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In today’s newsletter :

1. Breaking News: Fairhope Water Restrictions Lifted

2. Fairhope’s Airport Academy Aviation Program Leaving

3. Mobile Baykeeper Town Hall Meeting on Federal Mud Dumping

4. New Hotel/Restaurant Plan for Old Fairhope Hardware Store Stirs Social Media Buzz

5. Quick News from around Fairhope

6. Fairhope Faces: Spookie Dookie

7. Lets Go Fairhope ! Events

Breaking News: Fairhope Water Restrictions Lifted

Fairhope is lifting all water restrictions. A new temporary pump was installed over the weekend and is now pumping 1 million gallons. Mother nature also pitched in with 2-3 inches of rain over the last week to help reduce demand. Fairhope is still asking residents to irrigate plants overnight between midnight and 4am when water demand is less. Listen to Mayor Sherry Sullivan announce the news.

Fairhope’s Airport Academy Aviation Program Leaving

Aerospace vocational training at Fairhope’s Airport Academy is soaring to a new location, leaving its home at the airport entrance road. The program will now be offered at Baldwin Preparatory Academy in Loxley, while the Fairhope campus shifts its focus to the Alabama FAME apprenticeship program for adult students. Despite this change, other vocational training like welding and electrical courses will continue at the Airport Academy. More details from The Fairhope Times.

Mobile Baykeeper Town Hall Meeting on Federal Mud Dumping

The Corps of Engineers has a plan to dump 90 million cubic yards of sediment into Mobile Bay over the next 20 years, and Mobile Baykeepers wants to hear what you think about it. Head over to Fairhope United Methodist Church at 6 PM on Tuesday, August 20 to learn more and have your say at their town hall meeting.

New Hotel/Restaurant Plan for Old Fairhope Hardware Store Stirs Social Media Buzz

The Fairhope Times broke the story of a Hotel/Restaurant proposal for the old Fairhope Hardware store and the reactions online were swift on the Fairhope Now Facebook group with over 300 comments. Examples included - “Why do these people keep proposing ugly hotels that don’t remotely match the vibe of the town?”, “Sort of suggests to me how Fairhope might look if a flying saucer landed on that corner and colonized!” and “It wouldn’t matter what is proposed for that corner and to replace a clearly rotting building; people will complain.” Click thru to see more of the debate.

Quick News from around Fairhope

1. Fairhope Weather : Cooler Temps on the Way !!!

2. Scenic 98 Swamp Development Plan Returns

3. Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival Applications are Open

4. Fairhope football itching to get back to its winning ways in 2024

5. Fairhope Siblings Recently Moved and need assistance

Fairhope Faces: Spookie Dookie

Holley: “Only one person can have a ‘poopie day,’ and that’s me. I dressed up as Spookie Dookie a month ago. Now, if I’m having a bad day, I put on this costume and ride around Fairhope in my golf cart with Rick Rick, handing out poop stickers and telling people to have an ‘uncrappy day.’ Making people laugh feels so good we kept doing it. I laugh at myself and go home with a better attitude.

Rick: “We’re putting an outhouse on her poop mobile.”

Get the full scoop on this Fairhope Poop by clicking through to Our Southern Souls

Monday, August 19
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• 8 am: Local Info / 9:05 - 10 am: Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

• 9 am: First Hope Benevolence Ministry Meets @ First Fairhope

• 10 am: Knit & Crochet for a Purpose @ Fairhope United Methodist

• 1:30 - 3 pm: Craft Circle @ Fairhope Christian Church

• 1:30 - 3 pm: TED Talks Discussion Group @ Fairhope Library - Computer Lab

• 2 pm: Eastern Shore Uke Club @ Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship

• 3 pm: Seeking Peace Grief Group @ Fairhope United Methodist

• 4 pm: Library Board of Trustees Meeting @ Fairhope Public Library

• 4:30 pm: Work Session, Agenda Meeting, 6 pm Meeting @ City of Fairhope

• 5 pm: Board of Adjustments Meeting @ City of Fairhope Council Chambers

• 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Strictly Rivers - Live Music @ Page & Palette

• 5:30 pm: Bingo @ Provision

• 6:30 pm: Magnolia Squares Square Dancing @ Fairhope Christian Church

• 6 - 9 pm: Thom Oglesby Solo Piano @ Gambino's Italian Grill

• 6:30 pm: Sons of the American Legion Meeting @ American Legion Post 199

• 7:30 - 7:53 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

Tuesday, August 20
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• 62+ Seniors 5% Discount Day @ Piggly Wiggly Fairhope

• 7:15 am: The Nix Golfers meet on Tuesdays @ Quail Creek Golf Course

• 8 am, 9:05 - 10 am: Local Info / Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

• 8 am: Pickleball @ Fairhope United Methodist

• 11 am: Chamber Open House for New Location @ Dragonfly Foodbar 18874 Section

• 11:30 am: Breastfeeding-Month Lunch @ Thomas Fitness Center 212 Hospital Drive

• 12 pm: Sertoma Club: Todd Greer Exec. Dir. of Innovation Portal @ District Hall

• 1 pm: The Greatest Game Ever Played presented by Margie Gewirtz @ FH Library

• 5 - 9 pm: Taco Tuesday $2 Tacos @ Dragonfly Foodbar

• 6 pm: Hammerfest 25 miles ride - Rear Light Required @ Procycle

• 6:30 pm: Running Wild Hills & Speed Run @ Meet at Pier Ave & Satsuma St

• 6:30 - 8 pm: DJ Trivia @ Section Street Pizza

• 7 pm: Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath @ 368 Commercial Park Drive Fairhope

• 7 pm: Bingo @ Bone & Barrel

• 7 - 10 pm: Karaoke @ Gambino’s Italian Grill

• 7:29 - 7:52 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

• 8 pm: Trivia Night @ Tongue and Groove

• 8 pm: Trivia Night @ The Ravenite Pizzeria

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- John Oldshue, Anne Dorman, and Lynn Oldshue