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Bring chairs for Bands on the Beach

Pensacola Beach’s outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, kicks off tomorrow night, April 2, with Beatles tribute band Not Quite Fab. The free…

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Posted in Escambia County Politics

See who applied for County Administrator

We have the list in three parts:

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Posted in Business Pensacola

Underhill tries end run on PEDC bill, fails

Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill last week tried to get the Florida House State Affairs Committee to not hear HB 1067, which restructures the Pensacola-Escambia…

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Posted in Business Pensacola

Pensacola makes Final Four

Pensacola eked out a four-point victory over Delray, Fla. in the 2019 Strongest Town contest. More than 5,500 votes were cast in our second round…

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Posted in Education

School board term limits

From the News Service of Florida: A House committee Thursday approved a proposal aimed at imposing eight-year term limits on school-board members across the state,…

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Posted in Business Pensacola

‘Right price’ downtown parking

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board continued to refine its plans for downtown parking during a Tuesday night workshop in preparation for a…

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Posted in Escambia County

Commissioner makes direct appeal to Lake Charlene residents

In January, Commissioner Doug Underhill failed to win support to invoke eminent domain to obtain a parcel owned by the Lake Charlene Homeowner’s Association that…

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Posted in Pensacola

Yawn, another port study

Yesterday, I wrote how the Hayward administration and the Pensacola City Council talked about Complete Streets for seven years without getting anywhere. Downtown got a…

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Posted in Education

Thomas says he may have agreement to sign Triumph grant

The News Journal today asked the question that we have posed for the past six months: New aviation jobs coming to Pensacola, but will local…

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City of Pensacola had six people at Symposium

According to the registration records, the City of Pensacola had six people at the Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium held in late February: Drew Buchanan, Mayoral…

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Complete Streets not a new idea

The City of Pensacola has been talking about Complete Streets since 2012. Initially, the concept was used as a reason to open East Government Street…

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Posted in Business

Top 10 small cities for small business

Here is a goal for the Greater Pensacola Chamber: Get Pensacola on this list. ChamberofCommerce.org has published a study that uncovers the best small cities for…

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