1942:
Cornelius Paul was among the sailors killed when the USS Grunion was sunk by the Japanese.
1994:
Michael Jordan hit his first career home-run for the Birmingham Barons.
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A look back: July 30
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Don’t stop the bus
A $4 million shortfall in the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (a.k.a. the folks responsible for our MAX bus system) has the potential to do just by causing them to cut Saturday service and downtown DART service among other things. Check out the Birmingham News’ story so you have an idea of what’s going on before you head out to this afternoon’s city council transit committee meeting (at 4 p.m.) called by Councilwoman Carol Duncan to figure out next steps.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, BJCTA, budget cuts, bus service, MAX, Transit, transportation
A look back: July 29
1953:
“Cousin Cliff” Holman was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army.
2007:
Professional soccer player Floyd Franks, Jr scored his first MLS goal for the Chicago Fire.
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A look back: July 28
1949:
Vida Blue was born.
1988:
The current Dubba Dubba Twins, Erica and Monica Stacey of Centreville, were born.
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A thank you from the hub!
The crowd at The Terminal Concert on July 26. Bob Farley/f8Photo
I just wanted to take a moment and thank the 140 people that came out and showed some love for the hub last night at The Bottletree (some of whom are pictured above)!
I also want to thank all of the bands that performed last night as well as Christopher Davis, the staff at The Bottletree, Travis Morgan of Skybucket Records for setting up our line up and Adam Stoves for his poster design.
We’ll be sharing photos from Saturday night both here on the site (link to follow) as well as on our page on Facebook both later day and tomorrow. I’d invite you to do the same either by submitting your photos to photos@bhamterminal.com or if you have a Facebook profile by adding them to our page’s fan album.
BTW – No matter where you were, we want to know how much fun was it last night?
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, thank you, The Terminal Concert, turnout
The News announces employee buyout offers
That’s the word according to The Birmingham News’ breaking news blog.
The story was posted shortly after 5 p.m. today. News publisher Victor Hansen, III promised “…to continue the strong local news coverage, investigative reporting and service to advertisers that the metropolitan Birmingham area has come to expect.”
The Birmingham Business Journal reported earlier in the day that the buyouts were offered to employees 55 years of age or older and that there would be no subsequent layoffs at this time.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, buyout, early retirement, News, The Birmingham News
The Terminal Concert is tonight!
The show’s tonight, July 26, with doors opening at 8 p.m. Fresh Ground Comic Christopher Davis will be performing and serving as emcee with the following bands performing (with links to their MySpace profiles and recent Timetable articles):
Tickets are available at The Bottletree or via their website for $12 (It’ll also be $12 at the door tonight). Hopefully you’ve been able to relax during this rainy day so you can enjoy the music tonight, no matter where you end up. Check out my e-newsletter comments about tonight after the jump…
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