Smoothed Out
Crews finished resurfacing the hill leading to Fairhope’s pier park the morning of NOV 4th 2025. “We’ll miss the bumpy ride,” said no one ever! The new parking area adjacent North Beach has also been repaved…
Live, Love Fairhope
Fairhope Elks Keep Growing
More than a dozen eastern shore area residents sign up to join Elks Lodge 1879 during October. That’s in addition to twenty one new members who joined in September. The Elks is a private, benevolent organization whose members regularly launch projects to help people in need. Playing bingo to raise money to fight cancer, manning…
Fairhope Witches Ride 2025
Good turnout, nice weather and tons of fun as the Fairhope Witches Ride takes place OCT 30th 2025 through the streets of downtown. Riders pay a fee to participate, with proceeds benefitting the Baldwin Humane Society…
Air Traffic Over Fairhope
Eagles and Poseidons… Photos by David Black
Halloween With Fairhope Elks
Good, clean Halloween fun: When members of the Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 throw a Halloween party, they don’t mess around… 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙪𝙣, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚…
Preparing To Head South
Monarch butterflies are using The Grand Hotel as their staging area before heading south for the winter. Nectar-rich blooms in the red cluster bottlebrushes allow them to stock up on fuel. The place can get as busy as the gas pumps on a vacation weekend at Buc-ee’s… If you enjoyed this post, we invite you…
Rare Sight On The Road
𝙁𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠: Don’t see these around much. Am guessing close to sixty years old…
Park Upgrades Nearing Finish
Workers spend OCT 24th 2025 laying sod across the final areas of South Beach park as one of the final stages of the Working Waterfront project underway for over a year. The contractor says the entire park will be open to the public by Thursday. Final installation setup for the new restrooms is Monday. It’s…
Old Building Comes Down
The building popularly known as the old Fairhope hardware store is demolished OCT 24th 2025: After being home to numerous businesses including a restaurant, co-op and bakery, Piggly Wiggly and other stores, the old Fairhope Hardware store and mural at the corner of Fairhope Ave and Church St came down after the city’s approval of…