Once a month on a pier at the edge of Mon Louis Island, chefs Amber and Hunter Harris set a long table for fifteen and serve a five-course menu built around Mobile Bay seafood. Every dinner sells out.
Tag: Fowl River
Coverage of Fowl River from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile County
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Insurance Costs, Medicaid Divide Hightower and Doolittle in Senate District 35
South Mobile County’s Senate District 35 race pits Republican Bill Hightower against Democrat Beau Doolittle over insurance, Medicaid and taxes.
Dauphin Island
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Dauphin Island Ferry Captain Recalls Hurricane Frederic Aftermath
Mike Thierry recalls riding out Hurricane Frederic aboard his boat, then running Dauphin Island’s makeshift passenger ferry service for months afterward.
Local News
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Car Dealers’ Cash Lifts Democrat in Mobile County School Board Race Turning on Dodge’s Future
A $5,000 contribution from the local car dealers’ PAC boosted Democrat Andrew Davis days before the 2006 election, in a Mobile County school board race shadowed by Superintendent Harold Dodge’s contract.
Local News
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Political Notebook: A Former Federal Agent to Serve as Mobile’s Interim Sheriff
Under an arcane provision of Alabama law, retired federal agent David A. Evans Sr. was set to be named a special coroner so he could assume the duties of Mobile County sheriff after Jack Tillman’s plea.
Local News
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A Year After Resigning, Holland Seeks His Old School Board Seat Back
Retired grocery executive John Holland moved to reclaim the Mobile County school board seat he gave up after an ethics ruling, setting up a Republican primary against the woman appointed to replace him.
Local News
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Ten Names in the Mix as School Board Moves to Fill a Vacant Seat
After John Holland resigned from the Mobile County school board following an ethics ruling, at least ten names circulated as possible appointees, with a state takeover looming if the board deadlocked.
Baldwin County
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Hap-pening or Hap-less? A Senate Retirement Rumor Freezes the Field in District 34
State Sen. Hap Myers said in August 2004 he would likely seek a fourth term, a signal that scrambled the plans of would-be successors in Alabama Senate District 34 ahead of the 2006 election.