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Harvey WaldenCommunity Member

6 days ago

The City of Crestview Civic Alerts archive page provides access to historical announcements and notices published by the city government. The archive includes emergency alerts dating back to March 201

The City of Crestview Civic Alerts archive page provides access to historical announcements and notices published by the city government. The archive includes emergency alerts dating back to March 2010, internal emergency notifications, fire department notices, police department announcements, and public notices. Notable recurring items include community redevelopment agency meeting notifications with frequent date changes and cancellations, city council workshop and special meeting notifications, planning and development board meetings, citizen advisory council meetings, and special magistrate hearing notices. The archive also documents community events such as the Christmas parade and tree lighting in 2020, NOCB's free Christmas concert, the "Run for the Homeless 5K" in November 2021, City Government Week observances, and the "Help the Homeless 5K" in November 2022. Other notable announcements include a free household hazardous waste drop-off program in August 2017, firefighter position testing notices, waste management rate changes, requests for qualifications and proposals, town hall meetings on transportation in North Okaloosa, COVID-19 related cancellations and community assistance grants, Hurricane Sally recovery and relief loan information, and various city office closure notices for holidays. More recent entries from 2024-2026 include downtown revitalization updates with announcements about Main Street block openings, city police department open forum discussions, the Mae Reatha Coleman Citizen of the Year awards, citizens academy program recognition, school zone speed safety program implementation, and various ongoing meeting notification and cancellation notices. The archive demonstrates the city's use of the CivicEngage platform for public notifications and records management.

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USPS Package Intercept - Redirecting a Package

USPS Package Intercept® service lets the sender (or authorized representative) stop delivery or redirect a package, letter, or flat that is not out for delivery or already delivered. Most domestic mailings with a tracking or extra services barcode are eligible for Package Intercept. Retail Senders can redirect a shipment back to their address or to a Post Office location as Hold For Pickup. Requests can only be made online with a USPS.com account. Commercial Senders can redirect a shipment back to their address, to a new delivery address, or to a Post Office location as Hold For Pickup via Business Customer Gateway. How It Works: 1. Verify that your shipment is eligible for Package Intercept 2. Sign in to or create a USPS.com account to submit your request 3. Use Retail Package Intercept to request redirection 4. After submitting, you'll receive an estimated total (intercept fee plus estimated Priority Mail postage) 5. USPS will attempt to intercept and redirect the shipment 6. If intercepted, credit card is charged $19.45 Package Intercept fee plus applicable postage 7. Shipment is redirected to the requested location Paying for Package Intercept: All intercepted items are redirected as Priority Mail. Customers must pay applicable Priority Mail postage, except when originally sent using Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, or First-Class Mail. Customers are not charged if the shipment was not intercepted. The non-refundable $19.45 Package Intercept fee applies to each successful intercept request. Additional services available for intercepted packages include Adult Signature Required, Adult Signature Restricted Delivery, Signature Confirmation, and insurance. Determining Eligibility: What Is Eligible: - Domestic USPS mail services with USPS Tracking or extra services barcode - Packages whose total length and girth length is not larger than 130 inches What Is Not Eligible: - USPS Marketing Mail products and periodicals - Items addressed to a Commercial Mailing Receiving Agency - Items redirected to a PO Box - Nonmailable items, items with surface-only transportation markings such as Label 127, Surface Mail Only, or items bearing hazardous materials markings such as Consumer Commodity ORM-D

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Pace Fire Rescue District Home Page

Pace Fire Rescue District Protecting the communities of Pace, Floridatown, Pea Ridge, Wallace, and South Chumuckla Established 1959 ISO Class 4/4x Contact: 850.994.6884 District Holidays - Administrative Offices closure during the following Holidays: - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday - Presidents Day - Good Friday - Memorial Day - Independence Day - Labor Day - Veterans Day - Thanksgiving Day - Day After Thanksgiving - Christmas Eve - Christmas Day - New Years Day Mission Statement We are dedicated to providing efficient Fire Protection and Advanced Life Support services to the citizens and visitors of the Pace Fire Rescue District and Santa Rosa County.

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USPS Package Intercept - Redirecting a Package

USPS Package Intercept® service lets the sender (or authorized representative) stop delivery or redirect a package, letter, or flat that is not out for delivery or already delivered. Most domestic mailings with a tracking or extra services barcode are eligible for Package Intercept. Retail Senders can redirect a shipment back to their address or to a Post Office location as Hold For Pickup. Requests can only be made online with a USPS.com account. Commercial Senders can redirect a shipment back to their address, to a new delivery address, or to a Post Office location as Hold For Pickup via Business Customer Gateway. How It Works: 1. Verify that your shipment is eligible for Package Intercept 2. Sign in to or create a USPS.com account to submit your request 3. Use Retail Package Intercept to request redirection 4. After submitting, you'll receive an estimated total (intercept fee plus estimated Priority Mail postage) 5. USPS will attempt to intercept and redirect the shipment 6. If intercepted, credit card is charged $19.45 Package Intercept fee plus applicable postage 7. Shipment is redirected to the requested location Paying for Package Intercept: All intercepted items are redirected as Priority Mail. Customers must pay applicable Priority Mail postage, except when originally sent using Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, or First-Class Mail. Customers are not charged if the shipment was not intercepted. The non-refundable $19.45 Package Intercept fee applies to each successful intercept request. Additional services available for intercepted packages include Adult Signature Required, Adult Signature Restricted Delivery, Signature Confirmation, and insurance. Determining Eligibility: What Is Eligible: - Domestic USPS mail services with USPS Tracking or extra services barcode - Packages whose total length and girth length is not larger than 130 inches What Is Not Eligible: - USPS Marketing Mail products and periodicals - Items addressed to a Commercial Mailing Receiving Agency - Items redirected to a PO Box - Nonmailable items, items with surface-only transportation markings such as Label 127, Surface Mail Only, or items bearing hazardous materials markings such as Consumer Commodity ORM-D

