City of Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs, MS - Summer camp registration for children ages 5 - 12 will begin March 22 for children who are currently enrolled in the city’s Parks & Leisure After School Care Program or were attendants of the 2009 summer camp.  April 5 is the registration date for children new to the program.  Space is [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - The Ocean Springs Museum of History is offering Scrimshaw, the Whaler’s Art, in a lecture and two day workshop beginning March 11.  The lecture and workshop will be offered at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, 1600 Government Street.
On March 11, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Georgia artist James Mitchell [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - City Planner Eric Meyer says the days of standing pools of water on Front Beach, surrounding the $2.2 million Front Beach path project are soon over.  Project Engineers with Brown and Mitchell are scheduled to present the drainage phase of the project to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at the [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - Mayor Connie Moran will deliver the State of the City Address on Friday, February 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, 1600 Government Street.  The State of the City Address coincides with the public open house for the much anticipated IP/Viking Culinary Arts Cafe’.  The cafe’ [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - Emmanuel Baptist Church, 401 Holcomb Boulevard in Ocean Springs will again offer overnight shelter from the inclement weather beginning at 5 p.m. today.  This is a temporary shelter; provisions have not been made for pets or severe needs.
For more information about the shelter, contact Kim Bouler, Director of Emergency Management for [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - Emmanuel Baptist Church, 401 Holcomb Boulevard in Ocean Springs will offer overnight shelter from the inclement weather beginning at 5 p.m. today.  This is a temporary shelter; provisions have not been made for pets or severe needs.
For more information about this shelter, contact Kim Bouler, Director of Emergency Management for the [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commission met today and unanimously approved the wetland permit necessary to construct a sidewalk on East Beach.  Last year the city was awarded a $595,000 grant through MDOT as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.  The grant will fund construction of a concrete [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - Kristen Holley, Project Coordinator for The City of Ocean Springs, has received a scholarship from the Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc. to attend the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute in Indianapolis, IN.
Funding for the MEDC Economic/Community Development Scholarship program is provided by the Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc., Mississippi Development [...]

Ocean Springs, MS - On Saturday, February 20 at 9:30 a.m., city officials and the Ocean Springs Garden Club will celebrate Arbor Day by giving away trees following a brief ceremony at the Ocean Springs Civic Center, 3730 Bienville Boulevard.
Parking for the event will be to the rear of the Civic Center; handicapped parking is [...]