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Mother Cluckers serving comfort food in Pass Christian

Lisa Monti — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:37:13 +0000

When two well-known white-coat chefs told friends they were thinking about opening a fried chicken restaurant, the response generally was something like, “You (expletives) are crazy.” Said co-owner Victor Pickich, “We heard it so much, we started playing around with the name.” With some help from a web designer, that is how the Mother Cluckers [...]

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A changing of the guard

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:06 +0000

The leadership of the Mississippi Association of Realtors (MAR) changes next month when Ken Austin of Pass Christian becomes president. As the owner/broker of Mississippi Coast Realty, he has been actively involved in the local and state professional associations and has an ambitious year planned at the helm of the state’s largest trade organization. He [...]

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Ex-Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Blass dies

Ross Reily — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:37:27 +0000

JACKSON — Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice William Joel Blass died Tuesday, four days after his 95th birthday, a spokeswoman for the court said. Funeral arrangements are pending for Blass, of Pass Christian, said Beverly Pettigrew Kraft in a statement late Tuesday. She did not provide further details. “He was a great legal scholar and [...]

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Post-Katrina funds bring wealth of public buildings to the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Lynn Lofton — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:10:29 +0000

There are many vacant lots on the Coast’s post-Katrina landscape where homes, businesses and churches once stood. However, a number of public facilities have been constructed to replace those lost in the 2005 hurricane. A combination of funds through the Mississippi Development Authority, federal Community Development Block Grants, FEMA and insurance proceeds were used to [...]

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Superintendent Matheson retiring

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:01:39 +0000

Pass Christian schools superintendent Sue Matheson is retiring at the end of the school year. The 65-year-old Matheson told WLOX-TV that it was time to retire. Matheson became Pass Christian’s superintendent 10 years ago. She says she decided at Christmas she was ready to retire. But, she says school board members asked her to wait [...]

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10 Mississippi golf courses among tops in the nation

Nash Nunnery — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:10 +0000

Ten Mississippi golf courses have been rated on par with the best in the nation. The courses were selected to Golfweek magazines’s “America’s Best Courses You Can Play” list for 2010, doubling the number of Mississippi courses listed by the publication last year. “Mississippi’s increased number of courses listed reflects the depth of its high-quality [...]

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