Enjoy not one but two great opportunities to welcome in the New Year. The streets of Pier Park are closed off to traffic as thousands of revelers enjoy free live music, entertainment, fireworks, and good cheer.
For those too excited to wait until midnight, or for those fans of New...
By Julie McConnell, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County
As we enter the holiday season, a common item of décor is mistletoe. The tradition of stealing a kiss beneath mistletoe hung in a doorway goes all the way back to the 16th century. Historically, this toxic plant was used to treat ailments...
By Jamie Zimchek
Fred Bassett bands birds, hummingbirds generally, over 35,000 of them specifically. If this fact does not at once boggle the mind, spend a second considering the logistics. To band a hummingbird, you have to catch a hummingbird. Having caught this tiny, flighty hummingbird, you have to fit...
“Leaders become great not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”
- John Maxwell
There are probably very few people in the community who didn’t know William “Pine” Buskell. Most knew him as Bill, “Pineapple” or “Pineapple Willy.” Fewer still were honored enough to call...
By Jamie Zimchek
It wasn’t all that long ago that traffic breezed right through the intersection of Griffin Boulevard and Panama City Beach Parkway, stoplight free. Back in those distant pre-stoplight days, there was nothing detectable on the corner either. Fast forward to 2021, and that new stoplight offers easy...
By Brittany Kirke
The holidays can be a particularly difficult time for those living in homelessness. Bay County’s homeless population has been steadily growing since Hurricane Michael in 2018. This growth is in addition to the already high concentration of homelessness in Panama City. With the housing market still inflated...
By Raya Pruner
In 1900, Frank M. Chapman of the freshly formed Audubon Society proposed a new holiday tradition that would promote conservation by counting, rather than hunting, birds on Christmas Day. Then, he called it the “Christmas Bird Census” and that first year managed 25 counts thanks to the...
By Erin Lang
Science has always been a focus of Surfside Middle School. From our outstanding pre-engineering program to wet week at the Gulf and Bay Day in St. Andrews Bay, Surfside makes every effort to bring science to life for our students.
There are a few new projects taking shape...
