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Save yourself some gas money this summer and catch the free trolly and beach shuttles that will be driving around Grand Haven taking people to the beach.

Print subscribers If you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Foley enters into agreement with ALDOT for Foley Beach Express improvements Posted By Jessica Vaughn FOLEY - At the July 19 meeting, the Foley council voted to enter into an agreement with ALDOT (Alabama Department of Transportation) to make improvements to the Foley Beach Express. Planned improvements include shoulder widening, super elevation correction and rumble strips. To help with the costs of the improvements, the city has applied for a HSIP grant. The gr...

DAYTONA BEACH — With scenes of rumbling, smoke-belching monster trucks that turned the World’s Most Famous Beach into a war zone earlier this summer still fresh in their minds, Daytona Beach tourism leaders are looking to define a better long-term definition of the destination’s identity. But even before the process has started, the prospect of enlisting an outside consultant to help craft that vision has sparked a wide range of reaction from hoteliers, business owners in the core beachside tourist district and residents. It’s not all positive. “We don’t need another consultant,�...

Print subscribers If you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Foley applies for grant for intersection improvement project Posted By Jessica Vaughn FOLEY - The City of Foley has applied for a grant through the House Committee on Appropriations. The committee recently was accepting community funding project requests. Foley’s request is for intersection improvements at Foley Beach Express and Miflin. The city has asked for one million dollars to go towards the project. “We looked at a lot of different projects and a lot ...

A New Orleans-based entrepreneur is launching a charter air connection between Nashville and Alabama’s Gulf Coast, promising a way to avoid traffic backups in that area. Southeast Beach Express is the brainchild of Jay Taffet, a former U.S. Air Force pilot who specializes in early-stage venture development as well as aviation businesses. The new project from his Gracen Jules firm is slated to begin flying from John C. Tune Airport June 3 and is pricing its round trips at $690. “Travel time with us is a fraction of the time spent in the car or traveling by airlines, especially consid...