Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 08: November

January 5, 2009

NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2008 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2008. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of November.

Ernest Ward Middle School held a rally to celebrate the end of Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug campaign, complete with pie in the face for a few teachers (pictured above). Read more…

With tears and a standing ovation, area residents honored retired Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department chief Robert Stewart at a fish fry benefiting him in his battle against cancer. Read more… Stewart was featured on a Channel 3 “Angels In Midst” segment. We were there, with exclusive photos. More…

An estimated one thousand people attended a community-wide Fall Festival in Molino Sponsored by four area churches, the interdenominational event provided a safe Christian alternative on Halloween night. Read more…

Ernest Ward Middle School held a rally to celebrate the end of Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug campaign, complete with pie in the face for a few teachers. Read more…

Gas prices in North Escambia continue to fall, with prices in Molino down to $2.15 a gallon the first Monday of November. More…

NorthEscambia.com is celebrated our first birthday on November 3. More…

The First Baptist Church of Bratt celebrated its 100th anniversary. More…

Bill Slayton won the District 5 Escambia County School Board seat, defeating Tom Harrell. More…

Ernest Ward Middle School held their annual career day. Read more..

NorthEscambia.com ran a live election blog on November 4, election day. We posted the latest happenings live, with updates from polling places around North Escambia. More…

Students at Byrneville Elementary School headed to the polls on election day to vote, and the brown pelican won. The students were voting not for Barack Obama or John McCain, but for Florida’s new state bird. More…


A Century woman told the town council that she’d go to jail, or would go to hell, before she pays a $629 sewer bill from the Town of Century. More… In the end, the council voted a couple of weeks later to forgive the bill. More…

NorthEscambia.com had the opportunity to take a ride up in an Escambia River Electric Cooperative bucket truck. From 60 feet above the parking lot at the Ernest Ward Middle School gym, the view of Walnut Hill was impressive. More…

NorthEscambia.com took an exclusive look at what a new school superintendent and school board might mean for North Escambia. More…

Incumbent District 5 Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White was re-elected to that seat by a more than 8,000 vote margin. More… He was sworn-in in late November. More…

Employees at West Frasher’s McDavid Lumbermill were told that about 75 of the plant’s approximately 100 jobs are being cut in a partial shutdown. More…

Former Century Mayor Evelyn Hammond used her position to retaliate against Century Little League when that organization failed to hire her son as chief umpire, according to an administrative law judge. More…

Fights and rumors of a gun at Escambia County High School in Atmore led to the brief lockdown of Bratt Elementary School. More…

Molino Park Elementary School demonstrated its “exergaming” program for the media and physical education teachers across the area. More…

A tearful service at Ernest Ward Middle School honored veterans. More… Bratt Elementary School also honored veterans. More.. Northview High School honored veterans with a presentation of “Don’t Say No To The USO”. More… And Molino Park Elementary School honored veterans with “United We Stand”. More…

The commanding officer of Whiting Field honored veterans at Century Care Center. More…

NorthEscambia.com had an exclusive interview with Alabama Governor Bob Riley prior to the opening of Alabama 113 as a hurricane evacuation route. More… We were also on hand as the ribbon was cut on the project, which was jointly funded by Alabama and Florida. More…

Restoration work began on Old 100 at the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society. More…

Friends and family gathered at a reception to honor Robert Stewart, retired chief of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department. More…

The Northview Chiefs finished their season with a loss to the West Florida High School Jaguars. More…

In mid-November, gas prices in North Escambia fell below $2 a gallon. More..

The Escambia County School Board rejected a charter school proposal for the Charter Magnet School of Century. More…

Pete Gindl, Sr. completed 50 years of service to Escambia County Schools as his term ended on the school board. More…

We visited with Tina Vickery, who was told that she would not walk again after a February accident on Highway 97 near Molino. She was once again standing tall. More…

Plans were announced for a 35 acre Christian retreat in Century that could eventually include a worship and prayer center. More…

The DirecTV Starship blimp was spotted on North Escambia, and we had the exclusive photos. More…


The Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center surpassed 100 photos, with each photo honoring a veteran from around the small community. More…

Solutia became the latest company to announce a shutdown. Company officials say they are temporarily shutting down the Gonzalez facility’s nylon production, resulting in the layoff of about 200 employees. More…

Fire destroyed a single family home on Jefferson Avenue in Century the last Monday night of November. More…

The Federal Aviation Administration released its findings in the fatal Louisiana crash of a flight that originated in Century with a refurbished helicopter from Van Nevel Helicopters, Inc. More….

We reported that the company behind Project Green Leaf that plans to bring an electric car manufacturing plant to Century owes the state of Florida more than $65 thousand in unpaid taxes. And they failed to pay Escambia County thousands in county tourist development taxes. More…

Two best friends, both students at Ernest Ward Middle School, were cast in an upcoming movie. Angel Mitchell and Cheyenne Godwin both had roles in the new movie “Chatterbox”. More…

Two different Thanksgiving accidents injured two people near Walnut Hill. More here and here.

Gas prices were down as low as $1.75 in the area just in time for Thanksgiving travel. More..

Southern barbecue, bluegrass and gospel music, time with friends and a little history were all part of the annual Boxcar Barbecue in Century. And we took the really cool picture below of fire shooting from the barrel of a Civil War era gun. More…

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