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Long Beach now home to a new adoption and foster support program

Magdelena “Mag” Holland serves in many roles. On one end of the spectrum, she’s responsible for organizing events, support and activities for the local community through her role as Senior Citizens Program Coordinator for the City of Gulfport’s Department of Leisure Services. On the other hand, Holland devotes her time, energy and heart to her…

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FALLEN OAK TO HOST 2023 VETERAN GOLFERS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 18-21

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…

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2nd Annual Cookout for First Responders held

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…

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Dr. Steven Reed of Southern Eye Care of Clinton named president-elect of American Optometric Association

  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,…

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‘Are you ready for some…tailgate food?’

By Kara Kimbrough   When you glanced at the headline, you may have thought the tagline would be…”football!” I have a confession to make. Unless it’s Homecoming and I want to see what the court’s gowns look like, I sometimes skip the main event and stay in the tailgate tent. That’s where the real fun…

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Rotary Club collecting fishing gear for youth

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…

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Work continues to restore and preserve Quarles House

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…

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