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B’nai Israel celebrates 120 years

In June 1899, a small group submitted the original application for establishing an Orthodox congregation in Pensacola, making B’nai Israel one of the oldest Jewish…

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Magaha passes

Former Escambia County Clerk of the Court Ernie Lee Magaha, Sr. passed away yesterday at the age of  91. Magaha first ran for clerk of…

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Presser: Terhaar takes the mic

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson out of town, his weekly press conference featured a guest stand-in Monday: Pensacola City Council President…

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Posted in Business Pensacola

SCAPE: ‘Another Transformative Moment’

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Prior to the plan’s proper unveiling Monday evening at The Rex Theatre, the Pensacola City Council was offered an early-morning glimpse…

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Transit union claims agreement, county says negotiations still open

Michael A. Lowery, the president and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, AFL-CIO, says the union had reached a labor agreement at…

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Posted in Escambia County State & National News

Poll: Hill has support, but not so much for his issues

In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 450 likely Republican voters in State House District 1, we found that 52.4 percent would re-elect controversial State Rep….

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Hill Supporters: ‘Fake News!’

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In a show of support for embattled state legislator Rep. Mike Hill, a group of protestors spent Saturday afternoon on the…

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FB BCC attacks contagious?

Ryan Nicol of Florida Politics reports that GOP Brevard Commissioner Bryan Lober last week went after  Stacey Patel, who serves as the chair of the Brevard Democratic…

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Voters show no support for paying legal fees for commissioners over FB comments

Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is looking for the taxpayers to pay to defend him against a lawsuit concerning comments he made on Facebook. The…

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Hill supporter claims GOP threw lawmaker under the bus

James Calkins, husband of Maria Calkins, legislative assistant for State Representative Mike Hill, protested what he claimed to be Hill’s exclusion from today’s signing of…

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YMCA Deal Get the Green Light

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Changes are afoot across northeast Pensacola’s recreational landscape. The city of Pensacola is moving ahead with a proposed soccer complex off…

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UWF soars to 2nd spot

The Florida Board of Governors named the University of West Florida as a top-performing public university for the third consecutive year, securing a spot in…

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