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Daphne votes Monday on lowering Main Street speed limit
DAPHNE – Reducing the speed limit on Main Street would increase safety for downtown pedestrians and drivers, residents told City Council members.
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Daphne looks at garbage options after privatization rejected
DAPHNE – Privatizing garbage collection is “off the table,” but Daphne and Baldwin County are discussing other options for solid waste disposal including joint efforts to recycle materials.
Garbage rates going up in Spanish Fort
SPANISH FORT – Spanish Fort residents will be paying more for garbage and recyclable collection pickups starting in January.
Walking School Bus on road to expansion
FAIRHOPE – Organizers of Alabama’s only daily program where children walk to school escorted by community volunteers hope to expand to include other campuses in Baldwin County.
Chef ‘Panini’ Pete Blohme chats all things Oyster Cookoff
Local chef and restaurateur, Pete Blohme or Panini Pete as many people know him, is quite possibly the busiest chef in Lower Alabama. If he isn’t at one of his four restaurants, recording a Hot …
Sweet Grown Alabama promotes state produced crops
DAPHNE – Consumers looking for locally grown products will soon have a way to identify Alabama produce under a new state program.
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Spanish Fort safe room bid exceeds estimates
SPANISH FORT – A shelter to protect Spanish Fort first responders during a hurricane or other emergency could damage the city budget, officials said.
Fire damages Daphne recycling center
A fire Thursday damaged the city recycling facility on Public Works Drive. No one was injured in the blaze.
D'Olive watershed model for restoration
DAPHNE – A decade after the heavily eroded D’Olive Creek area was “the Grand Canyon of Baldwin County,” the watershed is now being cited as an example of how stream restoration can control erosion and soil flowing into waterways.
Marlow man facing child porn charges
MARLOW, Alabama — A Marlow man is in jail on a $100,000 bond following his arrest on Friday, Dec. 6 for possessing obscene images of children under the age of 17.
Robert Toler, 34, was booked …