ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Coastal Baldwin Educational Enrichment Foundation, the Sand, Sea and Stars Museum at Orange Beach Elementary will open to the general public for the first time this summer.
For the week of July 16-20 the museum will feature an array of speakers covering a variety of topics pertaining to the Alabama Gulf Coast.
FAIRHOPE, Alabama — Daphne Middle School students participated in the Great American Cardboard and Junkyard Boat Race today in Fairhope. Students designed and built their boats and decorated them for the race.
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Cities in Jackson County are objecting to a proposed BP oil spill class action settlement set to start paying out $8 billion on June 4.
That’s because nearly all of the coastal part of the county is in a category where businesses and individuals have to meet a far greater burden of proof than their counterparts in areas that weren’t as hard hit, said Pascagoula attorney Robert Wilkinson, who is representing the cities.
That advice sometimes reassured me as a small child worried about wildlife on the Gulf Coast. I’d particularly keep it in mind around snakes, along with another bit of parental wisdom. “They’re more afraid of you than you are of them.”
TROPICAL UPDATE: Tropical Storm Alberto formed about 140 miles SE of Charleston, SC and has winds of 45 miles per hour as of Saturday afternoon. It’s currently moving SW at 3 MPH but a turn to the NE is expected. It is not a threat for the Gulf Coast, but will bring heavy rains and gales (strong winds) to the Carolina Coast this weekend.
GULF SHORES, Alabama — The Hangout Music Fest has brought folks from all over the map to the Alabama Gulf Coast. As fans prepared for a second day of music, many spent the morning on the beach to enjoy some sand, surf, and sunshine.
GULF SHORES — The Hangout Music Fest might be about a laid-back good time, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers ended its second day with a display of raw power.
ORANGE BEACH – One of the first things you notice about Basch Jernigan is the happy light in his eyes.
The second is the song in his heart. This budding musician, scholar and community volunteer has worked to spread that happiness and the song by being involved in Pleasure Island in a variety of ways.
PERDIDO KEY, Alabama — Tom Vogel is not only an artist but he gives of his time helping other artists. He travels to Orange Beach weekly to volunteer at the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach (formerly the Orange Beach Art Gallery).
“I really enjoy my time at the art center; I help with whatever needs doing,” he said.
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — The Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System held an open house on Thursday, May 17 to celebrate the expansion of its facility, located on County Road 54 in Robertsdale.
Officials from the Baldwin County Commission, local municipalities, Alabama Department of Transportation and Thompson Engineering, which oversaw the construction, attended the celebration.
MOBILE, Alabama — Daphne-raised jihadist Omar Hammami has released a 127-page autobiography declaring that he is “alive and well” in Somalia.
Hammami, who in 2006 joined the al-Qaida-linked Somali group al-Shabaab, released a video earlier this year describing fears that his life was in danger. Last month, there was an unconfirmed report that he’d been killed by his jihadist comrades.
GULF SHORES, Alabama — The massive crowds in front of the stages for performances by Alabama Shakes and Yelawolf this afternoon made one thing quite clear: Alabama is on the map for hot music. And nowhere is the music hotter this weekend than at the Hangout Music Festival.
GULF SHORES, Alabama — S’mores, campfires, live music and the beach — what could be better?
That’s what officials in Gulf Shores are saying as they get ready for the first S’mores on the Shore of the season at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the west end of the Gulf Shores Public Beach.
GULF SHORES, Alabama — SummerTide Theatre, the professional summer theater of the University of Alabama, will return to Gulf Shores for the ninth season with the Tony Award-nominated musical revue “Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.”
GULF SHORES, Alabama — I last saw the Alabama Shakes 49 days ago as they played to an intimate crowd of family, friends and hometown fans.
Waiting for their set to begin at the Hangout Music Fest on Friday afternoon, I realized the setting could not be more different than that March show at Crossroads Cafe in Huntsville: Outdoors, on the beach at one of the first major music festivals of the season, in front of a crowd full of people likely seeing them for the first time.
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama – The Robertsdale City Council will receive an additional settlement from BP Exploration & Production Inc. for lost revenues following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
At its regular meeting Friday morning, city attorney Ken Raines presented the settlement to members of the Robertsdale City Council, stating that it had come to his attention that government entities, who had received a settlement from BP, would be able to file an additional claim for lost revenues.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A 28-year-old Gulfport man has been sentenced to prison for 37 months and ordered to make restitution of $27,000 for fraud involving an oil-spill recovery claim.
The Sun Herald reports Moses W. Keys was sentenced Wednesday.
GULF SHORES, Alabama — A half-hour before the gates were scheduled to open at the 2012 Hangout Music Fest, was founder Shaul Zislin chilling in the VIP area, or hobnobbing with the stars? Nope.
He was riding a bicycle up Beach Boulevard, patiently guiding a bus to its parking spot through a melee of forklifts, utility vehicles and foot traffic, all part of the last-minute preparations.
BAY MINETTE, Alabama — Facing a manslaughter charge in the death of little Teela Murphy, Christopher Smith said nothing during his preliminary hearing. Defense attorney Jim Byrd maintains last month’s shooting that killed murphy and critically wounded her half-brother Jayden was an accident.
“Chris talked to them and told them from the get-go that he didn’t pull the trigger the gun went off.”
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