41.0°, Overcast Spanish Fort garbage collection switch set for Jan. 1
SPANISH FORT – City residents will start the new year in Spanish Fort with a new garbage collection company and officials are working on plans to make the switch.
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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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Bay access projects moving forward in Daphne, Spanish Fort
SPANISH FORT – Projects to improve public access to Mobile Bay in Daphne and Spanish Fort can move forward with the approval of more than $3 million in federal funding.
Spanish Fort police chief to retire
SPANISH FORT – Chief David Edgar will retire after almost 20 years heading the Spanish Fort Police Department and 28 years in law enforcement.
Spanish Fort seeks education commission members
SPANISH FORT – City Council members hope to move forward with appointing the nine members of the Spanish Fort School Commission after questions arose about the appointment of four of the commissioners.
Daphne plans more recycling changes
DAPHNE – Recycling collection schedules, costs and the material accepted may soon change in Daphne, but the company taking the city’s recyclables will remain the same, city officials said.