Mayor Tim Kant’s offhand reference to Fairhope’s ‘fruit and nut’ section raised eyebrows among outsiders. Longtime residents knew exactly what he meant: Fig, Orange, Pecan and Satsuma streets.
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Coverage of local news from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Clarke County
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The Speaker’s Wallet: How More Than $1 Million Kept Alabama’s House in Democratic Hands
Campaign records showed House Speaker Seth Hammett moved more than $1.4 million to Democratic candidates across Alabama in the 2006 cycle, including several from Mobile and the southwest counties.
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Fifteen Ethics Counts Filed Against Mobile Circuit Judge Herman Thomas
The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission lodged a 15-count complaint in March 2007 against Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas, sidelining him from the bench while the case proceeded.
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Ten Million Federal Dollars Headed to Choctaw Point and the State Docks Rail Terminal
The U.S. Department of Transportation agreed in February 2007 to release more than $10 million to the Alabama State Port Authority for the Choctaw Point Terminal and an intermodal rail facility.
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Emmy-Winning Filmmaker Mike DeGruy Brought the Deep Sea Home to the Saenger
Mobile native and Emmy-winning underwater cinematographer Mike DeGruy was set to appear at the Saenger Theatre in March 2007 with footage from Antarctica, the Titanic and hydrothermal vents.
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Semmes Gets Its First Community Playground After Years of Driving Elsewhere
The Semmes Community Playground, a $600,000 park behind the community center on Moffett Road, was set to open with a ribbon-cutting on Feb. 3, 2007, the first of its kind in the western corridor.
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Saraland Fire Rescue Lands a $54,526 Federal Grant for Operations and Safety
The Department of Homeland Security agreed to release $54,526 to the Saraland Fire Rescue Department in late 2006 under the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, money earmarked for operations and safety.
Baldwin County
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Mobile County Voters Handed Jim Folsom the Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Luther Strange ran roughly 9,000 votes behind other Republicans on the Mobile County ballot in 2006. Flip those votes and he wins statewide. Instead, Jim Folsom returned to the lieutenant governor’s office.
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County Commission Set to Part Ways With Longtime Attorney Merceria Ludgood
Sources said the all-Republican Mobile County Commission did not intend to renew the contract of assistant county attorney Merceria Ludgood, a Democrat with 17 years in the legal department.
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Mobile’s Sales Tax Receipts Jumped More Than 20 Percent in the Month of the Tax Holiday
City figures showed Mobile collected $9.7 million in August 2006 sales taxes, up more than 20 percent from the prior year, in the month of Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday.