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Preparation is in high gear for the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 14th Annual Taste of Long Beach, set for Thursday, September 28. Sponsored by businesses in the Long Beach community and …

The Veteran Golfers Association (VGA) will host its National Championship in Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 18-21 at Fallen Oak, the Tom Fazio-designed championship course ordinarily reserved exclusively for guests of MGM Resort International’s renowned Beau Rivage Resort & Casino. The tournament features a field of regional winners that qualified over the course of the year for the opportunity to play for the…

By Toni Miles The heat index was above one hundred degrees on Sunday, August 6, but that didn’t stop organizers of the 2nd Annual Cookout for First Responders from serving a free meal to dozens of Long Beach policemen and firefighters. The event was put on by Southern Jeep Outfitters LLC at the beach in…

Tidal Wave Auto Spa, one of the fastest-growing express car wash companies in the country, is pleased to announce its fifteenth annual Charity Day will be held on Friday, September 15, 2023. On …

  Dr. Steven Reed of Southern Eye Care of Clinton recently became the first Mississippian to be elected President-Elect of the American Optometric Association (AOA).   Reed has served on the AOA Board of Trustees since 2016 and previously served as the president of the Mississippi Optometric Association (MOA). The election to his latest role,…

The Rotary Club of Long Beach has partnered with the Gulf Coast Youth Fishing Project to do a fishing pole drive.  They are collecting poles, nets, tackle boxes and lures to be given to children who are unable to afford them.  At press time, they had collected thirty-four poles, seven nets, five tackle boxes and…

Construction work and restoration of Long Beach’s historic Quarles House is well underway. The Board of Aldermen approved a contract for the restoration to begin back in January of this year, following a year of negotiations and receiving $2 million in funding from the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund for the restorative project. Since then, crews…

Husband and wife Ricky and Karen Shaw are retiring from The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Park Campus after a combined total of seventy-six years of dedicated service. Karen Shaw retires after forty-four years working in the Gulf Coast Library; Ricky Shaw retires after thirty-two years in the University Police Department at Gulf Park.…

Jillian LaRosa, of Long Beach, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. LaRosa is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university. “All of our students…

Three Long Beach High School students, Vicki Tran, Justin Mares and Jose “Tony” Garcia, participated in GenSea Blue internships this summer. To inspire the next generation of leaders in marine and coastal sciences, the GenSea Blue Economy Pathways Internship program at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) offered a cohort of seventeen high school students…