The city of Gulf Shores is gearing up for spring break.
Beach patrols have been ramped up, lifeguards have returned to duty, and you once again have to pay to park at the public beach.
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Spring break in full swing at the beach
March 1st, 2011 — Gulf Shores
Man enters plea in bicycle fatality
February 25th, 2011 — Gulf Shores
A Mobile man will spend five years in prison for a hit-and-run accident that left a bicyclist dead 6½ years ago.
Terry D. Rodgers, 35, charged with manslaughter, entered a blind plea to vehicular homicide, according to the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office and his attorney. Baldwin Circuit Judge J. Langford Floyd handed down the sentence on Thursday along with a concurrent five-year term for leaving the scene of the accident, according to defense attorney J. Clark Stankoski and the District Attorney’s Office.
The accident occurred near the intersection of Ala. 59 and Baldwin County 4 east in Gulf Shores in August 2004.
3 accused in Mobile of Gulf oil spill claims fraud
February 14th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Spanish Fort
3 accused in Mobile of Gulf oil spill claims fraud placed in diversion program
Real Estate News
February 13th, 2011 — Daphne, Foley, Gulf Shores, Spanish Fort
- Charter Landing of Orange Beach paid $1.35 million total for 52.7 acres at Bartram Walk, formerly called Waterdance, on Baldwin County 4 in Gulf Shores, and then sold the property in five parcels for a total of $1.86 million
- Tyndall Federal Credit Union has leased a 4,000-square-foot former bank building at 6470 Spanish Fort Blvd
- Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs has leased 1,235 square feet in Magnolia Place Shopping Center on U.S. 98 in Daphne
- Local investors paid $206,000 for a 2.5 acre commercial lot on U.S. 31 next to Everwood Treatment Co. in Spanish Fort
- Electric South has leased a 6,000-square-foot office warehouse at U.S. 31 and Jessie Road in Spanish Fort
- Laboratory Corporation of America will open soon in 3,100 square feet at Peachtree Professional Center on Ala. 59 in Foley
$100 Million Less Spent at Ala. Beaches
February 11th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
The vice president for Gulf Shores-Orange Beach tourism agency, Mike Foster, said Friday that $144 million was spent in the beach communities of Orange Beach, Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan in 2010.
That compares to $241 million in 2009, the year before the spill.
Officials announce 2011 Hangout Festival lineup
February 2nd, 2011 — Gulf Shores
The Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores has announced its 2011 lineup. Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, and Widepread Panic are just three acts lined up for the three-day music festival.
Thirty five other bands have also signed up with more to come. The one-of-a-kind music festival takes place May 20-22 on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, just minutes from the Florida border.
Gulf Shores woman left toddlers home alone so she could find cigarettes
February 1st, 2011 — Crime, Gulf Shores
A woman who left her 1-year-old and 2-year-old children home alone so she could find cigarettes this weekend faces a child endangerment charge.
Audrey M. Godwin, 20, of Gulf Shores told the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office that she left her children in her apartment Sunday while she “went out in search of a person to go buy her a pack of cigarettes,” according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
A neighbor had spotted the 2-year-old wandering in the street, nearly struck by a car, outside Morgan Trace Apartments on Fort Morgan Road, authorities said. The neighbor took the child inside and spotted the 1-year-old in the apartment alone, the release stated.
Gulf Shores woman left toddlers home alone so she could find cigarettes
Gulf Shores man accused of defrauding investors of more than $2.3 million
January 25th, 2011 — Crime, Gulf Shores
A Gulf Shores man has been indicted on multiple counts of securities fraud after being accused of fleecing at least nine Alabama investors out of more than $2.3 million.
According to the Alabama Securities Commission, an Alabama grand jury in September handed down a 54-count indictment against George Louis McCaw, 36, the owner of McCaw Construction & Services LLC in Gulf Shores.
Gulf Shores man accused of defrauding investors of more than $2.3 million
New DA Could Announce Nodine Retrial Plans Tomorrow
January 24th, 2011 — Crime, Gulf Shores
Baldwin County’s new District Attorney could announce tomorrow if former Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine will stand trial again for murder.
New DA Could Announce Nodine Retrial Plans Tomorrow
Gulf Shores beach parking fees to resume in March
January 24th, 2011 — Gulf Shores
Starting in March, parking at the beaches in Gulf Shores will no longer be free, officials announced last week.Officials had estimated that by using the solar-powered machines, instead of contracted officers and parking attendants, taxpayers would see about $820,000 in revenue over five years.
Before the meters were used, the city collected between $261,000 and $276,000 annually, according to city records.
The rates range from $1 an hour to $5 a day, but residents can avoid the fee by displaying hurricane re-entry decals on their vehicles.
Oil spill didn’t hamper goal to make Pleasure Island ‘sports capital of Southeast’
January 23rd, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon is swinging for the fences.
“Our goal is to be the youth sports capital of the Southeast, and we’re going to do everything we can do to make that happen,” Kennon said. “It’s a tremendous economic engine.”
Despite last year’s record-setting oil spill, the Alabama Gulf Coast Sports Commission broke revenue records, bringing in $5.2 million more than in 2009. Officials attributed the boost to 17 new sporting events in the area in 2010.
Oil spill didn’t hamper goal to make Pleasure Island ‘sports capital of Southeast’
Deep Clean Wrapping up in Gulf Shores
January 21st, 2011 — Gulf Shores
The deep cleaning process in Gulf Shores is about to wrap up. BP officials tell News Five by the first week of February the beaches will be clean. Debbie Williams and Photojournalist Randy Lowe take to the air for a progress report
Dredge Work Started at Little Lagoon
January 20th, 2011 — Gulf Shores
Snaking through the shallow water of Little Lagoon, a dredge pipe that will soon be pumping sand from Little Lagoon Pass to the surf line of West Beach. “This is a good sign that things are getting back to normal,” says Project Manager Danny Rackard. “It’s slow starting but once we get everything started it moves right along.”
Mom runs over girl Florida: 4-year-old girl killed after mom backs over her
January 20th, 2011 — Gulf Shores
A 4-year-old girl was killed when her mother backed over her near the River’s Edge RV Campground in Okaloosa County.
The Florida Highway Patrol says Sally Melissa Village of Gulf Shores, Alabama, backed her Toyota van over Alyssa Almodovar just before 5 p.m. Wednesday in this Panhandle city.
Mom runs over girl Florida: 4-year-old girl killed after mom backs over her
Condo Prices Back Up to Pre-Spill Rates
January 19th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
If you want to book a view for your summer vacation, be ready to pay full price.
“We raised rates for 2010 and we had to do a lot of discounting anywhere from 50 to 20 percent. For 2011, although we haven’t raised our rates, it’s the normal rack rate and people are having some sticker shock,” says Marie Curran with Brett Robinson Resorts.
