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Sirens of the Sea Mark 25 Years With Patriotic Gala Honoring First Responders Seven Crowned as 10th Miss Shrimp Festival Pageant Draws 90 Contestants and 8,000 Charity Items Matchbox Twenty Brings 30th Anniversary Tour to The Wharf in Orange Beach Aug. 5, 2027 Week 9 High School Football: No. 1 Williamson and No. 3 Vigor Collide Thursday at Ladd-Peebles More Than 200 Songwriters Head to the Gulf Coast for 42nd Frank Brown Festival Nov. 5-15 Brooms Up, Downtown: Foley Witches Ride Returns Oct. 24 With After-Party at Heritage Park Isaias Wipes Out Faith Academy Boardwalk Challenge as Alabama Cross Country Teams Juggle Rescheduled Meets Jessie McCovery, Theodore and Auburn Tight End, Remembered as ‘Big Brother’ by Willie Anderson and Teammates

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Fairhope history

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Illustration for the news story: Two Children, a Gully Cave and Old Fairhope: Lila Ryals’s Memoir What Would Mama Do

Arts & Culture

Two Children, a Gully Cave and Old Fairhope: Lila Ryals’s Memoir What Would Mama Do

At 91, Lila Pennington Ryals wrote What Would Mama Do, a memoir about how she and her younger brother fended for themselves as children…

Sep 22, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: Riverbend and East Bay Engraving: 25 Years of Fairhope Stories on Section Street

Business

Riverbend and East Bay Engraving: 25 Years of Fairhope Stories on Section Street

Sep 22, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: Fairhope’s Twelve Days of Christmas: The Painted Panels a Town Refused to Lose

Arts and Culture

Fairhope’s Twelve Days of Christmas: The Painted Panels a Town Refused to Lose

Sep 22, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: The Storybook Castles of Fairhope: Three Generations of Artists Building a Fairy Tale

Fairhope

The Storybook Castles of Fairhope: Three Generations of Artists Building a Fairy Tale

Sep 22, 2026

Illustration for the news story: Alan Samry Named New Director of Fairhope Museum of History

University of South Alabama

Alan Samry Named New Director of Fairhope Museum of History

May 14, 2019 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: New Theater Building Rising in Downtown Fairhope

Fairhope

New Theater Building Rising in Downtown Fairhope

Aug 15, 2014

Illustration for the news story: Washington Post Puts Fairhope’s ‘Utopia’ on the National Map

Fairhope

Washington Post Puts Fairhope’s ‘Utopia’ on the National Map

May 16, 2011

Illustration for the news story: A Historical Tour of Fairhope, Alabama

Baldwin County

A Historical Tour of Fairhope, Alabama

Jun 25, 2008

Illustration for the news story: Former Restaurateur Rick Gambino Enters the Fairhope Mayor’s Race

Fairhope

Former Restaurateur Rick Gambino Enters the Fairhope Mayor’s Race

May 27, 2008

Illustration for the news story: Jack Burrell Kicks Off a Fairhope Mayoral Campaign at the Pier

Fairhope

Jack Burrell Kicks Off a Fairhope Mayoral Campaign at the Pier

Apr 28, 2008

Illustration for the news story: In Fairhope, the ‘Fruit and Nut’ Section Is About the Streets, Not the People

Fairhope

In Fairhope, the ‘Fruit and Nut’ Section Is About the Streets, Not the People

Oct 12, 2007