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Dauphin Island News |
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July 4
celebrations
abound
on Gulf
Coast
Press-Register
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al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
On
Dauphin
Island,
fireworks
will cap
off a
day of
festivities
on the
island's
West End
Beach,
at the
west end
of
Bienville
Boulevard.
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The old
man and
the
tree: a
journey
on an
unmarked
trail
The
Herald-Times
(subscription)
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Bloomington,IN,USA
If you
happen
to be on
Dauphin
Island,
Alabama,
the last
week of
July,
you'll
hopefully
find me
walking
in the
sand,
hand in
hand
with my
husband
and
...
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Alabama
Deep Sea
Fishing
Rodeo
changes
rules
for July
17-19
event
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
DAUPHIN
ISLAND,
Ala. --
Tickets
are on
sale for
the 77th
Alabama
Deep Sea
Fishing
Rodeo
that
features
a total
prize
package
of more
than
$400000
to be
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NOAA
awards
funding
for
south
Mobile
County
oyster
reef
building
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
22,
2009, in
the
waters
of Heron
Bay in
the
Mississippi
Sound
north of
Dauphin
Island,
Ala. The
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
has
granted
...
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WKRG-TV -
Jun
29,
2009
“I am pleased to help Dauphin Island obtain new, reliable equipment so its police officers can continue to serve residents effectively. ...
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New
weather
buoy off
Orange
Beach is
a boost
for
boaters
al.com
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Birmingham,AL,USA
For
years,
boaters
and
forecasters
along
Alabama's
coast
relied
on a
buoy
anchored
about 70
miles
south of
Dauphin
Island
for Gulf
of
Mexico
weather
data.
...
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Boaters,
anglers
asked to
report
invasive
jellyfish
Daytona
Beach
News-Journal
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Daytona
Beach,FL,USA
Graham,
a senior
marine
scientist
at the
Dauphin
Island
Sea Lab
in
Alabama,
said the
jellyfish
probably
traveled
as
polyps
on the
hull or
in
ballast
water
...
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Shrimpy
shrimp:
Season
delayed
because
they are
so tiny
now
This
year's
crop of
Mobile
Bay
shrimp
are
runts.
FYI Josh
and I
grilled
some of
the
finest
10/12
shrimp
last
night.
10/12
means 10
to 12
shrimp
per
pound.
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Moon's poem sails Bering Sea
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA
He goes on excursions with plastic surgeon Jim Eyssen and other friends aboard the Contender boat "Seacup" out of Dauphin Island, Ala. ...
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Team Ritter/Abruscato Wins IFA Redfish Event At Venice
FishingWorld.com - Lindale,TX,USA
Scott Ritter of Dauphin Island, Ala., and Bobby Abruscato of Mobile, Ala., caught a two-redfish limit that weighed 17.41 pounds to win the 2009 IFA Redfish ...
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Red snapper off Alabama are growing faster these days
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
The snapper that remain are able to eat more and eat faster, and grow faster," said Joel Fodrie, part of a team studying the subject at the Dauphin Island ...
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Congress approves money for Mississippi barrier island restoration
The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com - Pascagoula,MS,USA
The bill does not include funding for island restoration in Alabama. Dauphin Island officials have been lobbying to be added to the plan, arguing that the ...
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Fish with lesions being caught around Mobile Bay
Although a dozen croakers had already been pulled aboard the Press-Register boat Thursday morning, something was clearly wrong with this particular fish.
IMW NOTE: Brad Beth and Josh will be fishing and diving Thursday. No worries
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Help Wanted ---- people to provide hotel-style concierge and personal
assistant services to vacationers, fishing parties and residents. CALL MRS. KEEL AT 251/753-2292 www.thewarmwelcome.com. IMW is providing this help wanted ad as a public service. Publication of this should not be considered an endorsement.
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TOWN AND EMA ANNOUNCE NEW COUNTY/TOWN- TO RESIDENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
Town of Dauphin Island and the Mobile County Emergency Management Agency announce new County/Town-to-resident Connect-CTY notification system. With this service, county and Town leaders can send personalized voice messages to residents and businesses within minutes with specific information about time-sensitive or common-interest issues such as emergencies and local community matters. The Connect-CTY service will be used to supplement our current communication plans and augment public safety/first responder services.
Please accept our invitation to participate in this great service. We know that your personal information is important, and rest assured that we will not share it with anyone. If you would like to provide additional contact information, click the Connect-CTY image and sign up
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America's Junior Miss contestants arrive for two weeks of events
As Bonnie Brooksbank was getting ready to walk into the airport in Reno, Nev., on Sunday to fly to Mobile for the America's Junior Miss national finals, her seven family members all lined up to say goodbye.
