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Airport Vocational School Gets Go Ahead 26 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
Fairhope, Alabama 'THE ACADEMY AT FAIRHOPE' At its last meeting, the Baldwin County School Board voted to authorize Superintendent Alan Lee to approve a lease agreement with the Fairhope Airport Aut...
Comprehensive Growth Plan Committee Appointed 24 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
Fairhope, Alabama Planning Commission Chairman Lee Turner appointed a committee to come up with a "plan of attack" for updating the city's comprehensive growth plan (click). The mayor had asked that ...
Mayor Proposes 3% Pay Raise 22 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
Fairhope, Alabama At the August Strategic Planning Committee meeting, Mayor Kant said he is proposing a 3% cost of living adjustment for the city's 280+ employees in his draft 2014 budget. Councilma...
Less Dredging Needed Than First Thought 21 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
Fairhope, Alabama FLY CREEK MARINA After checking water depths, the Army Corps of Engineers determined that only the entrance to the channel was in need of dredging, the basin itself measured 7'. M...
Council Gets Big Funding Request List 19 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
Fairhope, Alabama FOR 'COMMUNITY APPROPRIATIONS' The city council received and is considering a list of 21 Community Appropriation requests from various private and public organizations. The list i...
Old Building To Get New Look 17 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
Fairhope, Alabama 'BICYCLE SHOP' BUILDING A plan for renovating and expanding a 1940's vintage building located across Section street from city hall was unanimously approved by the Planning Commissi...
Bluff Erosion Plans Formulated 15 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Fairhope, Alabama DRAIN PIPE 'BLEW OUT' According to the mayor, a blown out 37+ year old corrugated street drainage pipe was the major cause of the landslide of red clay that came down from the bluf...
Police Get New Vehicles 13 Aug 2013 | 06:24 am
Fairhope, Alabama SUVS AND BICYCLES Lt. Fred King showed off two of six new bicycles the police department bought recently using money donated by local businesses and citizens. The donations helped...
City May Buy Flood Prone House 12 Aug 2013 | 01:07 am
Fairhope, Alabama USING FEMA MONEY The city is looking into the possibility of purchasing a house at 705 Cedar St. that has a history of flooding during heavy rains. According to court records the ...
City Officials Tour K-1 School Building 8 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
Fairhope, Alabama PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? The mayor, four council members, and other interested parties (including a former principal) inspected the K-1 school building this morning, to determine it...
