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 Fairhope’s 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…
𝙉𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮: It’s 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 day’s 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 Fairhope’s Elks Lodge 1879 say they’re 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 weren’t 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 “a magical little place”: 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…
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore. That’s one of the reasons why Fairhope resident Forrest Beeco is more than happy to hold on to Cali. Short for caliente, which means hot in Spanish, Cali is Beeco’s 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible. With a 350 cubic inch V8 Rocket engine under the hood, Beeco drives…
A friend says, “He made our Army a better place.” Stacey H. Kulp, a past commander of Fairhope’s American Legion Post 199, died FEB 11 2025 of a heart attack. I knew Stacey from the Legion after we moved to Fairhope. In addition to his military career, Stacey ran businesses specializing in cleanup, mold remediation…
If you’re looking for a sign of real Christmas spirit in the area, you need go only as far as the local Elks Lodge to find it. That’s where members spend time filling around seventy boxes with food for families in need throughout the Baldwin county area. “Along with the food for each family, we…