Springdale opens baseball park
Six weeks before Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park, Springdale, Ark. passed a referendum for a baseball park. They played their first game in…
How sad
The News Journal lets groups post articles to its website. There is one from Friends of the Community Maritime Park entitled “Promise made, promise kept:…
Markes denied custody
Erin Markes, the 19-year-old mother who has been charged with criminal neglect of her 4-year-old boy who suffers from a rare brain disorder and who…
Notes: BCC meeting 4.10.08
Committee of the Whole Workshop Board of County Commissioners 10 April 2008 9 a.m. All commissioners were present. Escambia County Muzzleloaders Update “There are just…
More on LuTimothy May
The nominee packet issue for the CMPA Board of Trustees did not have the full bio on Rev. LuTimothy May. Here it is: A native…
Portofino Medical Spa closed
The Gulf Breeze News reports today that Portofino Medical Spa was forced to close due to a state requirement mandating that all medical spas must…
Do not eat Escambia Bay fish
“In this case, (people) might think twice about eating fish and seafood out of Escambia Bay. It really is a matter of risk-a personal health…
PJC players will sign with Hawaii
From Honolulu Advertiser: Petras Balocka and Lasha Parghalava are committed to playing for the Rainbow Warriors next season, according to their junior college coach. Both…
Radio: BBQ Joints
IN Your Head Radio tackles the national – and times, local – news stories that listeners might miss or get brief sound bites on. We’ve…
Markes back in court
Both the News Journal (Mom back in court ) and the Daily News ( Erin Markes headed to court ) have stories on Erin Markes,…
Radio: DCF safety net
On April 9, I interviewed Janice Thomas, Circuit Administrator for the Department of Children and Families (DCF) about the safety net for single mothers like…
CMPA Board nominees
Here are the nominees to replace Hugh King on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. The vote should be Friday – by the…
What Dave Murzin is doing
When I wrote about the lack of substantive bills being proposed by our local legislative delegation, state Rep. David Murzin sent me this note: On…
City commission cuts salaries
In recognition of the budget-slashing era in which local governments and their constituents find themselves, Hillsboro Beach’s commissioners voted to halve their salaries. Previously, four…
Meadows new PJC president
Pensacola Junior College’s District Board of Trustees extended an invitation to Dr. Charles E. Meadows to become the college’s sixth president during a special session…
West FL RPC gets $1mil from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding four communities in Florida with $2.2 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial…
Notes: Council Committee meetings 4.07
April 7 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: In talks about the Penny for Progress capital projects list, and the creation and possible closure of…
Florida Senate to raise property taxes
The Florida Senate wants to raise the millage rate for the Northwest Florida Water Management District to come in line with the rest of the…
Radio: More on Erin Markes
The first half of the April 7, 2008 edition of IN Your Head Radio focused on the Erin Markes story – the teenage mother who…
Miller skips two votes
Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) did not vote on two bills recently. H.R. 5501, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance…
