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Bushwacker Festival gets rowdy
      The 22nd Annual Bushwacker & Music Festival provided locals and tourists alike the opportunity to enjoy a fun-filled weekend of great food, live entertainment and ice-cold bushwackers. Huge crowds, live music and large quantities of alcohol presented the Escambia County Sheriff's Deputies with a weekend full of, well let's just say it wasn't fun.
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Patron-only parking at boardwalk on SRIA's agenda
      The cars that circle, circle, circle the Boardwalk parking lot on Pensacola Beach may get a place to stop if 100-125 spaces are freed up from employees.
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Edouard raises storm concerns
      A storm popped up in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, and fortunately for Northwest Florida, it was headed west. However, if circumstances were different, it may have been an unwelcome visitor to Northwest Florida.
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This week on Pensacola Beach
      Friday, August 8 Sounds of Summer, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on the Quietwater Boardwalk.Ted Scallon Band will perform. Free Friday Flicks shown at the Gulf Side Pavilion starting at dusk. To find out this weeks show, call 850-994-9074. Fun Night Under the Stars, 7:30 p.m., Gulfside pavilion.
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Things I don't like about the beach ...
      I live at the beach. I have lived there for 15 years and love the people, the attitudes and all the characters that live there. But there are a few things I don't like about it. It's not easy to live in Paradise and criticize it, but I wouldn't be a Bubba if I loved everything. The only thing I ever loved everything about was Elvis.
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Pensacola Beach Chamber plans Taste of the Beach Sept. 20-21
September 20-21 Gulfside Pavilion Pensacola Beach Details: 932-1500
      Shrimp, oysters, fish, steaks, sandwiches, salads ... they are all found at Pensacola Beach restaurants Now an event is planned that aims to bring a taste of these restaurants into one location in September. The Taste of the Beach is a gulfside festival featuring many different restaurants and cuisines. It is a first ever event being organized now.
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Suddenly, there are cops everywhere when tag expires
      I find it very interesting about the way in which our sensitivities are heightened. When we drive a red car, we seem to discover more red cars than we previously noticed. When we have a particular illness, it is amazing the number of people who declare they have the same problem.
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