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Chopper Makes Emergency Landing In Gulf
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Emily Forrester A crash and rescue Thursday night off the coast of Dauphin Island. The US Coast Guard tells News 5 that a chopper carrying oil rig ...
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Digital TV switch comes to Mobile market Friday
Ready or not, the end of analog television reception comes Friday. For those who live on the Island you know that cable and sometimes satellite goes out. Consider getting a DTV Box if we have to break out the rabbit ears.
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Shark ears: Scientists track movements of dangerous bullsharks in ...
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
(Photo courtesy Dauphin Island Sea Lab)This baby bull shark, still bearing the scar from its umbilical cord between its pectoral fins, was caught in Mobile ...
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SouthCoast USA: New marketing effort for I-10 Gulf region
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... and a Mardi Gras celebration that is older than the one in New Orleans, along with the Gulf Shores area, including Dauphin Island and Orange Beach.
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A list
of fun
activities
WALA-TV
FOX10 -
Mobile,AB,USA
Jason
will
show you
Chickasabouge
Park,
Five
Rivers
Delta
Resource
Center,
Weeks
Bay
Preserve,
the
Dauphin
Island
Sea Lab
and the
Environmental
Studies
...
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Company
to
propose
more
environmentally
friendly
LNG
terminal
in Gulf
Officials
from
TORP
Technology
said
they
have
jettisoned
their
controversial
plan to
use Gulf
water to
warm up
imported
liquefied
natural
gas in
favor of
a more
environmentally
friendly
method,
using
heat
from the
sun.
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THE TOWN
OF
DAUPHIN
ISLAND
WILL BE
ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
FOR
ADVERTISEMENT
ON THE
NEW
SHUTTLE
BUSES.
ONLY 24
SPACES
AVAILABLE
–
APPLICATIONS
WILL BE
ACCEPTED
AS A 1ST
COME 1ST
SERVE
BASIS.
SPACES
WILL BE
12” X
24” AND
RENT
WILL BE
FOR 12
MONTHS
AT
$500.00
(NO
EXCEPTIONS).
THE TOWN
WILL BE
ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
STARTING
JUNE 9TH
AT TOWN
HALL. FOR
MORE
INFORMATION
PLEASE
CONTACT
TOWN
HALL
251-861-5525.
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Happy
retirement,
John Edd
Press-Register
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al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
When he
and his
wife,
Sharon,
lost
their
home on
Dauphin
Island
to
Hurricane
Katrina
in 2005,
he found
out
about
the loss
while
looking
at
aerial
footage
at
...
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Bama
Redfish
In June
Alabama
Game and
Fish
Magazine
- AL,USA
Dauphin
Island
is one
of the
best
places
to
target
redfish
this
month.
Starting
at Sand
Island's
east
end,
--located
south of
Dauphin
Island
--
anglers
can
...
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Should
residents
of
Hurricane
Highway
islands
keep
rebuilding?
Mother
Nature
Network
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Atlanta,GA,USA
Dauphin
Island,
off the
coast of
Alabama,
is one
notable
example.
This
island
has been
directly
in the
path of
one
hurricane
after
another,
losing
hundreds
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Summer
Guide
2009
Lagniappe
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Mobile,AL,USA
If you
want to
kick it
for the
weekend
on a
MoCo
beach,
then
don't
forget
about
Dauphin
Island.
No, they
can't
boast
miles
and
miles of
sugar
white
sands
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Anglers
aweigh!
Fishing
tourney
coming
up
Press-Register
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al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
The
family
event,
full of
prizes
and
potential
fish
stories,
takes
place at
Dauphin
Island
Marina
and
welcomes
all
inshore,
offshore
and pier
fisherfolk
to
...
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Dauphin
Island
needs
beach
renourishment
Press-Register
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al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
GIVE
DAUPHIN
Island
residents
credit
for
abandoning
the
dubious,
costly
and
temporary
protection
of
government-funded
sand
berms.
The
Dauphin
Island
Town
...
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Some
areas in
Mobile,
Baldwin
counties
to see
Beach
Pool
insurance
...
al.com
Rates are going up in Mobile, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island, while they will decline in south Mobile County, the Eastern Shore, ...
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Dauphin
Island
nixes
berm
plan;
looks
for
bigger
beach
...
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
DAUPHIN
ISLAND,
Ala. --
Dauphin
Island
Mayor
Jeff
Collier
said the
town
will
continue
to hunt
for a
long-term
solution
to the
barrier
island's
erosion
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Dauphin
Island
decides
against
building
new berm
al.com
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Birmingham,AL,USA
Dauphin
Island
Mayor
Jeff
Collier
said the
town
will
continue
to hunt
for a
long-term
solution
to the
barrier
island's
erosion
problems
after
the Town
...
