After informing members of the public of “our come to peace moment last meeting,†the regional planner explained that the city of Pensacola’s second public input session concerning the historic district’s street…
Cheers, Pensacola
A few things to toast this weekend: Blue Angels They practice today and fly over Pensacola Beach again on Saturday. Last year, I wrote a cover story on them: Pensacola’s Own Heroes…
First Grade and the Long Day
The Escambia County School District will be taking a couple of new approaches this next school year in an attempt to help students and schools that are behind the curve. A few…
Pensacola Habitat Sends Volunteers Abroad
By Stephanie Sharp Nepal is home to the world’s 10 highest mountain peaks, incredible historic temples and a population stricken by poverty. 45 percent of the almost 30 million people living in…
How not to do a job interview (video)
Did he just call me “Cowboy?” You just blow it, Bub.
Santa Rosa gets added to TS Debbie assistance, not Escambia
Press Release: Additional assistance to aid in recovery from the impacts of Tropical Storm Debby was approved today for additional Florida counties. The Public Assistance declaration has been extended to include Bradford,…
EBO Report: ‘Fluff and Stuff’
Members of the Community Maritime Park Associates’ Equal Business Opportunity Committee met last night to digest the final report concerning minority participation in the park project. While the mood initially had the…
Shop for Special Olympics
The Escambia/Santa Rosa Special Olympics team will be hosting a sale at the Bayview Park Flea Market on Saturday, July 21stfrom 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Come shop from a variety of…
Santa Rosa Schools do well again
The Florida Department of Education released school grades for school year 2011-12 yesterday. In a press release, the Santa Rosa District School District celebrated that its schools remain at the top of…
How can district deal with Escambia High School emergency
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has declared an emergency at Escambia High after a recent fire revealed the school had asbestos in the building. The school district has several options: Hallmark, Allie Yniestra and…
Exclusive: Former TEAM board members speak out
On a rainy morning, former board members of the now-defunct TEAM Santa Rosa sat down with the IN to discuss what they see as unfair coverage of public-private partnership that ran the…
And what about the Police Pension
Ten years ago, the city’s contribution to the Police Pension plan was a whopping $126,396. In this current fiscal year, it’s $4,004,489! If the police union wants to ponder why there isn’t…
What do the city pension plans cost its residents
In 2000, the City of Pensacola had 56,255 residents and its total contribution to its fire, police and general pension plans was $2,479,380 —or $44.10 per citizen. In 2008, the City of…
Pensacola to rebrand itself
Following the re-brand of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce to the Greater Pensacola Chamber, Mayor Ashton Hayward will unveil the city of Pensacola’s new brand on Wednesday, July 18 at…
Lennon and Maisy are back
Lennon 12 and Maisy 8 sing their version of Imogen Heap’s song headlock.
Gaetz calls for multi-year phase in of new school testing
State Senator Don Gaetz said in a press release that he believes future changes to educational standards should be done over multiple years. He believes there should be a balance between the…
What schools improved or which ones declined
We have been crunching the sch0ol grade numbers. FCAT 2.0 was tough, but some schools actually improved their scores. As reported earlier today, A.A. Dixon had the greatest improvement–more than twice the…
Final EBO Report
The Community Maritime Park Associates’ Equal Business Opportunity Committee will hear a final report tonight concerning the Equal Business Opportunity Program. The program was an effort to realize minority participation in the…
Will State DOE rescue Warrington Middle
Three years into his proclaimed turnaround of Warrington Middle School, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his school board must admit that the millions that they have spent on the school have failed to…
A.A. Dixon outperforms school district
While Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his school board spent so much time chastising Rev. Lutimothy May and A.A. Dixon Charter School, the district saw two of its elementary schools, West Pensacola and…