Avianca Cargo flight 4259 passes directly over Fairhope’s Paddock Estates neighborhood the afternoon of JUL 15 2025 while heading from Miami to Lake Charles, LA. Captured at an altitude of 40,000 feet or about 7.5 miles, the Airbus A330 freighter moves at a ground speed of 460 knots or 529 mph during the roughly two…
APL Danube, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta and configured to carry major hazard cargo, passes Gaillard Island on the way into the port of Mobile the morning of JUL 14 2025. With a draught of 41 feet (distance from water level to bottom of hull), the…
When you’re shooting pictures at a Fairhope park and a golf cart with two couples pulls up and they ask you to take their picture and you say, “sure, that’ll be twenty five bucks.” Kidding!
An ominous looking sky as Friday JUL 11th 2025 concludes over Mobile Bay…
A City of Fairhope Public Works crew cleans North Beach JUL 11 2025…
Flags across Alabama fly at half staff JUL 10th 2025 in honor of the victims of what has been called catastrophic flooding that killed at least 121 people last week in central Texas. In solidarity with the state of Texas, Governor Kay Ivey says flags may be flown at half staff until sunrise Monday. Kerr…
As seen from Spanish Fort…
Eastern shore residents reserve spots along the shoreline in anticipation of Fairhope’s Independence Day fireworks display…
Members of Fairhope’s Elks Lodge 1879 get a clear message about serving food on the Fourth of July: Eastern shore residents like it. The Elks Lodge sells out of 80 pounds of ribs and 200 pounds of chicken in less than 90 minutes the morning of JUL 4th 2025. Members had started work at 2:30am….
𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙩: For folks wanting fresh farm-raised Alabama catfish for their Fourth of July meal, Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660 is the place to be. For the third year, the post serves catfish prepared by the crew with Fat Boys Grilling. Organizers say this is their best year yet with sales…