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Hometown
Tour:
Dauphin
Island
WKRG-TV
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Mobile,AL,USA
By Chad
Petri
Reporter
Boat
captains
around
the
Dauphin
Island
Marina
would
like to
see more
people
calling
on them
for a
ride.
...
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Out to
Sea
News
Banner
Her rudder cable broke along the Alabama coast, and the weather got very rough, while she was paddling to Dauphin Island. However, she said she met a lot of ...
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14
airports
in
Alabama
to share
$6.2M in
federal
grants,
led by
...
WHNT -
Huntsville,AL,USA
Other
grants
went to
airports
in
Abbeville,
$275000;
Camden,
$288075;
Selma,
$84157;
Dauphin
Island,
$326307;
Hartselle,
$101307;
Headland,
$255541
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Marine
police
keep
state's
waters
safe
Montgomery
Advertiser
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Montgomery,AL,USA
The
marine
police
now have
70
officers
that
patrol
the
state
waterways,
including
the
coastal
regions
of
Mobile
Bay and
Dauphin
Island.
...
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The
proposed
west end
berm
(formerly
referred
to as
the
levee)
project
that
would
have
involved
building
a berm
beside
the bike
trail on
the
south
side of
Bienville,
was
voted on
at
tonight’s
Town
council
meeting.
After
discussion
(during
which no
council
member
seemed
to
support
the idea
as it
was),
the
following
motion
was
proposed
and
passed
by
unanimous
vote as
the
Towns
response
to
FEMA/EMA
“We do
not
accept
the berm
project
as
proposed
but are
interested
in other
options.”
The
council
felt it
was
important
to
respond
to the
proposal
professionally
and to
put
together
a
response
that
will
share
the
concerns
the
community
and Town
had
about
the
project
– namely
issues
of
access,
use,
cost of
installation
and
maintenance
of
service
road,
public
safety,
utilities,
insurance,
etc and
to have
that
response
be
documented
so that
in the
future
they are
able to
show the
government
officials
they
deal
with
while
the idea
was
seriously
considered
and
found
unacceptable
due to
very
legitimate
problems
with the
plan;
the Town
is open
to ideas
and
suggestions.
Thanks
and as
always
feel
free to
call me
with any
questions,
Bethbeth@boardwalk-realty.com
Boardwalk
Realty
877-861-3992
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Rescue
at sea:
Sunken
boat's
owner
sees
lesson
in loss
of
vessel
...
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
It was
the
first
time the
captain
of the
Dauphin
Island-based
charter
boat
Boss Man
had
rescued
fellow
anglers
in
distress.
"My main
concern
was I
wanted
to
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Red
snapper
growing;
others
depleting
He points to weights and measurements of Spanish mackerel weighed in at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo in Dauphin Island. “Spanish mackerel has shown a ...
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Alabamians
Cleaning
Up After
Flood
Urged To
Make
Health
And
Safety A
Priority
Fri,
15 May
2009
11:06:37
-0500
MONTGOMERY,
Ala. --
Those
affected
by
recent
flooding
are
urged to
make
health
and
safety a
priority,
and
begin
cleaning
up their
homes
and
personal
property
as soon
as
possible.
Receive
FEMA
Updates
During
Disasters
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Pensacola
Sailmaker
Wins
Dauphin
Island
Race
Pensacola
News
Journal
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Pensacol,FL,USA
Hunter
Riddle,
owner of
Schurr
Sails in
Pensacola,
has
competed
in the
annual
Dauphin
Island
Race for
more
than 25
years.
"But
always
as crew
on
somebody
...
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Hand out
from the
Town at
tonight's
public
hearing
.......
more to
come
Beth's
Notes
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Dauphin
Island
Crawfish
Boil is
Saturday
Press-Register
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al.com -
The Island Mystics Mardi Gras Association will hold its 16th-annual Crawfish Boil on Dauphin Island on Saturday, May 16. DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. ...
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Public
Meeting….FOR
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
FOR THE
TOWN OF
DAUPHIN
ISLAND
FLOOD
MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE
PLAN
(FMA) MAY 22, 2009 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM TOWN
COUNCIL
CHAMBERS
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Jemison's
Bait
Shop to
stay
open
Mobile
County
Commissioner
Mike
Dean and
Jemison's
Bait
Shop
owner
Harry
Jemison
reached
agreement
Tuesday
to allow
the bait
shop at
Heron
Bay
Cutoff
to
remain
open.
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For our
German
speaking
readers....
