Feast your eyes: Mandina’s Restaurant

Lunch at Mandina’s on Canal Street brought back memories of two hard-to-find old favorites: stuffed shrimp and Creole eggplant with shrimp, crabmeat, ham and seasoning. Both were daily specials on Friday. The homemade-tasting eggplant was generously seasoned and came with pasta and red gravy in the Italian tradition of too much food. The stuffed shrimp…

Bay Council votes on P&Z recommendations

The Bay Council voted to approve the Planning & Zoning Commission recommendations at Tuesday’s Council meeting with one exception. Pam Williams withdrew her application. a) HARRY LILLY – Application for Special Subdivision Plat Approval and Variance to the Zoning Ordinance. The applicant would like to subdivide the parcel of land into two new parcels of…

Building permits: all residential

The Hancock County Building Department issued four permits last week with a total value of $332, 584 and fees of $1,571. All were for residential projects: a new shed with porch on Hoda Road, a car port on Adams Street, a new house on Road 528 and another new house on Road 259. Nothing yet…

Building permits for the week

Happy Friday. Here are the building permit reports for the week of May 21-May 25. Hancock County’s Building Department issued permits for three projects totaling $225,942 in value and $1,061 in fees. One was for a car port on Firetower Road, one for a mobile home on Standard Dedeaux Road and the third for a…