The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said today it has lifted a water contact advisory issued Feb. 6 for the Waveland beach from Oak Boulevard east to Favre Street. Water samples taken by the Gulf Coast Research Lab show the area has gotten back to acceptable bacteria levels. In other government goings on, the city…
Here’s the final agenda for today’s City Council meeting: 1. City Clerk’s Report a) Docket of Claims General Fund $ 57,937.97 CDBG Fund $ 19,525.00 Debt Service Fund $ 794.44 Utility Fund $ 40,935.14 Municipal Harbor Fund $ 12,485.08 Total $ 131,677.63 2. Guests a) Vera Mestayer – 210 Bay Oaks Drive b) Josh DeSalvo…
This morning, DMR reopens three areas for harvesting oysters. Those areas are: Area I “B” Conditionally Approved Waters – includes St. Joseph’s (St. Joe’s) Reef. Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters for tonging only – includes northern portions of the Pass Christian and Henderson Point reefs and Hornets Reef. Area II “F” Conditionally Approved Waters…
A break in the rain kept the daily walking streak alive. Going for the two-year mark on Dec. 31.
The wait is almost over. Nine months after Rickey’s restaurant closed, Rickey’s Off the Tracks will open Jan. 7 on Blaize Avenue at Hancock Street. Co-owners Rickey Peters and Kevin Jordan are overseeing the finishing touches at the new restaurant which is across from the Depot duck pond. Hours for the restaurant and bar will…
You asked for it (Jean Prescott). Here’s the latest on the revival of the movie theater in Waveland. Owner Charlie Watzke promises it will be at least a month but “no longer than 60 days” before the Beacon opens its doors to movie fans. The sign, procured from an old theater in Florida, is being…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality just lifted a beach closure for a section of beach in Bay St. Louis that was issued Aug. 11. The closure extended from Carroll Avenue to Julia Street. Water samples show the area is back to acceptable bacteria levels. To receive beach advisories directly, send an email to [email protected]…
You may have heard that The White House Hotel on the beach in Biloxi is reopening. (Wink wink.) Here are the lunch and dinner menus at Cora’s, the hotel’s signature restaurant.
JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality lifted a water contact advisory today, July 2, for beach monitoring station Station 4 in Bay St. Louis, from Ramaneda east to Ballantine Street. The advisory was issued Saturday, June 28. Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels, said DEQ. The…
Things are still rolling along in preparation for the July 15 opening of the new BB’s Bar-B-Que & Snak Shak in the Bay on U.S. 90 near Waffle House. The phone number, however, has changed due to a snafu on the part of the service provider. The new number is 228-344-3009. The new BB’s will…