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By Paul Bonnette For decades, Gulf World Marine Park has been an iconic staple of Panama City Beach. Offering unique educational experiences for guests to get up close with local marine life as well as rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing animals back into natural habitats, Gulf World is flourishing under the...
Pier Park announced that the center will host its fifth annual Back-to-School Supply Drive from July 29 through August 11, 2024, to coincide with Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. The drive will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bay County. Residents and visitors can purchase supplies at Pier Park...
By Lee Ann Leonard With all the major events it hosts and the millions of visitors it attracts, most locals know Pier Park as Panama City Beach’s unofficial downtown. What they may not know is how much their “happy place” serves the community. In March and April, Pier Park collaborated with...
By Alan Watson, President GOLF+, Dothan and PCB Golfers who frequent social media, YouTube, or golf periodicals are probably familiar with the explosion of DIY golf repair gurus who promise to help you fix your own equipment easily and for less, or maybe just for the satisfaction of doing it...
By Peter Fischetti Drive west on Front Beach Road just past Margaritaville and look to the left. History comes alive as you marvel at a half-mile of sand, dunes and foliage, creating a scene that looks pretty much as it did a hundred years ago. Nowhere in Panama City Beach...
By Ed Offley With the 2024 hurricane season underway, Florida Power & Light and the Bay County Council on Aging have ensured that several hundred seniors are prepared in event a storm disrupts their ability to obtain food. The utility and the seniors organization handed out over 2,200 emergency meal kits...
By Lee Ann Leonard To further Pier Park’s conservation mission and support the arts, the mall is hosting the Recycle the Runway contest and fashion show this fall. The center encourages artists and designers to start collecting materials to create an upcycled outfit now as the organizers will award more...
The Northwest Regional Library System aspires to help students to prevent the “summer slide” by providing a variety of engaging, educational programs that encourage discovery and adventure throughout the summer. Summer reading allows children to maintain their reading skills during the summer break while fostering a love of reading...
The set-up for the scam is on Facebook Marketplace. The scammer frequently changes the seller profile on the site, but, so far, uses the same image of stacked pavers. When the victim makes initial contact with the scammer to purchase pavers, the scammer insists on delivery of the pavers...
By Deniece Moss, Principal What is your story? It’s a question that seems simple on the surface, but when posed to me recently by Ben Sasse, the President of the University of Florida at a baseball game, it took me aback. It made me pause and truly reflect on the...