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dzFPQ7 Good point. I hadn't thought about it quite that way. :)
 
 
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* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Nicole Pfister]] is booked for allegedly forging [[Gulf Power]] documents related to former [[Front Porch Pensacola]] community liaison [[Thelma Manley]].
 
*[[May 29]] &ndash; A fire erupts at the [[Gulf Power]] [[Crist Plant]], injuring four contractors.
 
*[[May 29]] &ndash; The [[Emerald Coast Utilities Authority]] unanimously approves five contracts, in total worth more than $144 million, related to moving the [[Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant]].
 
*[[May 28]] &ndash; [[Thelma Manley]] is arrested for aggravated white-collar crime for allegedly stealing nearly $150,000 from [[Front Porch Pensacola]] while serving as its community liaison.
 
*[[May 28]] &ndash; The [[Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship]] is dedicated by [[Pensacola Junior College]] and the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce]] at the [[PJC Downtown Center]].
 
*[[May 23]] &ndash; [[Celebrate Pensacola]] begins its 450-day celebration with a kick-off party at the [[Escambia County Courthouse]].
 
*[[May 22]] &ndash; The [[Town of Century]] receives a $1.4 million loan to expand its water system.
 
*[[May 21]] &ndash; A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new [[Tryon Branch Library]] on [[Langley Avenue]].
 
*[[May 20]] &ndash; [[Pensacola Mayor]] [[John Fogg]] announces he will not seek reelection, citing a desire to participate in the "[[strong mayor]]" debate without a perceived conflict of interest.
 
*[[May 15]] &ndash; [[Escambia County Superintendent]] [[Jim Paul]] releases a list of 31 cost-saving recommendations, including the closure of [[Carver-Century K-8 School]].
 
*[[May 13]] &ndash; [[Roads, Inc.]] president [[Cody Rawson]] and his wife host a fundraiser for [[Escambia County Commission]]er [[Mike Whitehead]].
 
*[[May 13]] &ndash; The [[City of Pensacola]] [[Planning Board]] unanimously approves new regulations regarding [[heritage tree]]s.
 
*[[May 12]] &ndash; [[UWF]] President [[John Cavanaugh]] announces he will leave the university to become chancellor of the Pennsylvanis System of Higher Education, effective July 1.
 
*[[May 9]] &ndash; [[Grace Resendez McCaffery]] is selected to fill the [[Community Maritime Park Associates]] seat vacated by [[Susan Story]].
 
*[[May 9]] &ndash; The eastern 3-mile stretch of [[J. Earle Bowden Way]], which connects [[Navarre Beach]] to [[Opal Beach]] and was destroyed in [[Hurricane Ivan]], reopens.
 
*[[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Pensacola City Council]] votes 6-3 to hire [[Rusty Wells]] as the new [[Pensacola City Attorney|city attorney]], foregoing the agreed upon candidate ranking process.
 
*[[May 8]] &ndash; [[Kimberly Mary Cannon]] is charged for the [[1995]] murder of her husband, [[Daren Kelley]], after a human leg bone was discovered on the [[Munson]] property where they resided.
 
*[[May 7]] &ndash; The [[Publix]] supermarket opens in the [[Sea Shell Collections]] shopping center in [[Gulf Breeze]].
 
*[[May 5]] &ndash; [[U.S. District Court|U.S. District]] Attorney [[Greg Miller]] announces his resignation, effective the end of June, and will open a Tallahassee branch of law firm [[Beggs & Lane]].
 
*[[May 3]] &ndash; Criminal neglect charges against [[Erin Markes]] are dropped, after a three-month investigation into her son [[Jaden Markes|Jaden]]'s health.
 
*[[May 1]] &ndash; [[Susan Story]] resigns from the [[Community Maritime Park Associates]] Board of Trustees.
 
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