A US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook visits Fairhope’s airport APR 10 2026. The tandem rotor Chinook is considered a workhorse, given its ability to lift payloads weighing more than thirteen tons. Capable of climbing to more than 20,000 feet, the Chinook’s strengths include transporting cargo and troops, along with search and rescue, casualty evacuation, disaster…
If you’d like to help people fighting cancer, 2 Shots In, which calls itself Fairhope’s veteran-owned, neighborhood friendly bar, comes up with an easy and flavorful way to do it. Stop in on any Wednesday between 5 and 7 during the next few weeks, hand over $25 and get a generous helping of fresh, ready-to-eat…
The regular session gets underway APR 09 2026 with perfect weather, a good turnout and a large variety of products. Strawberries, banana walnut bread, locally raised beef and chicken, quail eggs, mushrooms and seafood are among items featured. Several vendors say they sold out of products during the market’s first hour… About the market: Spring…
The moon, shot before sunrise the morning of APR 08 2026 as Artemis II carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen heads home. The crew of Artemis II sets a record for the farthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth. Photo shot from Fairhope, approximately 251,000 miles away…
The passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay early the evening of Easter Sunday 2026 as it begins a trip to the port of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Spirit is scheduled to arrive back in Mobile APR 12th. After the current trip, Spirit has one more voyage scheduled out of Mobile before leaving…
It’s a tough job, but members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 step up to the task of dealing with a tasty brunch to help kick off April. The Easter Bunny makes an appearance, too. Walk out of here hungry? Good luck trying that… Elks care. Established in 1868, the Elks is a private, benevolent organization…
After listening to requests and suggestions, the City of Fairhope tries an experiment: In addition to the regular Thursday schedule, run the Farmer’s Market the first Saturday of the month from 8 ‘til noon for three months to gauge response. At this morning’s first Saturday market featuring live music, customer turnout is so heavy that…
In the over one year that Kingfisher Seafood restaurant has been open, eastern shore residents make the place a regular spot for both lunch and dinner. But now, Kingfisher steps up their offerings by serving brunch Saturday and Sundays. Colleen and I stop in last weekend to give the new brunch menu a try. The…
Hibachi is a favorite style of cooking for Colleen and me, so we drop by Fairhope’s Tokyo Asian Cuisine on a recent evening. We’ve not been in this place for years, so curiosity and a yearning for food straight off the grill brings us here. We’re greeted by staff as soon as we walk in…
𝘼𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨: Allegiant Air flight 442 passes overhead while preparing to land at Gulf Shores MARA 30 2026. Captured about 5,250 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 278 knots or 319 mph while finishing a one hour and forty seven minute flight from Des Moines. Photo…
