The Birmingham Barons once again take the field at their original home, Rickwood Field (a.k.a. – America’s oldest ballpark!) this afternoon to face the Jacksonville Suns. This year’s game will honor the 1964 & 1965 teams – they’ll be the guys wearing gold. The team is significant due to it being the first integrated team [...]
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In case you haven’t noticed, Alabama Power has been celebrating its centennial for a while now. Why not go on over to the Birmingham Public Library today, head on upstairs to the Arrington Auditorium and listen to Dr. Lean Rawls Atkins talk about her research about the company’s history. The event is sponsored by the [...]
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Three commercial districts served by Main Street Birmingham‘s BEACON Program are beginning implementation of a beautification program. Avondale, North Birmingham and Woodlawn have adopted the Blooms for BEACON program, with assistance from MSB and the City of Birmingham‘s public works and urban planning departments. The first annuals were planted in Avondale early Tuesday morning. According [...]
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UAB has announced the creation of one of the only adult Down Syndrome clinics in the United States. It results from improvements in treatment and diagnosis of the condition. This story, most likely the original press release announcing the clinic’s creation, expands on the reasons for the creation of the clinic and some of its [...]
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A change of heart in Montgomery late yesterday as both the state House and Senate passed resolutions recognizing Brett Blackledge’s Pulitzer Prize. Here’s the story as reported in Mobile and Montgomery. Legislators earlier this week had tabled a previously introduced resolution honoring the Birmingham News reporter for his accomplishment.
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Sign installers have been methodically replacing signs at AmSouth locations with the new Regions Bank logo. This one is located at the intersection of 5th Avenue North and 22nd Street North in the Central City neighborhood at a current drive-thru location. The merger was completed in the 4th quarter of 2006. Branches are preparing to [...]
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While our Timetable section is not quite out of alpha testing, we felt that we had to link to a post shared with us earlier today about the first run release of a summer film in July. Go on over and check it out! NOTE: We apologize in advance if you have problems navigating the [...]
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NOTE: Follow our election coverage at Election ’07! A post on the Birmingham News’ breaking news blog this morning have some wondering if County Commissioner Larry Langford is planning a run for the mayor’s office here in town. It’s already beginning to draw responses from the blogosphere as well. Time will reveal the true identities [...]
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