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Outtakes 12.9
MAKE A DIFFERENCE For three years, Studer Group has been running ads in the Independent News and Gulf Breeze News honoring individuals and groups that are making this community a better place for all [...]
Make It Right Restores Lower Ninth Ward
Brad Pitt and Others Rebuild New Orleans Neighborhood by Dustin Toney Melba Leggett, 54, was just one of the many displaced from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The home she grew up in was [...]
Winners & Losers 12.9
Winners EMERALD COAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY The utility held on Dec. 2 its community celebration to mark the completion of the new, $316-million Central Water Reclamation Facility, the largest [...]
The Buzz 12.9
PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES The IN reported last year on the rise of prescription drug abuse and how, because these drugs are prescribed by doctors, the danger involved is often dismissed [...]
The Last Word—Kismet J. Rideau
Kismet J. Rideau Director, College Reach-Out Program (CROP), Academic Advisor, Instructor What is your chief characteristic? Sincerity and public speaking What do you appreciate most about [...]
Drayton Sawyer and The Offer: Sharing More Than Just a Border
Alabama and Florida Bands Team Up and Help Each Other Out BY Rob “Bubbs” Harris There is no denying the “Flora-Bama” connection around these parts. There seems to especially be a strange, [...]
The Art of the Dinner Party
Cast Aside Your Preconceived Notions: Dinner Parties are Making a Comeback by Ashley Hardaway Like snow-covered kittens, meringue and full-sequined dresses, dinner parties often sound better than [...]
Same Time, Same Place
Same Time, Same Place Wine Tastings Thursday: Aragon Wine Market 5-7 p.m. 27 S. Ninth Ave., aragonwinemarket.com Friday: City Grocery 5:15-7:30 p.m. weekly. 2050 N. 12th Ave. [...]
Featured Business Directory
ADVERTISING Cox Media 3405 McLemore Drive 432-1403 or (866) ADS-SELL coxmedia.com BARS/NIGHT CLUBS Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom 10 Palafox Place 497-6073 hopjacks.com Sandshaker [...]
You’re Invited to a Tea Party
Literally, not Politically by Trevor Webb With big business on the decline, there’s been a recent resurgence of the local little guy. One of several new businesses popping up is Bia’s Sublime [...]

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