🌱 How forestland near Picayune helped win a major conservation award

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In today's newsletter:

• How forestland near Picayune helped win a major conservation award

Also on today's calendar: Oyster Shell Decorating – Krewe of the Pearl and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 38 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 52.
• Saturday: Sunshine and some clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pass Christian Resident Receives Mississippi Leopold Conservation Award (thegazebogazette.com) — A Pass Christian landowner who manages forestland near Picayune has been honored with Mississippi’s 2025 Leopold Conservation Award for his long-term work restoring longleaf pine and wildlife habitat. His Hancock County property uses prescribed fire, heritage cattle, and native seed harvesting to rebuild grasslands, support rare species, and demonstrate conservation practices that influence landowners across coastal Mississippi.
   

📸 Around Picayune

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Picayune

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Teen Activity Night: Winter Bash!
  Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial, 900 Goodyear Blvd, Picayune
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Oyster Shell Decorating – Krewe of the Pearl
  Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial , 900 Goodyear Blvd , Picayune
  5:30 pm
• 5th Annual Grinchmas
  325 N Main St , Picayune
  11:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Certified 2 Mile Christmas Dash
  Henleyfield Community Center , 5371 Mississippi 43 N , Carriere
  9:00 am

Tuesday December 16

• City Council Meeting
  Picayune, MS Calendar , 203 Goodyear Blvd , Picayune
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Picayune Maroon Tide Dual Meet
  Picayune Memorial High School , 800 Fifth Ave , Picayune
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Cedar Grove Children’s Christmas Program
  Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial , 900 Goodyear Blvd , Picayune
  5:30 pm
• Pearl River Central Blue Devils vs North Gulfport Middle
  Pearl River Central High School , 7407 US-11 , Carriere
  5:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Pearl River Central Blue Devils vs Picayune Junior High
  Pearl River Central High School , 7407 US-11 , Carriere
  4:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Picayune Memorial Maroon Tides vs Pearl River Central Blue Devils
  Picayune Memorial High School , 800 Fifth Ave , Picayune
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Random Readers’ Book Club!
  Margaret Reed Crosby Memorial , 900 Goodyear Blvd , Picayune
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Another of my Amazon deliveries was sent to the wrong address.
  The picture below is where it went thins time. A few months back another package went here. If anyone knows this location please let me know. If… (Nextdoor Moeller)

• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Picayune. Apply here.
• Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Picayune. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Picayune here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bay St. Louis

• Former Rep. Gene Taylor honored with Heritage Star in Bay St. Louis (wlox.com)
• Bay Bridge Art will expand art home school classes to Biloxi (wlox.com)
• New smokehouse also serves seafood, handmade pasta and a sprinkling of ‘piggsy dust' (sunherald.com)

Long Beach

• Bearcats Struggle to Find Rhythm in Loss to Pascagoula (longbeachbreeze.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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