New Dollar General Store Planned For Century
March 2, 2021
A new Dollar General is the works for Century.
The development review process is underway for the new store in the 7000 block of North Century Boulevard, on the west side of the road between Highway 4A and West Hecker Road.
According to plans for the proposed store, it will be 9,291 square feet on about 1.5 acres. It will have 31 total parking spaces, with entrances from North Century Boulevard and West Hecker Road. The developer has told the town that they will remove 17 trees from the property. They plan to replant those 17 trees at the site, along with five flowering trees and 15 shade trees in the Nadine McCaw Park on North Century Boulevard, just northeast of the planned store.
Plans for store must pass the development review process and a building permit must be issued before construction can begin.
Because it will be located within the Century town limits, the proposed Dollar General on North Century Boulevard will not require a county zoning amendment like a 10,640 square foot store location under consideration in Walnut Hill. RELATED STORY: Dollar General Wants To Build In Walnut Hill. It Would Change The Future Of North Escambia Rural Zoning.
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$1.3 Million Covered Play Area And Multipurpose Room Completed At Beulah Elementary
March 2, 2021
Construction is now complete an a new multipurpose room and covered play area at Beulah Elementary School.
At $1.3 million, Morette Company was the low bidder on the Escambia County School District project. Four other bids ranged up to nearly $1.48 million.
The project was funded by half cents sales tax money.
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Verizon Brings 5G Ultra Wideband To Portions Of The Pensacola Area
March 2, 2021
Verizon customers now have access to 5G Ultra Wideband service in select portions of the Pensacola area.
According to Verizon’s coverage map, the service is available in portions of downtown Pensacola between A Street and 19 Avenue south of Gonzalez Street, parts of East Hill, around Airport Boulevard and Davis Highway, Cordova Park, Langley and College Parkway, around Summit Boulevard, and parts of Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach. To view the 5G areas, search for Pensacola and zoom in on Verizon’s coverage map.
“Verizon continues its aggressive expansion and technological advancements of 5G Ultra Wideband service, the 21st century platform for innovation,” said Kyle Malady, Verizon’s chief technology officer. “Customers in these cities can now take advantage of revolutionary, game-changing technology, with access to download speeds and bandwidth that can power the future of wireless and home broadband applications and solutions.”
5G Ultra Wideband uses small cells and is much faster than Verizon’s Nationwide 5G product that can be found in much of Escambia County south of Kingsfield Road and in a portion of the Molino area.
Built for industrial and commercial use cases, Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband boasts ultra-low lag and throughputs many times faster than 4G. As the technology continues to mature, it is expected to eventually handle data volumes 100 times larger than today’s capabilities. Verizon’s use of mmWave spectrum, the backbone of 5G Ultra Wideband, is essential to these revolutionary capabilities as is being used in parts of the Pensacola area.
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More Rain For Tonight; Sunshine Returns For Wednesday
March 2, 2021
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the evening.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Century Honors Joe Brown For 30 Years Of Dedicated Service
March 2, 2021
The Town of Century honored Joe Brown Monday night for 30 years of dedicated service as a town employee from December 1990 to December 2020. Century Mayor Ben Boutwell presented Brown (pictured right) with an appreciation plaque during a town council meeting. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Mammography Services Now Offered By Community Health Northwest Florida
March 2, 2021
Community Health Northwest Florida is now offering mammography services.
Established Community Health patients will be able to access appointments for screening mammograms at its newly expanded imaging department, located at the health center’s main site at 2315 West Jackson Street in Pensacola.
Community Health Northwest Florida patients needing mammograms will be referred for this important screening by their healthcare provider. Initially, mammography services are available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week.
“We are very pleased to be able to offer this life saving screening for our patients, allowing us to detect any potential issues as early as possible. Especially for our low income and uninsured patients, access to mammograms is critical, as vulnerable populations bear a disproportionate burden of breast cancer mortality,” said Chandra Smiley, CEO of Community Health Northwest Florida.
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, possibly before it has spread, according to Community Health. Early detection of breast cancer with screening mammography means that treatment can be started earlier in the course of the disease.
Escambia Reports 32 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Additional Deaths
March 2, 2021
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED STORY. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LATEST DATA.
There were 32 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths in Escambia County reported Monday by the Florida Department of Health.
