After 10 years of Thursdays in the Park, the revamping of the annual weekly concert series as Tunes by the Dunes made its debut on Navarre Beach Thursday to a packed crowd.
Batting practice ends for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin heads off the field, walking alongside one of the young prospects in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
The end of the season girls’ softball banquet was held on May 23. The team ended the season with an 11 – 13 record. However, the team’s success is not measured in wins and losses. They were in each game down to the last out. There was no quit in this Raider team.
Hitting for power isn’t typically the mode of attack for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. They are a team that relies much more on great pitching – the staff ranks first in the league – and solid defense.
Brady Hale makes the trip from Dallas to Pensacola once a month to hunt lionfish, and the fact that he’s willing to travel more than 600 miles to hunt the invasive fish that has wreaked havoc in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t a surprise at all.
As you all are aware, Commissioner Rob Williamson removed the temporary Navarre Beach entrance sign (Hwy 98/Navarre Beach Causeway) under the cover of night on May 25. After being interviewed by Channel 3 News, he recorded and posted online his justification for his actions. The following is a breakdown of those comments, in part, followed by my own thoughts. I have attached the audio so each of you can listen for yourselves, and so there can be no accusation that I inaccurately wrote what he said.
As development and visiting tourists make it harder to find flat, undisturbed sandy space along the Gulf of Mexico’s beaches, endangered least terns have come up with an interesting solution: rooftops.