Mississippi Business Journal » municipal govertnment http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Officials delay decision on contract for marina/harbor http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/officials-delay-decision-on-contract-for-marinaharbor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-delay-decision-on-contract-for-marinaharbor http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/officials-delay-decision-on-contract-for-marinaharbor/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:36:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63675 BAY ST. LOUIS — Officials have delayed for at least two weeks a decision on awarding a contract for a $21 million marina and harbor project. The Sea Coast Echo reports the bids for the harbor project were accepted six weeks ago. The low bidder was Gill’s Crane and Dozer Service of Slidell, La., with [...]

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