Membership is booming at Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879. Since the end of August 2025, fifty new members have joined the Lodge, according to Gretchen Morrow, Secretary for the Elks. Fourteen new members were initiated NOV 16th: At the start of April, the membership count stood at 435. By mid November, there are 512 Elks in…
Rockin’ out as The American Legion holds its first full weekend of activities since officially opening its new building. Music and libations are in ample supply at the Tiki Bar on the beach…
Against the orange backdrop of an Alabama Gulf coast sunset, the passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay Sunday evening. Moving at 14 mph, the 959 foot ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas begins a two day voyage to Celebration Key in the Bahamas before returning to Mobile Sunday. Photo shot from…
Crippled by Hurricane Sally in September, 2020, Fairhope’s American Legion Post 199 reaches the end of a long road with the NOV 14th 2025 dedication and ribbon cutting for a new building to serve members and veterans. The Legion hasn’t had a facility of its own to conduct activities since temporary buildings that had been…
Alabama white sauce, Porch Smoke, tomatoes, peppers, grass-fed beef, lemon blueberry cake, pecan brittle and much more at the NOV 13th 2025 market, the last of the season. The market, which is run by the City of Fairhope, resumes in April, 2026…
A US Air Force Boeing C-40C Clipper passes over Sweetwater Branch in Fairhope late the morning of NOV 13th 2025 while on a flight that originated from Scott Air Force base outside St. Louis, MO. The Clipper is captured about one and a half miles up, moving at a ground speed of about 267 knots…
A US Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin flies about 400 feet above the eastern shore the morning of NOV 12th 2025. Photo shot from Fairhope, less than half a mile away…
𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚: Lifting up prayers NOV 11th 2025 for veterans and their families at Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy, Fairhope’s veteran’s memorial at Henry George Park…
Members of Fairhope’s American Legion Post 199 hold a ceremony to honor and thank veterans for their service NOV 11th 2025. Mayor Sherry Sullivan addresses the group. The ceremony takes place inside the Legion’s new building on S Mobile St. Afterward, another Veteran’s Day tradition gets underway: Members of the Legion’s Auxiliary and Sons of…
Big boats and little boats on Mobile Bay NOV 8th 2025…