The hiring of a new $61,000-a-year administrative assistant by the City of Gulf Breeze without considering other applicants or advertising the job is drawing fire from Joe Henderson, the mayor pro tem.
Drivers will find tree clearing in advance of the road work slated for State Road 87 between the southern boundary of Eglin Air Force Base and about 2 miles south of the Yellow River Bridge. The $18.4 million project will widen approximately 5 miles of SR 87.
Plans are moving along for County on the Sound, the two-day music festival featuring Trace Adkins and Big & Rich, slated to take place next month at the Navarre Beach Marine Park.
Julian Bond, a leading figure from the 1960s civil rights movement who served as chairman of the NAACP after a long career in politics, died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.
The City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department and Humana will present the 2015 Pensacola Senior Games Sept. 7 through 20. Athletes 50 and older are invited to compete in 21 events including bocce, horseshoes, bowling, darts, track and field, tennis, swimming and more. First-timers and seasoned athletes are both welcome.
