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Baldwin County Commission Public Information Meeting for Extension of Baldwin Beach Express
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June 19, 2019 - UPDATE: They announced yesterday at commission that meeting was indefinitely postponed.
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June 18, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - The Baldwin County Commission will hold a Special Work Session on June 27, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, located at 22251 Palmer Street in Robertsdale, Alabama, to discuss and provide information to the public regarding the proposed toll road and bridge authority for the extension of the Baldwin Beach Express from I-10 to I-65.
Agenda for Orange Beach City Council June 18 meeting
June 15, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - The Orange Beach City Council will hold its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 18th, followed by the Committee of the Whole meeting.
Read more: Agenda for Orange Beach City Council June 18 meeting
Be aware and be safe when swimming in the gulf
By City of Orange Beach
June 15, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - With the summer vacation season reaching its peak over the next few weeks, Orange Beach Surf Rescue wants to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to be safe when visiting and spending time at the beach.
It’s already been a very busy few weeks for Orange Beach lifeguards. Lifeguards are there for the public’s protection and in order to help with that effort Surf Rescue asks all rental property owners and managers and others in our ever-burgeoning hospitality industry to share information and continually remind visitors about beach safety during their stay here.
Auburn center’s lab can help with lawns and plants
By John Mullen
June 13, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) – People new to the southern tip of Alabama and looking to garden and grow plants as they did back home quickly learn this is an entirely different environment.
“A lot of the people that move down here from the Midwest or more northern areas, they’re used to very, very different climate and environment,” Auburn University’s Marla Faver said. “They will want to grow plants down here that did well in the north. For some of them, it’s just not going to happen. Some of the ornamental plants do well in the springtime but when we get to the hot humid temperatures they’re done. They are used to them going throughout the growing season.”
Read more: Auburn center’s lab can help with lawns and plants
Fourth of July 2019 activities in Orange Beach
By City of Orange Beach
June 13, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - From The Wharf to Perdido Pass to the Gulf State Park Pier, Fourth of July celebrations are planned in and around Orange Beach. Please remember that fireworks are prohibited in Orange Beach, except for professionally produced and permitted shows.
Christian Service Center Offers Summer Breakfast/Lunch Backpack Program
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Gulf Shores Fireworks at the Pier on July 4th
Orange Beach Planning Commission to meet June 10th
June 8, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - The Orange Beach Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. Monday, June, 10th for a work session followed by the 4 p.m. regular meeting in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
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Free Fishing Day is June 8
Orange Beach to manage $475K Restore project for state
By John Mullen
June 6, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - Orange Beach has been asked to administer $475,000 of a $3 million Restore Act project studying hydrology and sediment in Perdido Bay from the U.S. 98 bridge in Lillian to the Gulf.
“It’s a three-part study for beneficial use of dredged sediment,” Coastal Resources Director Phillip West said. “The state reached out to us because we have done almost like a phase one for the lower Perdido and that’s one of the three sites to study. Because we had coordinated that they asked us if we could take all the lower Perdido studies, manage those and direct the contractors and consultants.”
Read more: Orange Beach to manage $475K Restore project for state
City of Orange Beach, USA Health announce emergency medicine partnership
June 4, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - USA Health and the City of Orange Beach are bringing a new and progressive care concept to the region through a partnership for emergency medicine services.
Beginning in July, resident physicians in the USA Health Department of Emergency Medicine will team with paramedics at the Orange Beach Fire Department. This effort will expand the breadth of health care knowledge and experience at emergency scenes while helping the emergency medicine residents gain a deeper understanding of what occurs, from the initial alert when the call to 911 is dispatched all the way to the emergency department via transport.
Read more: City of Orange Beach, USA Health announce emergency medicine partnership
Bill passed to help protect historic Rosinton community
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June 3, 2009 - Rosinton, AL - (OBA®) - This session, the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation passed a local bill that will allow a Nov. 2020 vote on protections for the historic Rosinton community.
The proposed amendment would define the Rosinton Landmark District within the county and would prohibit annexation by local law of any property within that district into any nearby municipalities.
