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PCHS Kicks Off Second Semester with Service, Leadership, and Pirate Pride

  The second semester of the 2025–2026 school year is officially underway at Pass Christian High School, and already our Pirate community is off to an inspiring start. Just two weeks into the  semester, students, clubs, and organizations have been busy making a powerful impact both on campus and throughout the community. On the very…

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Long Beach Excellence in Education Foundation awards seven grants

Special to Long Beach Breeze   The Long Beach Excellence in Education Foundation recently announced the award of five educational grants to Long Beach School District staff. The Foundation awarded the grants, each valued at up to $500, for special projects for which applicants requested funding assistance. This year’s grant recipients are Meredith Beal of…

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Sit, Stay, READ! offered monthly at library

By Guest Columnist Renee Rayburn, LBPL Youth and Technology Services     Hello, Long Beach!  Here is what’s happening at the Long Beach Public Library in January! We are excited to announce that the Visiting Pet Teams of South Mississippi will be partnering with the Long Beach Public Library to bring their Sit, Stay, READ!…

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Preschool program offering expanded at Coast Episcopal School

Special to Long Beach Breeze     Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach, which serves students ages eighteen months through sixth grade, is expanding the use of its Seemann Makerspace to the school’s three- and four-year-old preschool students.   Since October of 2020, when the vision and generosity of Bill and Wynn Seeman brought to…

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New Osher Lifelong Learning Institute space dedicated at Gulf Park

Special to Long Beach Breeze     Late last fall, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern Mississippi celebrated the opening of its new gathering space at the university’s Gulf Park campus in Long Beach with a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. The event also marked OLLI’s 10th anniversary serving members…

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Jan. 24 brings 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Pet Pawrade

Special to The Pass Post     The Krewe of Waggus will host its second annual Mardi Gras Pet Pawrade on Saturday, January 24. Set to begin a 1 p.m., the Pawrade will parade through downtown Pass Christian, complete with small floats for the Krewe Royalty and a Celebrity Grand Marshal. Humans are invited to…

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Jeff Davis Avenue speed limit drops from 25 to 15 mph

By Toni Miles       As Long Beach settles into a new year, many motorists may have noticed that 2025 ended with a reduction of speed on one of Long Beach’s most-traveled roadways.   On December 22, the speed limit on Jeff Davis Avenue officially dropped from 25 miles per hour to 15 miles…

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Patrick Bennett named Administrator of the Year by LBSD

By Toni Miles       Ahead of the State Legislature reconvening in 2026, longtime District 120 Mississippi Congressman Richard Bennett said he was happy to share some good news recently that literally hits close to home.   On December 9, the state congressman, who represents Long Beach and other local areas, proudly announced that…

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