Meet Your Neighbor: Tireless volunteers give from the heart
By Marilou D. Horton Through a charity group page on social media, Georgia native Christy Whited and Heather Saab-Crotzer of Alabama formed an immediate bond five years ago. The two residents of Long Beach for less than eight years are now inseparable and known around the Coast for being the ultimate volunteers. Long Beach resident…
Read MoreChacon graduates from NFPA program
Marcos Chacon, a member of Firefighter Class 202 of the Mississippi State Fire Academy and the Pass Christian Fire Department, recently graduated from the Academy’s intense seven-week National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter I-II course held at the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson. The course included online, classroom and hands-on instruction in the…
Read MoreLong Beach on track to be first in Mississippi to provide Safe Haven baby box
After clearing several legal hurdles, Long Beach is set to make history as the first city in the state of Mississippi to provide help and safe harbor for newborns in the area through the use of a Safe Haven baby box (SHBB). Baby boxes are being used throughout the nation to provide a safe place…
Read MoreJazz in the Pass set for May 28
Pass Christian’s War Memorial Park will once again be filled with toe-tapping, live music echoing over the Mississippi Sound on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. The annual Jazz in the Pass returns this year on May 28, from noon until 8 p.m. Sponsored by Pass Christian Main Street, the event also includes food and…
Read MoreDo we put too many people in prison?
By Douglas Carswell Mississippi, it is often said, has an incarceration problem. Our state locks up too many people for too long, we are told. Over the past two decades, Mississippi’s prison population has in fact fallen. In January 2014 the prison population of our state was 21,008. By January 2022, that figure…
Read MorePlanning & Development Commission Meeting Agenda, May 25, 2023
Planning & Development Commission Meeting Meeting Agenda, May 25, 2023, at 5:30 P.M. City Hall Meeting Room 201 Jeff Davis Avenue Long Beach, Mississippi 39560
Read MoreCARRY THE LOAD 2023: ENTERTAINMENT BY THE 41ST UNITED STATES ARMY JAZZ BAND
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 5:15 PM Gather at Walmart Pass Christian Parking Lot 5:30 PM Depart Walmart Caring the Flag Westbound on Beach Blvd 7:00 PM Pass Christian Yacht Club (ADMISSION FREE) where we will serve BBQ Sandwiches for the first…
Read MoreKing Charles’ coronation quiche: don’t try this at home
By Kara Kimbrough King Charles just can’t win. As the cameras rolled last Saturday on Coronation Day, he threw a tantrum while seated in his gold carriage on Coronation Day. Professional lipreaders say he testily shouted, “This is boring!” as he cooled his heels in the gold pumpkin. Turns out, Prince William and his wife…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Book Club: The Next Chapter”
By Bob Garver In between “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Star-)lording over the competition and “Fast X” running over anything in its path comes “Book Club: The Next Chapter.” This film’s marketing department looked at a lineup of second-tier holidays and noticed that nothing was opening the weekend of Mother’s Day, so this got…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: LET ME SAY THIS! !*&^%+%7*&(ijokjr^%rgyj!!
For anyone, reading and understanding the title of this column is pretty impossible. The reason is plain – I just closed my eyes and pressed random keys, so it makes absolutely no sense to …
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