Hillary Clinton Raises $160,000 at an Eastern Shore Luncheon
The Democratic presidential candidate collected roughly $160,000 at a seated luncheon in the Baldwin County home of Pat and Bob Edington, drawing about 45 donors from five states to a…
Byrne’s Exit Set Off a Republican Scramble in Baldwin County
Bradley Byrne's move to the two-year college chancellor's office opened Senate District 32 in the most Republican county in Alabama. Party insiders handicapped a field that had not yet formed.
Discovering Alabama Marked 20 Years on Public Television With a Fairhope Open House
Discovering Alabama, the public television series devoted to the state's natural wonders, celebrated its 20th year in 2005 with an open house reception at Faulkner State College in Fairhope.
Baldwin County’s Longest-Serving Prosecutor Weighs His Options
Baldwin County District Attorney David Whetstone, three months into a new six-year term, acknowledged in April 2005 that retirement rumors were circulating and that some of them were true.
Stan the New Man: A 30-Year FBI Veteran Takes a Seat on the Fairhope City Council
Dan Stankoski spent three decades at the FBI supervising violent crime, domestic terrorism and civil rights cases. Now he's on the Fairhope City Council worrying about the next bottleneck on…
Salvation or Snake Eyes? Two Mobilians Argue Over the Convention Center’s Return on Investment
A published conversation between two Mobile observers weighs whether the downtown convention center has paid for itself, why Government Plaza depresses them, and whether high-speed ferries would ever carry anyone.
Small Talk in Daphne: The Quiet Newcomer Who Toppled a Political Regime
Daphne's new mayor runs a convenience store, quietly bankrolls a Catholic school, kept every city official he inherited and says his only agenda is controlling the growth barreling toward the…
Interest-Only Mortgages and the Baldwin County Boom: A Quiet Argument Over Risk
In December 2004, a private exchange among South Alabama professionals turned into a pointed debate: were interest-only mortgages fueling Baldwin County's housing boom, and what happens if prices stop rising?
To Dow or Not to Dow: The Mayor’s Long Shadow Over the District 2 Runoff
As Ralph Buffkin and Stephen Nodine headed toward a June 2004 runoff, both raced to distance themselves from Mayor Mike Dow. A look inside four mayoral elections explains why.