Tag: Pensacola
Pensacola Cordova Rotary Club raises $5,000 for Charity
The Pensacola Cordova Rotary Club recently hosted its Third Annual “Pancakes with Santa†fundraiser. More than 200 people attended the event to enjoy a pancake…
Old University Mall site lands Burlington, Toys R Us. Opens Fall 2013
Press Release: Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG), the world’s leading retail real estate company, announced a host of new tenants today for the redeveloped University…
Thank you, Bette Hooten. New downtown library long-time dream
West Florida Public Library Board of Trustees President, Bette Hooten, displayed our newspaper during her remarks at the dedication for the renovated and expanded downtown…
Pensacola International Airport: Traffic up slightly for December
From the airport newsletter: In December, Pensacola International Airport regained 1 percent more seat capacity over December 2011. Total enplanements for December 2012 were up…
Miami has gun buy-back program
In an effort to curb illegal guns and gun violence, Miami police is holding its first 2013 gun buyback operation of the year. Beginning on…
Library Focus Groups
Escambia County press release: The West Florida Public Library System is looking for individuals interested in participating in focus groups to help shape the future…
Alfresco food court to open first food trailer in February
Alfresco’s, the food court on the corner of Palafox and Main streets, is close to opening, at least partially. Two Airstream trailers are being placed…
IN Cover Story Puts a Face on Area Homicides
Murders, shootings, assaults, rapes…they too quickly become just numbers, one-day headlines lost in the flood of news of Justin Beiber’s tattoos, Lady Gaga’s outfits and…
The Kumbayah Provision
The Escambia County Commission tonight again tweaked the structure of its RESTORE Act advisory committee. This time, they addressed ambiguities pertaining to the city of…
Nine hate crimes committed in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties
Attorney General Pam Bondi released on Monday the 2011 Hate Crimes in Florida Report, which includes detailed information on the types of hate crimes being…
Top Five Economic Trends to reshape Moblie, Escambia County and Pensacola
The Mobile Press Register has published the top five economic trends that it believes will reshape Mobile in 2013. Of course, the Airbus assembly plant…
WTF: City of Pensacola has higher murder rate than NYC
Last Friday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised his Police Department for newly released 2012 homicide statistics, which showed 414 murders in the city—the…