Read more: Bill passed to help protect historic Rosinton community
Newbury Syndicate reunion concert June 9 in Perdido Key
By John Mullen
June 3, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - Cynthia Adams of LiveMusicLineUp.com says she has seen a clamoring of late to get the old gang back together with the Newbury Syndicate.
“Throughout the music community I see people posting all the time ‘Newbury Syndicate, we want Newbury Syndicate,’” Adams said. “It took a long time to come up with the date.”
Read more: Newbury Syndicate reunion concert June 9 in Perdido Key
Orange Beach Fire Chief Justin Pearce retires
By City of Orange Beach
June 1, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - Firefighters, friends, family, city officials and members of the Orange Beach community gathered Tuesday, May 28 at Orange Beach Fire Station No. 1 to honor Chief Justin Pearce who will be retiring from the department in June.
Following a blessing of the Fire Department’s two new ambulances that officially went into service on Tuesday, the event shifted to being a surprise retirement party for Chief Pearce.
John Mason-Smith leaves Blue Angel, Flora-Bama Church legacy
By John Mullen
May 30, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – Every Sunday afternoon during Blue Angels season for the past few years have been busy ones for mega fan John Mason-Smith in his role forecasting when the Navy’s flight team would return home from each weekend’s show.
His forecasts – and he’s been quite accurate during the years – have been posted on the OBA Community Website Facebook page. Visitors and locals alike head to the beach after seeing the forecasts with an eye on the sky during the window of time Mason-Smith has given.
Read more: John Mason-Smith leaves Blue Angel, Flora-Bama Church legacy
Model Train Exhibit is the jewel of Foley Depot museum
By John Mullen
May 29, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – When Bob Irwin was a kid his family had a farming business near Foley in Baldwin County. A vital part of that business was a potato shed alongside the railroad tracks in Foley.
“There were many along the railroad from here up to Loxley, Alabama,” Irwin, a member of the train volunteer group the Caboose Club, said.
Like the railroads – service to Foley stopped in the 1970's – the potato sheds are but a distant memory. But Irwin resurrected one alongside the tracks in the city’s Model Train Exhibit in the Foley Railroad Museum.
Read more: Model Train Exhibit is the jewel of Foley Depot museum
Perdido Key Provides Opportunity to Celebrate our World’s Oceans
By Perdido Key ChamberMay 29, 2019 - Perdido Key, FL - (OBA®) - World Oceans Day is an opportunity for people around our blue planet to celebrate and honor the oceans which connect us all. Since 1992 the event has drawn attention to the benefits and wonders of the oceans, but also to threats to ocean health.
Read more: Perdido Key Provides Opportunity to Celebrate our World’s Oceans
Free Sunscreen Available at Gulf Shores City Beaches
By City of Gulf Shores
May 28, 2019 - Gulf Shores, AL - (OBA®) – The City of Gulf Shores is excited to partner with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama to provide free sunscreen at Gulf Shores’ public beaches and community parks in order to protect the health of its residents and visitors.
Read more: Free Sunscreen Available at Gulf Shores City Beaches
Ride to honor first responders winds up in Orange Beach
By John Mullen
May 24, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – A new bicycle ride to honor fallen first responders finished off in Orange Beach on May 24 with a stop at The Wharf and then the Orange Beach Police Department.
“We rested a bit before riding to the police department to make an honor stop for Mike Stockwell,” Orange Beach Assistant Chief Kevin Lanford said.
Read more: Ride to honor first responders winds up in Orange Beach
Orange Beach moves to regulate small-cell technology
By John Mullen
May 24, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – When phone providers start coming to town looking to expand small-cell technology in Orange Beach the city wants to have an ordinance ready for them.
“No carrier is just going to come in there and say I’m going to put the pole here because I have the right to do it because the FCC says so,” Councilman Jerry Johnson said. The city council discussed the ordinance during its work session on May 21. The city holds dual sessions the first and third Tuesdays of the month starting with a regular session and ending up with the work session. This ordinance will likely be voted on at the next regular session on June 4.
Read more: Orange Beach moves to regulate small-cell technology
Alabama Opens for Red Snapper Fishing on June 1
By Outdoor Alabama
May 23, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division (MRD) reminds private vessel anglers that Alabama state waters and federal waters will open for red snapper fishing on Saturday, June 1. The season will consist of weekends, Friday through Sunday, June 1, 2019, to July 28, 2019, and Thursday, July 4.
