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Equal Business Opportunity Chairwoman Concerned
By Greg Fink At this week’s Community Maritime Park Associates’ Equal Business Opportunity Committee meeting, Chairwoman Audra Carter emphasized concern over some of the recurring issues in regards to the …
Lauren Book ‘Walks’ to stop sexual abuse
By Wesley Martin “It shouldn’t hurt to be a child,” said Lauren Book, founder of Lauren’s Kids. “You should be able to walk down the sidewalk and play hopscotch … …
New Dimensions Celebrates Valentine’s Day with an all out gala
By Wesley Martin “God is the ultimate element in any marriage,” said Anthony Johnson, assistant pastor of New Dimensions Christian Center. “When we have the love of God which is …
First Annual Pensacola Blues Festival comes to Civic Center
By Wesley Martin While the lower level of Pensacola’s Civic Center was almost full to capacity, one could easily see that the First Annual Pensacola Blues Festival should have been …
Florida’s Investments Grow Businesses and Create Jobs
By Governor Rick Scott Businesses create jobs, not government. That is why, as Governor, I am committed to improving our state’s business climate by lowering the cost of doing business …
One Fallen Star, One Refreshed Heavenly Choir
by C. A. Jude Stewart Well, a shooting star in the black cultural firmament is gone. She’s another in a long line of elite black musical talents who perished prematurely …
City officials upset by Mayor Hayward’s newly administered committee
By: Greg Fink Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward recently appointed the newly formed Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee as a consultative board to the mayor’s office, city council and Pensacola’s Community Redevelopment …
Pensacola prepares for annual Black History Expo
By: Wesley Martin “The African American culture is a very unique culture,” says Reverend John H. Powell Sr. “But sometimes we forget who we are.” At those times, according to …
Fricker Center Hosts 10th Annual Bowl Party
By: Wesley Martin “We reel them in with basketball, a little fun and competition and then we merge into talking to the kids about making the right decisions,” said Justin …
PCARA Celebrates Grandmothers at Saenger
By: Wesley Martin Pensacola’s Saenger Theater was almost to the maximum capacity of 1650 last Saturday. Hundreds of people came to enjoy the local stage production, “Praying Grandmother,” presented by …
Keeping the Faith: The Sound of Silence
By Ronnie McBrayer It is golden. It is a virtue. It is more musical than any melody, rest for the mind, and sometimes it has the loudest voice. It is …
Yates Installed as 13th President of National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA
Approximately 1500 individuals (including the Honorable Ashton Hayward, Mayor, City of Pensacola, and Escambia County Commissioner Marie Young, District 3) are expected to be in attendance at the Installation of …
The two-party system is dying. And it has to if our Republic is to survive
By: Calen Fretts Citizens across our great nation are realizing that the Republicans and Democrats in Washington no longer represent their interests, and they’re ready for a severe change to …
The Gantt Report: Same Black Candidates, Same Losers
By Lucius Gantt It’s 2012, another election year, and every Black community in America has candidates that always run for office and those same candidates always lose! After the election …
Super Bowl Joy, Super Bowl Madness
by C. A. Jude Stewart The G-Men did it again. 21-17 over the much-ballyhooed NE Brady Bunch & Captain Americano, Tomasino Brady. Over the past 2 weeks, I asked local …
AARP: You earned straight answers from candidates on Social Security, Medicare AARP: You earned straight answers from candidates on Social Security, Medicare
By Jeff Johnson Florida famously has the highest percentage of residents age 65+ in America. More than 3 million get health care coverage through Medicare, and 3.7 million are receiving …
Gulf Breeze Hospital Initiates Cath Lab Construction
GULF BREEZE, FL (Feb. 6, 2012) – As the area’s leader in cardiovascular care, Baptist Health Care and Cardiology Consultants are working together to provide a world-class regional heart and …
Ryan Winterberg-Lipp appointed new CRA director
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced this week that he has selected Ryan Winterberg-Lipp to serve as administrator of the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). Winterberg-Lipp, a Pensacola native, is a …
Romney Wins Florida Primary
Mitt Romney wins the Florida Republican Primary by a large margin Tuesday night gaining nearly 48% of the vote. Prior to the election, however, the top two candidates visited Pensacola …
Obama Is Riding High as GOP Candidates Battle Each Other
BlackChristianNews.com- U.S. President Barack Obama at the Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge,Maryland on January 27. For once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back, …
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