Residents forced out of West Pensacola homeless camp

Work began this weekend to begin clearing the brush around a West Pensacola railroad track.

Typically, the work would happen with much notice or interest from the community, but it was a big deal for Billy Boyington.

Boyington has been living off the railroad tracks in some woods near Brownsville for five years. It’s not much, but the 59-year-old has carved out a campsite for himself defined by “walls” of blankets and tarps strung together from trees…

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