๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ: You can try fixing it yourself when someone driving by accidentally hits your mailbox, knocking it loose from its support and wobbling like itโs about to fall. My repair effort seems good for a while, but then it starts wobbling again. So we call Jim Biniecki, Fairhopeโs…
The American Legion takes its story of rebuilding, restoring and responding to community leaders around the eastern shore with a VIP breakfast the morning of JAN 15th 2026. Legion leaders share the story of the Postโs past, including the damage sustained by Hurricane Sally in 2020, how members are moving forward with projects they have…
Seven year old seventy three pound Bordeaux (on the left) and Lillette, his five year old sixty pound daughter, enjoy the eastern shore sunset from aboard their low speed vehicle at Magnolia Park NOV 4th 2025. Bordeaux and Lillette belong to Fairhope residents Ashley Daves and Michael, her husband. Ashley says Bordeaux is known to…
As he had requested, the procession for Fairhope Mayor James P. Nix passes around the rose garden and municipal pier following his service OCT 18th 2025. Nix, who died OCT 14th at age 88, served seven consecutive terms as Fairhopeโs Mayor, from 1972 until 2000. Nix is credited for having the vision to turn Fairhope…
Walk almost anywhere around Fairhope and you can see signs reminiscent of the vision one man had for the city half a century ago. James P. Nix, who served as Mayor for 28 years, wanted Fairhope to be a place of beauty and charm. His vision had grown out of a trip he took to…
๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: Itโs amazing who you can run into while taking a stroll in a Fairhope park. My interest in looking for an alligator brings me to North Beach park where a woman walks along the edge of the water, looking for the gator, too. We never see the gator but…
CMA CGM Attila, a 1,099 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, passes Middle Bay Lighthouse as it enters the Gulf on a dayโs voyage to New Orleans on AUG 31 2025. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph. According to ship manifests, CMA CGM…
Eastern shore residents waste no time in trying to help Caitlan Schott, the 26-year-old Fairhope woman who was the victim of a JUL 19th shooting that left her critically wounded. Members of Fairhopeโs Elks Lodge 1879 say theyโre getting an amazing response after launching a campaign to raise money to help Cait by selling smoked…
Flaco Jimenez, who died at the age of 86 on JUL 31 2025, could play the accordion like no one else. His contributions to Conjunto, Tejano and Latin music are almost without limit. Even if you werenโt a big fan of those kinds of music, listening to Flaco made it hard not to get caught…
Recognizing the man credited with making Fairhope โa magical little placeโ: If you look for one person whom many agree has done more to give Fairhope its modern day charm and beauty, James P. Nix is the almost unanimous choice. Nix, who served as Mayor of Fairhope for 28 years beginning in 1972, signs copies…