A Shoofly deck in Bay St. Louis around 1900.
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She lived through segregation, she knew discrimination – and fought back as an activist. But Clementine Williams is best known and loved as a dedicated educator.
- by Maurice Singleton 
A passionate pursuit to make the very best bread possible led to the creation of the bakery that’s now an Old Town icon.
- by Ellis Anderson - photos by McKenzey Northington 
Hancock County’s naturalist philosopher considers whether the built environment can have a life of its own.
- by James Inabinet, PhD. 
Plans are approved to convert a small, midcentury school building on Ulman Avenue into luxury homes.
- by Lisa Monti 
One of the renderings created by unabridged Architecture showing the former Ulman Ave. Elementary School converted into condominiums.
Adults in Bay St. Louis conspired to keep secret the identity of the Santa who wore shrimp boots and arrived by seaplane each year.
- story by Ellis Anderson, photos courtesy Pat Murphy, Prima Luke and Melva Luke 
When you walk in the front door of Roberts Place Café in Pass Christian, it just feels like home.
- by Lisa Monti 
Dorothy Roberts outside her new restaurant, Roberts Place Café.
A Bay St. Louis native who worked his way through USM considers philanthropy to be the best form of investment.
- by Maurice Singleton 
Charles Scianna, Bay St. Louis native and philanthropist.
The Hancock Chamber’s director of two decades reflects on a homecoming that changed the course of her life – and according to many, the future of the Coast community.
- by Maurice Singleton - photos by Ellis Anderson and courtesy Hancock Chamber 
At a recent ribbon-cutting for HL Raymond Properties in BSL
Shoofly file photo by Ellis Anderson
December's Second Saturday is always a magical one with holiday vibes and specials in Old Town BSL businesses. This Second Saturday brings the annual Lighting of the Harbor, with participating boats decked out in their brightest holiday light finery for all to view! Be sure to check out this month's Hot Spots: Creole Creamery, 209 Main Street; Daiquiri Shak, 106 Court Street; and The Porch, 112 South 2nd Street. Read more about these featured businesses below! - Story and photos by McKenzey Northington
There are many varieties of fish that appreciate the cooler water temperatures in the late fall - and it can be easy to find them close to shore.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
Piper Donner with a nice redfish from the Biloxi Marsh.
Colder temperatures have sportsmen alternating time on the water and time in the woods.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
Waiting until midday was the right play for warmer temps and better fishing for this lucky couple fishing with Captain Matt Tusa.
Mississippi Coast residents were on hand to witness – and celebrate – the historic launch of the new Artemis rocket engines tested in Hancock County. – by Lisa Monti – photos courtesy NASA, Lisa Monti, Anne Pitre and Wendy McDonald  Our Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST.
As temps drop, fish will be moving out of the marshes and into deeper water - but the winds make offshore fishing difficult.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
Nice speckled trout caught at the Bay Bridge.
Walking a labyrinth is a centuries-old practice that centers the mind, soul and spirit. If your neighbors are looking more relaxed, perhaps they visited the labyrinth set up in Waveland last week.
- by Wendy Sullivan and Chaplain Jo Kirkendall 
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Fishermen are making the most of the remaining warm weather and finding fish just about everywhere they look.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
A very happy group of anglers with sheepshead and speckled trout caught near Bay St. Louis.
During the Second Saturday Art Walk each month in Old Town Bay St. Louis, you'll find cool deals, fresh meals and lots of art and live music all day, but the action heats up between 4 and 7 pm. Be sure to check out this month's Hot Spots: Bay Books, 131-B Main Street; The French Potager, 213 Main Street; and the Mockingbird Café, 110 S. Second Street. Read more about these featured businesses below! - by McKenzey Northington - photos by McKenzey Northington (unless otherwise attributed)
Fishermen are keeping close to home because of the weather conditions, but fortunately, the fish have been doing the same.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
Larry, Davis and Josh with a huge bull red caught near Pass Christian Harbor
A little tiptoeing around weather fronts continues to yield great fishing, both inshore and offshore. The beautiful weather doesn't hurt, either.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
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