Category Archives: Alabama

New online crime map available

Members of the group Victims of Birmingham Crime have developed an online map where people can keep track of recent crimes in the city of Birmingham.

A look at the map shows that they are going back and referencing every crime that has taken place this calendar year within the city limits. While there is a contact link on the map, it may be best to contact the group through their MySpace profile. Or to contact the Birmingham Batman with the following information so that he may add it to the map:

Date
Time
Address, intersection or street
Description of the incident

A look back: October 4

2003:

The UAB Blazers beat Memphis 24-10 at Memphis in the 6th Battle for the Bones football game.

2006:

Birmingham Police Department‘s Operation “Taking It to the Streets” netted 35 mostly-drug related felony and misdemeanor arrests.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com logo

From the Stationmaster: What type of mayor do you want?

Just a couple of things for this Wednesday afternoon:

A reminder that you can win tickets to the Junior Patrons Pompeii Preview Gala courtesy of your hub for information! For those that tried earlier today and got frustrated; yes, we fixed the problem on our end that was making it a little difficult to register. It’s all better now.

Check out this editorial asking us to think about the characteristics our next mayor should have instead of the issues over on my Birmingham. Some interesting food for thought as we wind down the general election portion of this year’s mayoral race. Especially as the issues are making it tougher to evaluate the individuals as fairly as we’d like to.

Enjoy the ride!

It’s time to be Happi

Happi Boutique logoMen and women now have a new place to go shopping for that just right outfit. Before you say that it’s not necessarily needed, have you noticed how many new after hours events there are for folks in metro Birmingham? Click on over here to see just a taste of the new options available for young professionals and those young at heart to keep themselves busy socially.

Happi Clothing Boutique will be opening its doors tomorrow evening for its opening celebration. Co-owner Camilla Barungi from Project Runway, Season 3 on cable’s Bravo Channel will be on hand for the event and word has it she will be taking on an active role in the development of the business. Representatives for the owners say that the shop will keep an artsy and energetic atmosphere, possibly even having the occasional DJ dropping in to spin a new tune at any given time.

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Win 2 tickets to the Junior Patrons Pompeii Preview Gala!

pompeii logoThat’s right! Our first ever online contest gives you the opportunity to win two (2) tickets to the Preview Gala. Thanks to the Birmingham Museum of Art Junior Patrons for providing these tickets that are worth $40 – $60 each! Click on the image to find out information directly from the museum’s site.

Click here to find out the details and to enter.

Click here to view the Timetable calendar entry.

Good luck!

Halloween ’07: Let the listings begin

We figured since people are always looking for somewhere to enjoy themselves during this most ghoulish time of the year that we’d try our best to oblige. We’ve started a collection of Halloween-related events and activities for folks over on Timetable.

First up, a list of haunted houses, warehouses and such in the immediate Birmingham metropolitan area. We’re not claiming that this list in complete by any stretch of the imagination. Click on over, check it out and let us know what to add to it using the email listed on the page.

The readers have spoken, sort of

Reader’s Choice logoEven though we won’t know the results until next Friday, it’s interesting to note that the online voting for The Birmingham News’ 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards over on al.com is complete. One take is shared here by local blogger Wade Kwon on his site Wade on Birmingham. It’s also the only place where you can see the list of finalists.

We kind of figured that we were just too new to be considered this year, though we are grateful to Matt for thinking us worthy in his list of suggested picks.
Here’s a look at last year’s winners just to let you know who’s trying to defend their crowns. It’s not the Oscars but we’ll be interested to see who wins.