Troy Moon

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Everything about the Gulf Coast Kid's House is designed to soothe, comfort and lend a sense of safety to children who have suffered physical, sexual and mental abuse and trauma. Scared and scarred by horrible abuse at the hands of, most often, someone the child knows, it is a caring, compassionate haven for the innocent hearts that have been abused and physically and emotionally hurt. Yet, Gulf Coast Kid's House offers a calming environment.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Dignitaries speaking before they broke ground on Pensacola State College's latest construction project Monday morning had to frequently pause or risk being drowned out by the roar of nearby commercial jets. Hey, what do you expect when you build a college building on airport property? Pensacola State College officials expect a great deal and believe the partnership will bring great things for both their students and the local workforce.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Carol Bernard has a special memory of the Pensacola Civitan Club's annual Community Picnic from two years ago. With music blaring through Seville Square, she and a young girl with cerebral palsy danced and frolicked to the sweet tunes wafting through the park. "Her face was unbelievable,'' said Bernard, a member of the Pensacola Civitan Club, a local civic club chartered in Pensacola in March of 1940. "There was so much joy and tears, and it was amazing.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

We're a little more conscious of beach conservation these days, paying consideration to the nesting sites of sea turtles and even the sea oats that help anchor the wind-sculpted sand dunes of local and cherished beaches. But back in the day? We would tear that beach up!We were running buck wild across Pensacola Beach, tearing mortar-sized holes in dunes and sand and acting like crazy folks who were digging for water after having brains baked in the sun.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

When Richards Memorial United Methodist Church moved to its current location off T Street in 1923, folks would come to services in their Sunday best, arriving in the popular automobiles of the day, from "Tin Lizzies" − a widely used term to describe the Ford Model T− to early Chryslers and Studebakers.