Area News
EMERGE Center opens in Long Beach
The City of Long Beach is now home to the Mississippi EMERGE Center, a vocational rehabilitation for the low vision and blind training center. Long Beach Mayor George Bass, Mississippi’s First Lady Elee Reeves and Dorothy Young, Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services’s (MDRS) Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind, were among those on hand…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”
What has happened to the “Ghostbusters” movie franchise? For over a quarter century Hollywood resisted the temptation to spoil the one-two punch …
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: It’s OK to have fun with the Easter meal
Christians celebrate Easter for one reason: to commemorate the resurrection of Christ three days following his death. As long as we remember this important fact and celebrate its true meaning, …
Read MorePCES celebrates “Music of the Culture”
The Pass Christian Middle School gym reverberated with song, dance, musical performances, excitement and even a performance by “The Supremes” in late February at “Lift Every Voice and Sing: Music of the Culture,” during this year’s annual Black History Month Program, put on by Pre-K through fifth-grade students at Pass Christian Elementary School (PCES). This…
Read MorePlanning and Development Commission Agenda, March 28, 2024
Planning and Development Commission Agenda, March 28, 2024 @ 5:30 P.M. City Hall Meeting Room201 Jeff Davis AvenueLong Beach, MS 39056
Read MoreRoyal Court hosts coronation ball, parade
As with each year, Lenten season has arrived. Faithful Catholics throughout South Mississippi are now in the midst of the forty-day period of fasting and reflecting up until the Easter holiday, but …
Read MoreStudents selected for All State Honor Choir
Several Long Beach High School choir members, after completing an online audition process, were selected to participate in the Mississippi Music Educator Association/American Choral Director Association All State Honor Choir, giving them the opportunity to perform with one hundred fifty other high school students from around the state. Pictured (l to r) are, front row:…
Read MoreCoffee Time: “BICKERING SNOWFLAKES”
We were created by our God to be different from each other. We all have different personalities, likes, loves, dislikes and downright detests. Unfortunately, too much of the time the detests are each other. Why? Because we see our outlook on life as the only plausible way to view life. “And the rest of you…
Read MoreCoffee Time: “SPRINGTIME LILACS OR SKUNKY MEMORIES”
Ever suddenly been transported back in time by just a whiff of a lingering smell in the air? The sight of a house? A quick glimpse of a stranger’s profile who instantly reminds you of someone in your past? Or the taste of a certain food that suddenly takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen. Probably.…
Read MoreMayor and Board of Aldermen Work Session Agenda, April 23, 2024
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Work Session, April 23, 2024 @ 5:00 P.M.
City Hall Meeting Room 201 Jeff Davis Avenue Long Beach, MS 39056
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