Posted on 17 April 2012. Tags: "Get in the Spirit", Florida Public Archaeology Network, St. Michael's Cemetery
Once a year, hundreds of visitors flock to one of Pensacola’s oldest features, wishing to learn about the immense history and culture of one of America’s oldest settlements. This year’s April 14 event, entitled “Get in the Spirit,” with presentations made by University of West Florida and Florida Public Archaeology Network experts, was no exception. [...]
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Posted on 06 March 2012. Tags: Offer Your Shell To Enhance Restoration Project, scuba club
More than 15 members of the Scuba Club at the University of West Florida came out early Saturday morning to lend a hand to the Offer Your Shell To Enhance Restoration Project along Bayou Texar at Bayview Park. The OYSTER project began in July of 2011 with plans to restore 22 oyster reefs in Bayou [...]
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Posted on 15 November 2011. Tags: downtown, Gallery Night
The year’s last Gallery Night in downtown Pensacola will be this Friday, Nov. 18, from 5 p.m. until midnight. Gallery Night is an event held on seven Friday nights each year and features art work and live music, along with shops, restaurants and bars that keep their doors open later than usual. Dating back to [...]
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Posted on 01 November 2011. Tags: American Cancer Society, Cordova Mall, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
In the early hours of the morning on Oct. 29, about 12,000 people of all ages fought the cold weather to participate in the ninth annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk of Pensacola outside the Cordova Mall. From boas and decorated pink bras, to pink tutus, everyone was wearing some form of pink to [...]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: downtown, market, Palafox
Under the trees on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., colorful booths pop up and form the Palafox Market. From organic coffee to culinary herbs to goat’s milk soap to handmade jewelry and original art, the market has something for every taste. Palafox Market began four [...]
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Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Belmont-Devilliers, construction, downtown
Pristine sidewalks, lit lampposts, and crowded shops and businesses line the streets that bustle with activity. That’s the dream of the organizations involved with the revitalization of the Belmont-Devilliers neighborhood in downtown Pensacola. The Belmont-Devilliers area is rich in culture and history, and several organizations, such as the Downtown Improvement Board and the National Cultural [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2011. Tags: clothing, consigning, Lad's and Lassies, Rococo
“Low on money,” “almost broke,” and “struggling to make ends meet” are terms often associated with the average college student’s life. Fortunately, a trend is flourishing that helps keep college students stylish and while a rough economy strains their wallet. That trend is consigning, taking clothes that are no longer wearable to a local shop. [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2011. Tags: derby, league, Pensacola Roller Gurlz
Warrant Beauty. Poise N. Pixie. Justa Hotmess. Sonya L. Getit. K-SMAKher. Princess PulveriseHer. It reads like a list of professional wrestlers, but these are just a few of the names you’ll find on the roster of the Pensacola Roller Gurlz, Pensacola’s women’s flat-track roller-derby league. Roller derby is a fast-paced, no-holds-barred contact sport where 10 women [...]
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Posted on 20 September 2011. Tags: downtown, Housing and Residence Life, West Florida Historic Preservation Inc.
The University of West Florida is now offering a downtown residence for students. Located in Historic Pensacola Village on 202 Church St., this fully furnished renovated house offers five graduate students the chance to live in the heart of desirable downtown Pensacola. The house was built around 1900 and is a frame vernacular cottage typical [...]
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Posted on 13 September 2011. Tags: BP, CEDB, Deepwater Horizon, funds, oil spill
The University of West Florida will receive roughly $1.5 million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The funds will come to Professors Richard Snyder and Wade Jeffrey in the Department of Biology. Both professors work in the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation. Jeffrey teaches an array of biology courses, including [...]
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