Little or improvement in FCAT math
As with reading, Escambia School District was below the state average for percentage of students who score 3 or above on the math tests. Seventh…
Little improvement in FCAT reading, grades 4-10
The FCAT reading scores show a slight improvement for Escambia County, but all its grades, except for ninth, had a lower percentage of students score…
Escambia/Pensacola gets EPA brownfield grants
Press Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $7 million in Brownfields grants to 10 communities…
Test results on local oysters
From Emerald Coastkeepers: Through funding from Gulf Coast Fund and our members, Emerald Coastkeeper has initiated a long-term oyster sampling project. Every six months we…
May jobs reinforces moderate growth
From John Peacock, Edward Jones advisor: I want to share our perspective on the May jobs numbers. Below are comments from our investment strategist, Kate…
Another email in support of Koss
Editor: I haven’t written your publication before because I let you slide on most things, but when I noticed that you had Commander Dave Koss,…
Jobs budget cuts jobs
Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that the state budget which goes into effect on July—the one Gov. Rick Scott has proclaimed as the jobs budget– will…
Tropical disturbance in Caribbean
From Sun Sentinel: The National Hurricane Center has called off a planned flight Monday by a U.S. Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter plane to investigate…
More Clearwire leaving Milton
GeekWire has another take on Clearwire backing out of its expansion commitment in Milton and outsourcing its call center to TeleTech Holdings. The Milton shift…
June 2 Winners & Losers catches heat
We made former Blue Angels loser last week in our Winners & Losers column. Not all our readers agreed. From retired Adm. Robert Kelly: “Hope…
Palin screws up American History
According to Tea Party sweetheart, Sarah Palin, Paul Revere rode through Boston ringing a bell to warn “the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’…
Sarasota lose proposed Jackson Lab, 3,000 jobs
Jackson Laboratory, currently based in Maine, had requested for $100 million in state funding, for a proposed biomedical village in Sarasota County. By 2031, the…
Buzz: Neumann to bail on WEAR TV 3 (spelling corrected)
Reporter Greg Neumann is rumored to be leaving Channel 3. He is heading back to his home state, Wisconsin, to work for a station in…
Hayward appoints pension advisory board
Press Release: As part of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s 20 Solutions for 2011 campaign platform to address lingering pension problems with the City’s various employee pension…
Buzz: Escambia High in lockdown
A parent just called to tell me that Escambia High School went into lockdown this morning. An armed trespasser was seen on campus. Escambia County…
Video saves Hernando teacher from prosecution
This news story from the St. Pete Times has me wondering if the School District should invest in video cameras in the classrooms, at least…
Richburg saga is not over
Bob Richburg, former president of Northwest Florida State College, dominated Okaloosa County for decades. He was the dean of the college presidents in the panhandle…that…
GOP has some responsibility for National Debt
Think Progress writes that Bush tax and the Iraq War attributed to half of the National Debt. Read Some Inconvenient Truths About National Debt
WXBM’s Linda Lawrence is missed
The original post was rather matter-of-fact. Most times such announcement hardly even create a ripple. Listeners move on. Linda Lawrence of the popular “Marty &…
Buzz: Santa Rosa school district avoids another lawsuit
Did you notice last week that most of the recipients of the administrative raises were female? The word I’m hearing is that discrepancies were so…