It should be noted that the total number of test results returned Monday was significantly lower than normal.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 33,713 (+32)
Non-Florida residents: 3,489
Recovered: 30,836*
Total deaths: 631 (+2)
Long-term care facility deaths: 267 (+1)
Current hospitalizations: 68 (-4)
Number of tests reported last day: 253
Percent positive reported last day: 9.6%
Percent positive reported last week: 6.0%
Escambia County cases by location*:
Pensacola: 25,121 (+22)
Cantonment: 3,042 (+2)
Century: 1,143 (+1)
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 478 (+3)
McDavid: 199
Bellview: 56
Walnut Hill: 51
Perdido Key: 21
Gonzalez: 13 (+1)
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 17,118 (+10)
Non-Florida residents: 217
Total deaths: 262
Long-term care facility deaths: 78
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 791*
Number of tests reported last day: 140
Percent positive reported last day: 6.7%
Santa Rosa County cases by location*:
Milton: 8,190 (+6)
Navarre: 3,507
Gulf Breeze: 3,190 (+1)
Pace: 1,358
Jay: 525
Bagdad: 31
Florida cases:
Total cases: 1,910,921
Florida residents: 1,875,818
Deaths: 30,999
Hospitalizations: 79,426*
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. Most of these people are longer be hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
**On cases by location, the city is based upon zip code and is not always received as part of the initial notification. There may be a delay in reporting locations, and locations will not total the daily case increase as a result.
***The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals. Escambia County is reporting an approximate recovery number defined as the total cases prior to last month, minus deaths. In other words, anyone that tested positive more than a month ago is presumed to have recovered by Escambia County.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
Arnold Lavon Macks
March 2, 2021
Mr. Arnold Lavon Macks, age 75, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 in Pensacola, Florida.
Mr. Macks was a native and lifelong resident of Century, Florida. He loved his daughter and grandsons, fishing, hunting and being outdoors. He was a retired welder with various companies and a truck driver. He was of the Holiness Faith. He is preceded in death by the mother of his daughter, Lorraine Macks; parents, Leonard and Helen Macks and two brothers, Wayne Macks and Donnie Macks.
He is survived by one daughter, Selema (Mike) Hammond of Century, FL; four brothers, Leonard (Jane) Macks, Joe Eddie (Vicky) Macks, Ronnie Macks and Tommy (Cathy) Macks all of Century, FL; two grandsons, Michael (Jessie) Hammond of Milton, FL and Matthew Hammond of Century, FL and one great grandson, Sammy Hammond of Milton, FL.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Roy Wayne Dunn
March 2, 2021
Mr. Roy Wayne Dunn, age 68, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at his home in Mineola, Alabama.
Mr. Dunn was born in Atmore, AL, former resident of Davisville, FL and had resided in Mineola, AL for most of his life. He loved his family, fishing, being outdoors and staying in touch with his class mates. He was a kind humble man, which trusted in the Lord Jesus. He was a construction worker doing Iron Work and Carpentry and he was a race car builder and driver. He is preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Liz and Hilton “Cornbread” Davis and brother-in-law, Doyle Gregg.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Iris Jones Dunn of Mineola, AL; two sons, Chris (Miranda) Dunn of Mineola, AL and Randall (Haley) Reed of Atmore, AL; four grandchildren, Stephen Dunn, Ada Dunn, Liza Centers and Anna Reed; siblings, Joan (Bruce) Lang of Brandon, MS, Betty Gregg of Atmore, AL, Joyce Morgan of Hilham, TN, Thomas (Donna) Davis of Mineola, AL, Edward Davis of Davisville, FL, Betty McGhee Peacock of Poarch, AL and Johnny McGhee of Canoe, AL and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Lester Peavy officiating.
Burial will follow at the Mineola Methodist Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from 10:00 AM until service time at 11:00 AM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Gary Bryant, Jerry Johnson, Curtis Williams, Holly Lundy, Richard Carraway and Thomas Amos.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Larry Johnson, Harvey Hill and Ronnie Lassiter.
Family will have a time of fellowship at the Mineola Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, immediately following graveside service.
Tony G. Walker
March 2, 2021
Tony G. Walker, a roofer and lifelong resident of Pensacola, FL died unexpectedly on Feb 23, 2021 at the age 55.
Tony is survived by his son, Tony “Bubba” Walker, Jr.; his sister, Diana W. Bodine; and his brother, Terry K. Walker both of Pensacola, FL. He is also survived by uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews living in FL, AL, VA and IN.
Tony loved his work as a roofer and enjoyed fishing too.
He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who knew him.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
The family will receive friends at 11AM prior to services. Burial will follow in Enon Baptist Church Cemetery.