed 450 likely voters of the City of Pensacola and found the city is divided on whether to spend $9.6 million on…

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Hayward spending 12 percent of LOST IV project allocations on Bayview Center and Boathouse

The Local Option Sales Tax – Series IV Plan covers all of the city of Pensacola’s capital projects through Dec. 31, 2029. The project allocations…

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Judge grants rehearing on Fish Hatchery lawsuit

Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles has granted Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth a rehearing on their lawsuit against the City of Pensacola, its CRA and…

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Skatepark vs. Bayview Center and Boathouse

If the City of Pensacola could rein in the $9.6-million cost for the proposed Bayview Park Community Center and Boathouse and get the cost closer…

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Cervantes claims another life

A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday evening near the intersection of Cervantes Street at Pickens Avenue. Pensacola Police report the man was taken to…

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Olson cuts a half million off Bayview Center cost, still 60 percent over budget

Yesterday, City Administrator Eric Olson sent the Pensacola City Council a new budget for the proposed Bayview Community Center that reduced the total budget from…

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Timeline for Bayview Center very different from Sanders Beach Center

Before this year, the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Community Center was the most expensive center built in the city of Pensacola, with a price tag…

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Buzz: Is Hayward changing his mind about a third term

Members of the Pensacola police union think Ashton Hayward will announce next month that he will seek a third term. His excuses will be that…

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Bayview Center costs now 70 percent over original budget

Councilwoman Sherri Myers yesterday refused Mayor Ashton Hayward’s request to place on Thursday’s council agenda the bid award for the proposed Bayview Community Center after…

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Pensacola stopped recycling seven months ago

The Pensacola City Council last week learned the city had stopped recycling its trash, even though residents have been faithfully sorting their trash on putting…

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Breaking news: Phillips switches to City Council District 4 race

Chris Phillips plans to switch to Pensacola City Council District 4 race tomorrow. He had pre-filed to run for Escambia County Commission District 4 but…

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Triumph board approves $3 million workforce training grant for Escambia County

Today, the Triumph Gulf Coast board approved a $3-million grant for workforce development in Escambia County that was submitted by the Escambia County School District…

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Groundbreaking ceremony for $8.2-million community center on May 7

City of Pensacola will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the $8.2-million Bayview Resource Center at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 7 at Bayview Park, 2000…

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Admiral Harris heads to South Korea

Adm. Harry B Harris, Jr., who will be a panelist at the 2018 Naval Aviation Symposium, learned this week that he will not be an…

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‘Preserve the Character of East Hill’ petition started

Teresa Hill has put together a “Preserve the Character of East Hill” petition that has already garnered over 1,400 signatures. She points out that East…

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Local gun violence on the rise again

On Sunday, April 15, a man was robbed and shot in the neck in his home near Downtown Pensacola in the 1000 block of N….

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Rehearing motion filed re:Bruce Beach lawsuit

Robert Emmanuel, the attorney for Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth, has filed a Motion for Rehearing in the lawsuit regarding the lease of city-owned Bruce…

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Hatchery Headache: It does not comply with city code or comp plan

The City of Pensacola and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission may have bigger issues with their fish hatchery than the standing of the citizens…

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Hayward wins hatchery dispute, lawsuit dismissed

Late yesterday afternoon, Judge Joel Boles dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit by Dan Lindemann and Jerry Holzworth regarding the validity of a lease between the…

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Florida TaxWatch includes Pensacola airport project in “Turkey” report

Every year, Florida TaxWatch issues a report on the items the state budget that it considers “turkeys”-appropriations included without being fully scrutinized and subjected to…

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