School's Out For Summer
By Baldwin County Schools
May 23, 2019 - Baldwin County, AL - (OBA®) - Thursday will mark the final day of classes for all students in Baldwin County for the 2018-2019 school year. This year has been a record-setting year on many fronts, and we celebrate tremendous progress in Baldwin County.
We graduated more seniors than ever before in the history of Baldwin County with early estimates showing impressive increases in graduation rates, test scores and student attendance.Brotherhood Riders roll into Orange Beach Friday
May 22, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - This Friday afternoon, a group of first responders is scheduled to roll into Orange Beach, capping off a 450-mile trek that began on Monday, May 20th in Eunice, Louisiana in honor of fallen colleagues.
Rouses Crawfish Eating Championship coming to Flora-Bama
May 21, 2019 - (OBA®) - More than 500 pounds of crawfish will be boiled for the Rouses Crawfish Eating World Championship scheduled to occur on Saturday, June 1st at the legendary Flora-Bama bar. Sanctioned by Major League Eating, the contest will feature top competitive eaters from as far away as London, Arizona and New York City. The current favorite is Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan, an eater from New Orleans who is a two-time Rouses Crawfish Champion.
Read more: Rouses Crawfish Eating Championship coming to Flora-Bama
Gulf Shores Police Department Investigating Death
April 21, 2019 - Gulf Shores, AL - (OBA®) - On May 19th, 2019 at about 11:30 p.m. Gulf Shores Police Officers responded to a report of an adult male unconscious in the roadway near the intersection of Cove Avenue and Gulf Shores Parkway. County 911 operators advised GSPD Telecommunications that the initial caller reported the victim may have taken drugs.
Read more: Gulf Shores Police Department Investigating Death
2019 Full Moon Paddles on Wolf Bay announced
By City of Orange BeachApril 20, 2019 - Orange Beach, AL - (OBA®) - The City of Orange Beach - Relay for Life Team is gearing up for their 5th summer of fun on the water with the popular Full Moon Paddles. The paddles have become the number one fundraising effort for the Orange Beach Team.Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores Summer Fun Schedule
May 20, 2019 - Gulf Shores, AL - (OBA®) - Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores presents the 7th Annual Summer of Fun featuring art classes, a hands on nature series, beach games, and a waterfront oyster bake with live music at lunch. Hands on Habitat, Art al Fresco, Tacky Jacks Beach Games, and Oyster Bake Fridays make up a series of weekly lunch time activities offered at the waterfront venue.If you are looking for some afternoon fun this summer then look no further than Tacky Jacks in Gulf Shores. The Summer of Fun series will feature different events to include regional artists, local organizations, and musicians each Tuesday through Friday this summer beginning June 4. A monthly schedule of events is online at www.tackyjacks.com and below.Orange Beach school group seeks to promote, fund excellence
By John Mullen
May 16, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – Obviously, the new Orange Beach schools will need books and desks and chalk and other staples – and staples – to run a school.Orange Beach’s MAAAC raises $445,000 for schools
By John Mullen
May 15, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – Excitement for the new Orange Beach High School and Middle School spilled out in waves at the Makos Arts, Academics and Athletics Club’s fundraising gala May 11 at the Perdido Beach Resort.
“The energy and excitement in the room that night was electric,” Executive Director Jenni Starling of MAAAC said. “We hope to take that energy and raise even more money for the kids in our community.”
The Port at Zeke’s is new meetings, weddings, party space
By John Mullen
May 13, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA®) – A new event venue, The Port at Zeke’s is now open at one the Gulf Coast’s most popular marinas. The Port can accommodate an event for up to 300 people and is located above Wolf Bay Restaurant at Zeke's Landing Marina.
“We can host any special event,” Zeke’s Operations Manager Mandy Langley said. “So far, we have booked several weddings, a company Christmas party and have spoken to a few people about Mardi Gras balls/parties. We are getting a lot of inquiries for next spring already. The space is very versatile and the colors are crisp and clean looking so it can be easily decorated for any event/theme.”
Read more: The Port at Zeke’s is new meetings, weddings, party space
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