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Escambia County To Spray Areas In North Escambia For Mosquitoes Tonight

Escambia County Mosquito Control will conduct a “fogging mission” tonight from 6:30 until 10:00, weather permitting:

Area 49B	North Boundary	Quintette Road
	South Boundary	Becks Lake Road
	East Boundary	Ashfield Estates Road
	West Boundary	Highway 29
Area 51A	North Boundary	Barth Road
	South Boundary	Quintette Road
	East Boundary	River Bend Road
	West Boundary	Highway 29
Area 52B	North Boundary	Cedar Springs Road
	South Boundary	Barrineau Park Road
	East Boundary	Highway 29
	West Boundary	Chalker Road

Area 8D	North Boundary	Lillian Highway
	South Boundary	Highway 98
	East Boundary	60th Avenue
	West Boundary	Blue Angel Parkway

Fogging mission hours vary by start and conclusion times, but generally adult mosquito pesticides are applied in the early evening hours. We ask residents to keep travel in these areas to a minimum during spray times.

For additional information or to request service, please contact the Mosquito Control Division during normal business hours at 937-2188.

Cooler Weather Returns, Lows In The 50’s

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Clear, with a low around 54. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 86. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Calm wind.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
• Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Great Weather Forecast

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
• Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
• Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

More Rain Tonight

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Periods of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 71. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
• Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Pictured top: A rainbow as seen from Bogia and Pine Barren roads in McDavid this morning. Submitted photo by Ramona Preston, click to enlarge.

County Commission To Consider Utility Bill Fee Increase

The Escambia County Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss a proposal that could mean an increase in electric and natural gas bills for residents of the unincorporated areas of the county. It’s a plan that Gulf Power is speaking out against.

The plan would costs consumers an extra $2.5 million to $3 million per year that would be used for economic development efforts.

In the 1990’s, Escambia County granted power franchises to Gulf Power and Escambia River Electric Cooperative, and a natural gas franchise to the City of Pensacola. As part of the franchise agreements, the companies are required to collect and pay the county five percent of gross revenue collected on the sale of electricity and natural gas up to a maximum amount for each category.  The county’s proposal would increase those caps by 50 percent.

“I don’t support the franchise fee increase,” Commissioner Wilson Robertson said during an August  meeting of the Escambia County Commission. He was the lone vote against setting the franchise tax increase public hearing, while commissioners Kevin White and Grover Robertson voted yes. Commissioners Gene Valentino and Marie Young were absent.

For residential customers and small offices, the maximum amount for the franchise fee on their bills would increase from $10 to $15 per month. Effectively, the increase would not kick in unless a customer’s gross electric bill exceeded $200 each month.

The county’s proposal would increase the maximum franchise fee paid by medium size offices and retailers for $75 to $112.50 per month, and  large offices and retailers from $300 to  $440. The largest electric franchise fee increase would be on large industrial users from $3,000 to $4,500 per month. And for gas, commercial users would see the monthly cap increase from $750 to $1,125, while industrial uses would see a potential monthly gas bill increase from $3,000 to $4,500.

The Escambia County Commission will hold a public hearing on increasing utility franchisee fees paid by consumers in the county at 5:31 p.m. on Monday September 17.

Approaching Cold Front Brings Scattered Showers

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 85. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Back to School Splash This Afternoon In Molino

Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Molino will host a “Back to School Splash” today from 2-6 p.m.

There will be waterslides, a moon walk and more for children of all ages at the free event. A family cookout at 5 p.m. will conclude the afternoon of fun. Everyone is welcome.

The event will take place at the church, located on Highway 29 just south of Highway 97. For more information, call (850) 587-2489.

Two Of America’s Favorite Farmer’s Markets Open Today

Two area farmer’s markets named as among America’s favorites will be open today.

The Market at Saint Monica’s on Highway 95A in Cantonment was named the number 10 small market in the country by the group American Farmland Trust.  The Palafox Market, held in downtown Pensacola, was named the number 10 large market in the U.S. The Palafox market was also named the Florida’s second favorite.

The bi-monthly Market at Saint Monica’s will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the church, located at 699 South Highway 95A in Cantonment. Featured items and new vendors this week include Cherry Pit Delights for aching muscles, home baked pound cakes, hand sewn pillowcases with sports and team prints, goats mile soap and many more farmer’s market favorites.

The Palafox market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Palafox Street between Garden and Wright streets in downtown Pensacola. Available items will include pepper jelly, peanut brittle, fresh and pickled okra, raw milk (for animal consumption, and much more.

Pictured top: The Palafox Market in downtown Pensacola. Pictured inset and below: Items for sale earlier this summer at the Market at Saint Monica’s in Cantonment. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Sunny Today, Rain By Sunday

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
• Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
• Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph.
• Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
• Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

Tonight’s Prep Football

For live football score updates from select games tonight, “Like” our NorthEscambia.com Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/NorthEscambia.com.

Here is look at high school football games across the area tonight.

FLORIDA

• Chipley at Northview, 7 p.m.
• West Florida at Tate, 7:30 p.m.
• Sneads at Jay, 7 p.m.
• Pine Forest at Niceville, 7 p.m.
• Escambia at Rutherford, 7 p.m.
• Choctaw at Washington, 7 p.m.
• Pensacola at Catholic, 7:30 p.m.
• Navarre at Pace, 7:30 p.m.

ALABAMA

• Choctaw at Flomaton
• Wilcox Central at Escambia County
• Escambia Academy  at Sparta
• Excel at T.R. Miller
• W.S. Neal at Cottage Hill

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