May 19, 2013

Fairhope’s first “public art” sculpture of iconic Brown Pelicans in flight … – Gulf Coast Newspapers

Fairhope’s first “public art” sculpture of iconic Brown Pelicans in flight
Gulf Coast Newspapers
By Mike Odom FAIRHOPE, Alabama—The familiar sight of Brown Pelicans skimming above the waters of Mobile Bay and perching on piers along the Gulf Coast was not always a given. The Craig Turner Sheldon pelican sculpture and fountain at the Fairhope

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Faith and White Pelicans: Finding Hope in the Gulf Spill’s Aftermath – OnEarth Magazine

Faith and White Pelicans: Finding Hope in the Gulf Spill’s Aftermath
OnEarth Magazine
On that day I headed out from Bayou La Batre, Alabama, in a boat with Jeff DiQuatrro of the Nature Conservancy and Bethany Kraft, then with the Alabama Coastal Foundation. As we flew across the waters below Mobile Bay, Bethany explained that their

Exxon shuts in Gulf natural gas production after leak – FuelFix


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Exxon shuts in Gulf natural gas production after leak
FuelFix
Exxon halted 280 million cubic feet per day of natural gas output after the line two miles south of Alabama’s Dauphin Island at the mouth of Mobile Bay produced a sheen about three miles long, Charles Engelmann said in a telephone interview.

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“Sweet Home Alabama” TV show crew won’t get evicted from Dorgan’s Inn at Point … – Gulf Coast Newspapers

“Sweet Home Alabama” TV show crew won’t get evicted from Dorgan’s Inn at Point
Gulf Coast Newspapers
Late last year he won a case before the state high court, which ruled the boardwalk stretching south along the shore of Mobile Bay near the Grand Hotel Marriott Retreat, Golf Club & Spa to Zundel Road is a public walkway. Neither the Dorgans, nor their

Chef battle for Mobile Bay and schools Press-Register – al.com


Press-Register – al.com
Chef battle for Mobile Bay and schools
Press-Register – al.com
At stake is culinary supremacy of Lower Alabama, complete with bragging rights and chest bumping. There is one other real difference from the television program: No matter who wins the Battle for Mobile 2011, the children of the Fairhope school system

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Energy efficient house under way on Mobile Bay – Press-Register – al.com


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Energy efficient house under way on Mobile Bay
Press-Register – al.com
Hall, of Fairhope, has worked on other LEED projects and offered to help the couple and their builder, John F. Ladd of Point Clear. There are 19 LEED certified homes in Alabama, with a handful of those on the Gulf Coast, according to the Green Building

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Two teens held on to submerged kayak until rescued – al.com

Two teens held on to submerged kayak until rescued – al.com

Two teens held on to submerged kayak until rescued al.com By Rena Havner Philips, Press-Register MOBILE, Alabama — Waves crashing over them, jellyfish stinging them, two 17-year-olds held onto their submerged kayak and prayed as hypothermia set in. Then finally, more than eight hours after they were reported … 17-year-old kayakers found alive in Mobile Bay News Courier Ala. teens clung to kayak, waited for rescuers Gadsden Times

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Portion of Causeway shut down due to water and debris; DIP advisory issued – al.com

Portion of Causeway shut down due to water and debris; DIP advisory issued
al.com
By Press-Register staff SPANISH FORT, Alabama — The Causeway across Mobile Bay has been shut down eastbound from the Tensaw River bridge to the Apalachee River bridge. Alabama Department of Transportation officials say there is water and debris

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Wind, waves return (Dute’s Reel Report) – The Birmingham News – al.com

Wind, waves return (Dute’s Reel Report) – The Birmingham News – al.com


The Birmingham News – al.com
Wind, waves return (Dute’s Reel Report)
The Birmingham News – al.com
Unfortunately, Serra said the south wind had already started blowing, sending 3-foot waves into the mouth of Mobile Bay. Earlier in the week, Serra also found speckled trout, redfish, flounder and white trout in Grand Bay. The mouth of Bull Bayou,

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