Community Remembrances

Wedgewood Neighborhood Cleanup

4 days ago

"A neighborhood cleanup for residents in Wedgewood will take place Wednesday, July 22. This is a chance for residents to dispose of items such as old furniture, appliances and household waste free of charge. Only residents in the designated cleanup area can participate in the neighborhood cleanup. Please have all items for pickup at the curb by 7 a.m. on the day of the cleanup. Items left at the curb outside of the cleanup area will not be collected. Residents who live in the targeted area will have received a postcard in the mail with more information. Items eligible for removal include: - Household appliances and electronics - Household junk and debris - Bicycles and toys - Old furniture and mattresses - Barbecue grills - Household hazardous waste (old paint, motor oil, chemicals, batteries) - Tires (limit 10 per household) - Yard debris (tree cuttings, branches, etc.) Items NOT eligible for removal include: - Building materials (concrete, bricks, blocks, roofing, drywall or lumber) - Explosives or ammunition - Auto parts - Dirt or sod - Vehicles or vessels - 55-gallon drums of fluids During neighborhood cleanups, crew members and volunteers visit different neighborhoods in the county to remove a variety of debris and waste free of charge. Contact the Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency at 850-595-3217 or [email protected] for questions about the cleanup. Learn more about neighborhood cleanups here. Follow Escambia County on Facebook for updates about neighborhood cleanups and other community events."

County Commissioners

4 days ago

"The county is governed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners. Escambia County is divided into five districts with one county commissioner elected from each district to serve a four-year term as the legislative and policy-setting body of Escambia County as established under Section 125 of the Florida Statutes. Commissioners are chosen in partisan elections by voters from the districts in which they live. The board duties include, but are not limited to: Adopting, reviewing, and adjusting the annual county budget and authorizing expenditures. Setting and authorizing the levy and collection of county-wide property taxes. This does not include school board, water and municipal millage rates. Establishing policies and procedures for county departments to meet county goals. Appointing the county administrator, county attorney, and county representatives to other governmental boards or committees. Adopting and ratifying ordinances and resolutions as needed for the enforcement of county-wide actions. Reviewing the effectiveness of county services and programs as performed by the departments under the board of county commissioners. Representing the county on a local, regional, state and federal level. Other duties and responsibilities that may be enacted by the federal government, state legislature and governor. Your county commissioners are: Commissioner Steve Stroberger, District 1 (Vice Chair) Commissioner Mike Kohler, District 2 Commissioner Lumon May, District 3 Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger, District 4 (Chair) Commissioner Steven Barry, District 5 Community Support Fund Policy Information: The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners adopted a Community Support Fund Policy on May 1, 2025. This policy creates a uniform procedure for the submission, review, approval, and accounting of such funding requests. Board Meetings: The commission typically meets three days a month for two regular and one committee of the whole meeting. The regular commission meeting can also include an agenda review and public forum meeting. Committee of the whole meetings are held for commissioners to discuss items before they are brought to a regular commission meeting for a vote. Committee of the whole meetings begin at 9 a.m. usually on the second Thursday of each month. Regular commission meetings, where commissioners discuss and vote on agenda items, are held twice a month: One is usually scheduled for a morning and one in the evening. These meetings are generally held at 5:30 p.m. on first Thursday and 9 a.m. on the third Thursday of a month. A public forum is held before each regular commission meeting at either 8:30 a.m. or 4:30 p.m., where the public is invited to attend and speak on the topic of their choice for two to three minutes. Agenda review, where the commission reviews the items on an evening's regular commission meeting agenda with staff, is held at 9 a.m. on the first Thursday of the month. Location: All meetings are held in the board chambers at the Escambia County Governmental Complex, located at 221 Palafox Place. Additional meetings, special meetings and workshops are advertised and open to the public. Meetings can be viewed live on MyEscambia.com/ectv, channels 4/1004 on Cox, channel 98 for Spectrum and Mediacom (Pensacola Beach) subscribers and channel 99 for AT&T U-verse subscribers."

Mayfair Neighborhood Cleanup

6 days ago

"A neighborhood cleanup for residents in Mayfair will take place Wednesday, July 15. This is a chance for residents to dispose of items such as old furniture, appliances and household waste free of charge. Only residents in the designated cleanup area can participate in the neighborhood cleanup. Please have all items for pickup at the curb by 7 a.m. on the day of the cleanup. Items left at the curb outside of the cleanup area will not be collected. Residents who live in the targeted area will have received a postcard in the mail with more information. Items eligible for removal include: - Household appliances and electronics - Household junk and debris - Bicycles and toys - Old furniture and mattresses - Barbecue grills - Household hazardous waste (old paint, motor oil, chemicals, batteries) - Tires (limit 10 per household) - Yard debris (tree cuttings, branches, etc.) Items NOT eligible for removal include: - Building materials (concrete, bricks, blocks, roofing, drywall or lumber) - Explosives or ammunition - Auto parts - Dirt or sod - Vehicles or vessels - 55-gallon drums of fluids During neighborhood cleanups, crew members and volunteers visit different neighborhoods in the county to remove a variety of debris and waste free of charge. Contact the Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency at 850-595-3217 or [email protected] for questions about the cleanup. Follow Escambia County on Facebook for updates about neighborhood cleanups and other community events."

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