Mother’s Day, Fairhope Style
Scenes at the Fairhope pier as residents enjoy a spring-like weekend MAY 10 2026…
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Fairhope’s Newest Motel
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จโฆ For the people renovating what has been known as Fairhopeโs Baronโs Inn, thereโs a distinct family connection. Around half a century ago, Kyle Dorganโs grandfather bought the property. Today, Dorgan is helping oversee a complete renovation along with new owner Tricia Littleton, who purchased the property APR…
Jim Biniecki, Modern Handyman
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…
American Legion Moves Ahead
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…
Two Special Fairhope Residents
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…
Final Ride Amid The Beauty
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…
Fairhope Loses A Visionary
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…
Mobile’s Brush With Destruction
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…
Carrying Tilapia and Cat Toilets
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…
Stepping up To Help Cait Schott
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…