For the third year in a row, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos will host two job fairs for people interested in applying for game-day/ part-time customer-service jobs for the 2014 season. On Monday,…
Viewpoint: Bring Fairness to Military’s Sexual Assault Process
SIDING WITH GILLIBRAND ON HOW TO BRING CLEAR FAIRNESS TO THE MILITARY’S SEXUAL ASSAULT PROCESS By Phyllis Hain In the U.S. Senate, two female Democratic senators (Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand) are…
City Council Decides on DPR and Lease Listings, Will Hear More on Food Trucks Within 90 Days
The City Council had a lot on its plate at Thursday night’s meeting. The meeting opened with public comment from two food service employees from Baltimore Washington International Airport speaking out about…
Bodyworx hosts special art exhibit for Gallery Night
This looks cool:
Gallery Nights are expensive
Each Gallery Night, the monthly special event hosted by the Downtown Improvement Board on Palafox, costs the DIB $9,357 -which the organizations tries cover with a sponsorships and a fees charged to…
Art: Pyramid School Handmade Christmas Ornaments
Quayside Art Gallery is proud to present the local talents of Pyramid artists. Its Christmas tree will be exclusively adorned this year with unique, one-of-a-kind ornaments created by Pyramid. This feature show…
PLT: A Year with Frog and Toad has tickets still available
Pensacola Little Theatre’s Treehouse Series, Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center present A Year with Frog and Toad, November 15-17 and 21-24, 2013. Arnold Lobel’s well-loved characters hop from the page to…
Pensacola Blue Wahoos named Best Minor League Ballpark Experience
According to Stadium Journey magazine, the Blue Wahoos were rated the “Best Minor League Ballpark Experience†based on the online magazine’s review of more than 100 Minor League Ballparks – which takes…
Councilman Terhaar plans to propose food truck ordinance tonight
Councilman Andy Terhaar has a food truck ordinance to pass out to the other council members tonight for their discussion on food trucks. He based it off of the Tallahassee ordinance. In…
Neighbors protest dollar store coming to Summit Blvd
We are getting several emails regarding a dollar store (not sure which brand – Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree or just Dollar Dollar) being allowed by the city of Pensacola to…
Viewpoint: Domestic Partnership Registries benefit a broader community
By Joshua Jones On Thursday evening this week, supporters of a proposed Domestic Partnership Registry are encouraged to wear red and attend the City Council meeting, when the proposed ordinance will receive…
Food Trucks are not unique to Pensacola, but need reasonable regulations
Imagine if all the Pensacola movie theaters fought to outlaw DVD rentals, if hospitals wanted a ban on open MRIs outside their facilities or outpatient surgery centers or retailers wanted to block…
Seeds of Hope 5K set for Nov. 23
The University of West Florida’s chapter of Students for Suicide Awareness (SSA) is hosting the 4th Annual “Seeds of Hope†5k Community Walk on Saturday, Nov. 23 for International Survivors of Suicide…
City Council Talks Food Trucks
By Jessica Forbes At Thursday’s City Council meeting, a discussion about food trucks and the policies needed to guide their operation will begin, which is a dialogue that downtown restaurateurs are encouraging….
Free downtown parking may vanish as DIB and City look for funds to keep downtown Pensacola clean
Downtown Improvement Board member John Peacock yesterday asked the DIB Parking and Traffic Committee to look at ways to increase its revenue. He suggested that the committee look at expanding the paid…
Americans for Prosperity Florida targets Greg Evers
Americans for Prosperity Florida, the conservative political advocacy group sponsored in part by billionaires David H. Koch and Charles Koch, has targeted one of Northwest Florida’s most conservative state senators. An AFP…
Operation Christmas Child set for Nov. 18-25
Individuals, families, churches and groups in Pensacola and surrounding counties are working hard to make Christmas a reality for needy kids around the world by filling shoe boxes with toys, school supplies,…
ECSO hosts minority career fair tomorrow
Key 2 Success along with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department, Pensacola, FL will host a Minority Career Fair on Nov. 13, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Applicants will get a chance to interact with…
City Council to discuss Domestic Partnership Registry
The Pensacola City Council will consider today at its Agenda Review a proposal to create a Domestic Partnership Registry. The ordinance was drafted by the ACLU and proposed by Councilman Larry Johnson….
Visit Pensacola draft bylaws. Group will be like a mini-chamber
Last week the Escambia Board of County Commissioners were given the latest draft of the bylaws of Visit Pensacola, Inc. — corporation proposed by the hotel industry to control the bed tax…