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By Marta Rose-Thorpe On Friday, November 5, the Second Annual Grand Lagoon Golf Tournament takes place with a 9 a.m. Shotgun Start (Registration at 8 a.m.) held on the Nicklaus Course at Bay Point Golf Club located at the Sheraton PCB Resort. After the tournament, an Awards Reception sponsored by...

By Brittany Kirke Our four-legged companions in Bay County can always use a helping hand, which is why the Bay County Humane Society Thrift Store is so excited to be celebrating their one-year anniversary at their new location this year. Primarily, the thrift store has been used to help fund...

By Ed Offley The transformation of the Panama City Beach “island’’ is underway. Throughout the 50-year history of Panama City Beach, this coastal resort city has rested within a narrow corridor between the Gulf of Mexico and a seemingly endless swath of forests and swamps to the north of Panama City...

The Friends of Camp Helen are excited to announce their pumpkin patch is now open. Pumpkins will be sold seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through October 31 or until sold out. Families can enjoy our trail bingo and straw maze, kayak/SUP rentals, and scarecrow row...

By Marta Rose-Thorpe Moving to a new town is not new to me… I’ve done it several times in my life. We moved a few times growing up and as kids, and then teens, you adjust. The big change happened when this Florida girl moved to Los Angeles in the...

Review by Jack Smith Sometimes you just get lucky and trip over a reading treasure. About ten years ago I picked up a paperback that I had never heard of by an author I had never heard of and lost sleep reading it. Katz, in real life, owns a Border...

By Clint Whitfield, Principal, Breakfast Point Academy August 10th marked our first day of school for 2021-2022, and it was so amazing to see all of our returning Stingrays and meet new ones! We welcomed over 1,000 students back into our classrooms, and we are so excited to kick off...

Shopping-for-a-cause is not a new concept, and when you step into a room with hundreds of items priced at $1 or less, you’re going to need a bag! This is exactly what happened at Grace Presbyterian Church off Airport Road, inside their fellowship hall, as they hosted their Annual...

By Jamie Zimchek Sally Sparks has a history of helping people, from over three decades with the Bay County sheriff’s office to regular mission trips with her church. Then, in 2009, her youngest son moved out and she didn’t have a mission trip lined up. “I wanted to do something...

By Julie McConnell, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County Late summer is a great time to observe butterflies visiting gardens in Northwest Florida. Monarchs are probably the most recognized butterfly migrating through, but don’t fixate on only catering to this species. It’s important to make your landscape attractive to a variety of...