A week of coastal events in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, from a landscape paint-and-sip at the Orange Beach Public Library to the Tacky Jacks Summer of Fun series with live native animals.
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Coverage of coastal Alabama from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Gulf Shores Opens Its Comprehensive Plan to Residents at a July Open House
The first public open house for the Gulf Shores Plan invites residents to review maps and data, flag priorities, and help set the vision that will guide the city’s growth for years to come.
Baldwin County
S’mores on the Shore Returns to Gulf Shores Public Beach With Free Campfires and Music
Gulf Shores brings back S’mores on the Shore on Thursday, August 6 at Gulf Place, offering free s’mores, a live DJ, face painting and beachside campfires beginning at 6 p.m.
Baldwin County
Lillian’s Spanish Cove Community Hosts Its Annual Christmas in July Craft Fair on July 18
The Spanish Cove community in Lillian will hold its annual Christmas in July Craft Fair on Saturday, July 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community club house, with vendor spots still available and the public invited.
Baldwin County
Eight-Year-Old Vivian Dunnam Becomes Youngest Golfer Ever to Ace a Hole at Orange Beach Golf Center
Vivian Dunnam, 8, holed her tee shot on the eighth hole at Orange Beach Golf Center on June 25, becoming the youngest player ever entered in the course’s book of aces and joining a rare club few golfers reach.
Baldwin County
Orange Beach Garden Club Names Winners of First Great American Mailbox Challenge
Forty-five Orange Beach mailboxes were nominated in the city’s first Great American Mailbox Challenge, a patriotic beautification contest tied to the nation’s 250th birthday. All three winners came from East Orange Beach.
Baldwin County
Sea Turtle Nesting Reaches Its Annual Peak Along Alabama’s Beaches
Volunteers with Alabama’s Share the Beach program have documented 55 sea turtle nests so far this season as nesting activity reaches its June and July peak along the Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan coastline.
Baldwin County
Foley Hosts First Hurricane Preparedness Expo, Putting Emergency Experts Under One Roof
Foley will hold its first Hurricane Preparedness Expo on Tuesday, July 14 at the Foley Civic Center, bringing emergency agencies, city departments and local businesses together for a free public event.
Dauphin Island
The Woman Who Walks Dauphin Island’s Beaches Every Day, Looking Down
Leslie Norris drives from Semmes to Dauphin Island nearly every day for work, then comes back on weekends to shell. Twelve years in, she has found two Johnstone’s junonias, the rare state shell most collectors never see.
Baldwin County
Orange Beach Moves to Award a $1.3 Million Burn Tower for Its New Fire Training and Surf Rescue Center
The Orange Beach City Council takes up a $1.3 million burn tower contract for a new facility behind Fire Station No. 1 that will house fire training, surf rescue operations, and badly needed office space.