It’s not too late to register for Hands On Birmingham’s annual Day of Service. Their goal is to get 2,000 volunteers working for good across the Birmingham metro area on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They’ve got a wide range of projects from painting classrooms to landscaping. It’s quite a list and [...]

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Whether or not the results are challenged in court (as has been indicated by the governor’s office), there will be a notable race for the Jefferson County Commission seat vacated by Larry Langford in order for him to serve as mayor of Birmingham.
Birmingham City Councilor William Bell announced his intentions to seek the seat currently [...]

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We were batting around the idea of doing a story about the numerous coffee roasters that have set up shop in metro Birmingham.. little did we know that the folks at Bhamdining.com were thinking the exact same thing (and they’ve already finished their story!).
Check out their post about The Magic City becoming a “coffee roaster [...]

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Conservation Alabama took the time late last night to post an entry about a request for questions and comments regarding the proposed Northern Beltline that was published in yesterday’s Birmingham News, but not on the department’s website (though we are not sure that it is required).
We won’t necessarily bore you with the details of the [...]

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Well, Christina’s got a couple of suggestions for you and one of them could even lead to enjoying some snow (though they’re saying there’s a chance that we may actually get the real stuff this weekend!).
That’s right, it’s time to find out what to do if you don’t have plans (yet) for this weekend (and [...]

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Congressman Artur Davis will address a group of leaders from around the region at 12 p.m. at the Harbert Center, challenging them to begin to work together for the good of the metropolitan area. It is part of the Leadership Birmingham initiative. There are some that may remember that regionalism was an issue that caused [...]

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UPDATE: 1:35 p.m.: George Bowman, a retired Army general from Birmingham has been appointed by Gov. Riley to serve out Larry Langford’s remaining term. Watch the swearing in ceremony on myFoxal.com. He is currently a branch manager for Liberty National. He is the son of one of the original Tuskegee Airmen.
Fox 6 is reporting [...]

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