From Escambia Children’s Trust Executive Director Tammy Greer sent after this email the grants meeting: Good afternoon. First, thank you to Shawn, Deana, and Chandra for being at our Program Committee meeting…
Daily Outtakes: CRC rejected
The proposed Children’s Resource Center (CRC) didn’t win approval of the Escambia Children’s Trust Grant Committee yesterday. In June, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced his intention to seek funds from the Trust to…
Last Word: April Phillips
April Phillips Inweekly, 10/26/2006 For more than three years, April Phillips has volunteered as a “Big” for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida. In May, the 27-year-old joined the organization as…
Vilona on Blue Wahoos baseball
Pensacola Sports Hall of Famer Bill Vilona discusses sports reporting and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
Community Environmental Grants
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) opened its 2023-2024 Community Grant Program on Wednesday, July 5. This program will fund action projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and…
Daily Outtakes: What’s that smell
Crappy Problem South Devillers Street had 900 gallons of raw sewage overflow on Monday due to the heavy rainstorm early Monday morning. ECUA Notice sent 3:58 pm yesterday: “A Sanitary Sewer Overflow…
Last Word: Raela Villanueva
Raela Villanueva Inweekly, 9/7/2006 Raela Villanueva is the Pensacola Ice Pilots director of community relations. She also has become an advocate for suicide prevention, after her younger brother, Jr., took his own…
Real News: Casey joins Team Bergosh
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh explains why he hired Jesse Casey to help with constituent services in District 1. In 2009, Francisco Cofre was shot during a mass shooting in Destin, Fla. Tonight, he…
From vouchers to guns, new laws take effect
By Jim Turner ©2023 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. TALLAHASSEE — More school vouchers. Expanded restrictions on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. Limits on using…
Sunday’s Child announces grant winners
Sunday’s Child awarded $120,000 in grants to six Pensacola Bay Area charities at its 9th Annual Membership Meeting yesterday. The 182 members of Sunday’s Child funded and selected the projects and initiatives,…
Daily Outtakes: Another Sheriff Show Car
Simmons Adds to Car Collection Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons’ foundation has purchased a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and gifted it to his agency. Purpose of foundation: “We will support the heroes…
Last Word: Travis Peterson
In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust Questionnaire – which had its origins in…
Real News: Friday fun
ABC’s Jason Nathanson: “No Hard Feelings?” – Jennifer Lawrence stars in the film, playing a woman trying to seduce a teen. Will it have you laughing this weekend? Jason has his review….
Fantastic albums from 1973
Nick Zangari and Sena Maddison discuss the top albums of 1973 by Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Marvin Gaye, Queen and many more. Many considered 1973 the second-best year for…
State rejects oil drilling proposal
From The News Service of Florida: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday agreed with an administrative law judge and issued a final order rejecting a proposal to drill an exploratory…
Daily Outtakes: PNS connection
Pensacola has connections to two news stories: $10.3B PFAS Settlement Late yesterday, the New York Times reported 3M reached a $10.3 billion settlement with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that…
Real News: the one about walking catfish
PenAir Credit Union, Pensacola’s oldest and largest credit union, has unveiled its new brand that embodies the credit union’s passion and purpose for enhancing lives. Pam Hatt shares the details. Levin Papantonio…
Santa Rosa listed as GOP stronghold
By the Numbers: Republican Strongholds ©2023 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved; see terms. Numbers released this week show the Republican Party of Florida had built a nearly 500,000-voter registration…
Last Word: Sandra Sanford
Sandra Sanford Inweekly, 11/16/2006 Sandra Sanford moved to Pensacola six years ago after living in the Virgin Islands for 14 years. Sanford, who recently opened Breathe Yoga Studio in Seville Square, has…
TSA pausing checkpoint work
The Transportation Security Administration has agreed to pause their ongoing security checkpoint replacement at Pensacola International Airport, due to record-breaking traveler traffic and concerns expressed to TSA by City of Pensacola and…