Mayor Ashton Hayward wants to hire Coldwell Banker-Richard Ellis (CBRE) to market the Port of Pensacola, Pensacola International Airport and the remaining parcels at the Community Maritime Park. CBRE was hired last…
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Remembering 20 Solutions for 2011
Last night’s debate over whether it is better for the Pensacola International Airport to have national brands or Pensacola-based foods for its food services brought to mind Mayor Ashton Hayward’s campaign platform…
Council votes for more time to ponder airport food services
By Jesse Farthing Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposal to give a 10-year concession contract at the Pensacola International Airport to OHM Concessions was put on hold last night when the City Council moved…
Gunshots heard at memorial service for PHS student
A planned vigil for a slain 14-year-old Pensacola High student has been canceled after gunfire was heard in the neighborhood at another memorial service held on Sunday. Kenteyanna Anderson was killed last…
Living on the Edge: Pensacola featured in story about digital economy for the homeless
Wired has a story on how our city’s homeless have figured out how to us bitcoins, the world’s most popular digital currency, to survive. Jesse Angle lives on the streets of Pensacola….
NY Giant talks about his rehab in Pensacola
Maybe the Escambia County Commission should contribute bed tax dollars to the Andrews Institute for all the publicity Dr. Andrews and his patients give the Pensacola area. Today, NFL player Terrill Thomas…
Firefighters say protest is over safety
By Jesse Farthing Local firefighters are picketing outside Pensacola International Airport in protest of a money-saving proposal by the city that will reduce the number of on-site firefighters at the airport from…
Firefighters set to picket tomorrow
The Pensacola Firefighters will be picketing city hall and the Pensacola International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from noon-6 p.m. over Mayor Ashton Hayward’s 2013-14 budget which proposes to reduce the number…
Limits on mayor’s spending coming back before Pensacola City Council
Councilwoman Sherri Myers wants to amend the Council Financial Planning and Administrative Policy to put a ceiling on how much the mayor can move around between categories, departments and programs without city…
St. Joseph Church cooks up ribs for Labor Day weekend
St. Joseph Catholic Church, 140 W Government Street, is having a BBQ rib sale for Labor Day weekend. $22 for a full slab. The pre-order deadline is this Wednesday @ 4 p.m….
City of Pensacola slow to spend BP grant for Veterans Memorial Park
Through a public records request we got the accounting for the BP grant for the renovation of the Veterans Memorial Park on Bayfront Parkway. As of August 8, the city had only…
Drink Good Beer and Help Judy
World of Beer owners Matt Lafon and Scott Zepp are hosting a very special fundraiser for friend Judy English. In April 2013, Judy was diagnosed with microcystic adnexal carcinoma, which is a…