Area News
Long Beach Fire Department adds new fire truck to its fleet
The Long Beach Fire Department has added a brand-new fire truck to its fleet. The state-of-the-art fire truck was on display outside of Long Beach City Hall during the March 4 Board of Aldermen meeting for residents to check out. The Board unanimously voted to authorize financing and purchase of the new fire truck after…
Read MoreGrant helps to fund summer fun at library
The Friends of the Pass Christian Public Library recently received a Walmart Community Grant that will help provide funding for the library’s annual Summer Library Program. Head Librarian Wendy Allard says she is grateful for the $1,000 gift. “Summer library programs are a way to bring visibility and people to our library and encourage children…
Read MoreCelebrate Memorial Day with plenty of cool, no-bake desserts
By Kara Kimbrough Memorial Day is finally within sight and as promised, I’m sharing desserts that’ll reduce cooking time to mere minutes. But first, we have to talk about Blue Bell Ice Cream’s new flavor, which hit coolers last week. I understand the sentiment behind combining the products of two Texas-made products – Blue Bell…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Fast X”
By Bob Garver As the tenth (non-spinoff) installment of the “Fast” franchise, “Fast X” has a certain duty to its fans. It needs to up its game from every chapter that came before it. It needs to contain a development so huge, the series will never be the same. It needs to be worthy of…
Read MoreMeet 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
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