Eglin Air Force Base, Fl. (AP) — Dressed in winter parkas, boots and gloves, engineers for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company used trucks equipped with special sensors, computers and weights as they drove wide circles through a snow-packed field in 10-degree weather on a recent afternoon.
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local philanthropy group has announced the 15 grant finalists selected for 2015. Ten of those finalists will be selected to receive a grant of $106,000 at its Oct. 18 annual meeting.
The Navarre real estate market is making its way back from the downward spiral of 2010. Agents in Navarre and across the country remember the times of the 2006 real estate boom when buyers were bidding for well over list price to beat out another potential buyer, and the sales were plentiful. Then the housing market crashed and Navarre’s market was no exception. Loans went into default status and homes were foreclosed. Sellers pulled back as the home prices dropped. Buyers found it more difficult to qualify for a mortgage.
Country on the Sound is fast approaching and a special event at Lagerheads on the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier has been added. “We want to give a teaser before the main event,” said Country on the Sound organizer Cortni Bird.
Samantha Combs was too young to remember the horrific day in September when terrorists crashed two commercial planes into the World Trade Center in New York and another into the Pentagon.
Downtown Milton’s historic Imogene Theatre will be the stage for the Southern Rock All-Star Jam Sept. 11 and 12. Members from the iconic bands Molly Hatchet, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Georgia Satellites and others will join forces on stage for the special event to raise money for the Black Hawk memorial.
