Entries Tagged as 'options'

It’s a little hot in the Magic City this week

May 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · weather

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Here’s to hoping you’ve got a way to beat the heat this week here in Birmingham. If you’re one of the folks with a broken or non-existent air conditioning system, we’d ask you to share some of your suggestions over on Magic City Question today.

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In case you’re planning to renew your car tag today…

May 31st, 2011 · 6 Comments · JeffCo

The line outside of the Jefferson County Courthouse, 5.31.2011

Did you forget to renew your car tag this month? We’re really hoping that you weren’t planning on heading down to the Jefferson County Courthouse today to take care of it. The line’s already a little on the long side…

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Where are you watching World Cup matches?

June 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Sports

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The World Cup has started in South Africa. This means that you’ve got to find somewhere to watch the matches here in Birmingham. We’ve got a list of some of the venues in the city showing it. You can always add a few more to the list if you want… no, really…

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Building our way out of traffic

March 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · traffic, transportation

US 31/280 sign

The option appears to be to build our way out of our current traffic situation here in Birmingham, AL. We’re hoping you’ll share your thoughts with us about whether or not this idea is crazy enough to work…

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Milestone Books appears to be closing

January 13th, 2010 · Comments Off · Books, Business

Milestone Books logo

Another popular independent bookstore in metro Birmingham is preparing to close its doors (though thankfully not because of poor sales). If you’re interested you may even have a chance to purchase the store. Check out the post for more details.

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Langford supports reduced mail delivery schedule

January 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · The City

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So postal service may get cut back to five days a week and Birmingham’s mayor supports it. But which five days will it be?

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Where to watch Election night returns in Birmingham

November 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Election '08

I’ve been spending most of the day moving (after waiting in line to vote early this morning), so I’ve actually avoided most of the last minute politicizing. It also looks like I’ll be spending the evening unpacking the house (and settling into The Terminal’s new offices), but you… you have options. Here are just a [...]

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Blog Action Day 2008

October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Take a moment

Today is Blog Action Day. It’s a day where bloggers from all backgrounds focus at least one of their posts on a specific topic – this year’s topic is poverty – that will aim to “raise awareness, initiate action and to shake the web!” There are currently just under 12,000 blogs taken part in this [...]

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