Allegations that three of Fairpoint Regional Utility’s seven board members violated Florida’s Sunshine Law by meeting in private last month are under review by the State Attorney’s Office in Pensacola.
When David Piech threw his hat into the ring for District 4 County Commissioner early this month, he did not think of it as a career move. He said he honestly does not think of it as a job at all.
With a shake of the hand, Board of County Commissioners Chairman Rob Williamson of Navarre passed the gavel Nov. 9 to incoming chairman County Commissioner Bob Cole during the board’s annual reorganization meeting.
The pounding of huge diesel-powered hammers has echoed through the City of Gulf Breeze since June 11 and resulted in the new Pensacola Bay Bridge being on track—or even a bit ahead of schedule — for its planned completion in summer 2020.
It was standing room only Nov. 9 at the Tiger Point Community Center as roughly 100 people showed up to speak out against two developments along Whispering Pines Boulevard being considered by the county Zoning Board.
More than a million students play football at the high school level. Only 600 receive an invitation to the National Combine that takes place during the weekend of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.
The doubters were out there. To think Navarre could be as good as it was a season ago after losing the guy who was on the sideline Friday night — that being Michael Carter, the school’s all-time leading rusher who now plays at North Carolina — was something non-believers weren’t willing to put money on.
Michael Carter makes it all look so easy, the slashes through the defense, the bursts of speed in the open field. It’s as if he’s still playing in high school, only he’s not.