Roadtrip
durch
die
Südstaaten
der USA
—
autobild.de
—
13.05.2009
autobild.de -
Und müssen über eine gut fünf Kilometer lange Brücke, die das Festland mit unserer nächsten Etappe Dauphin Island verbindet. Die graue Wand kommt immer ...
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Storm
blamed
for
outages,
fire
al.com
-
Birmingham,AL,USA
A strong
thunderstorm
rolled
through
the
south
part of
Mobile
County
this
afternoon,
knocking
out
power in
Bayou La
Batre
and
Dauphin
Island.
...
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MAYOR
COLLIER
GIVES
UPDATE
ON WEST
END
BEACH NOTICE
OF
PUBLIC
INFO
MEETING,
MAY 13
AT 6
PM SITE:
ST.
EDMONDS
BY THE
SEA PARISH
HALL.
Mayor
Collier
updates
all
residents
and
property
owners
of
Dauphin
Island
on
pending
matters
that
would
directly
impact
the West
End.
For
Immediate
Release: Update
April
30, 2009
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DRAINAGE
PROJECT
Work
on a
drainage improvement
project
for
areas
South of
Salt
Creek
Bridge
(includes
areas
East &
West of
Orleans
Drive)
will
begin
soon.
The
installation
of a
large
underground
drainage
pipe
will
require
the
removal
of
approximately
25 pine
trees
from
Bienville
Blvd.
median
East of
Salt
Creek
Bridge.
We
recommend
that you
use
extreme
caution
over the
coming
weeks
when
traveling
these
areas.
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DAUPHIN
ISLAND -
WALA Fox
News -
There's
been an
erosion
problem
on the
west end
of
Dauphin
Island
for some
time.
FEMA
funded a
berm
that was
built on
the
island,
but it
washed
away
during
Hurricane
Ike last
year.
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Dauphin
Island
Levee
Controversy
WKRG-TV
-
Mobile,AL,USA
By Diana
Lucio
Reporter
FEMA
thinks
so and
it may
even
give
island
officials
money to
build
the
levee.
Mayor
Jeff
Collier
says the
levee
would be
...
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Team
Tindal/Price
Jr. Wins
IFA
Redfish
Tour
Event At
Bay St.
Louis
FishingWorld.com
-
Lindale,TX,USA
Mike
Tindal
of
Dauphin
Island,
Ala.,
and
Artie
Price
Jr. of
New Port
Richey,
Fla.,
caught a
two-redfish
limited
that
weighed
21.12
pounds
to win
the 2009
...
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Marine
Police
patrol
federal
waters;
issue 7
tickets,
including
...
Michael Tidmore of Dauphin Island was ticketed April 15 for having 18 red snapper that weighed a total of 145 pounds. "Mike Tidmore used to have a
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Six
Rescued
From
Sinking
Boat
WKRG-TV
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Mobile,AL,USA
The
Coast
Guard
rescued
six
boaters
Saturday
from
their
18-foot
pleasure
craft
which
was
taking
on water
near
Dauphin
Island,
Ala. The
Coast
Guard
received
...
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Aggie
Alumni
Completes
Cross-Country
Trek On
Bicycle
KBTX -
College
Station,TX,USA
Cooke
made his
ride
from
Florida
to Texas
with
many
stops
along
the way
including
Big
Lagoon
State
Park, a
day on
Dauphin
Island,
Alabama
and
another
in
...
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Government
considers
Dauphin
Island
sand
levee to
protect
road
The
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
is
considering
funding
construction
of a
sand
levee on
the west
end of
Dauphin
Island
that
would
border
the
south
side of
Bienville
Boulevard
and
block
side
roads,
officials
said
this
week.
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Jeff
Dute
says:
Inshore
fishing
improving,
as is
freshwater
action
...
al.com
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Birmingham,AL,USA
Inshore
fishing
around
Dauphin
Island
and into
Mississippi
Sound
continues
to
improve,
as does
the
freshwater
action
above
the
Mobile
Bay
Causeway.
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Mobile
foreclosure
auction
nets
almost
$3
million
Press-Register
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al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHY
JUMPER
Twenty-six
bank-owned
properties,
from
condominium
units on
Dauphin
Island
to a
single-family
house in
Bay
Minette,
sold for
a total
of
...
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Some
rather
big
shoes
have
been
filled
Gulf
Coast
Newspapers
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Daphne,AL,USA
He
conducted
doctoral
level
research
at the
Dauphin
Island
Sea Lab
(DISL)
under
mentor
Dr.
Florence
Thomas
some 10
years
ago.
...
Bolton
tapped
as
Mobile
Bay NEP
director,
replacing
Yeager
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Flood
insurance
still
massive
boondoggle
Press-Register
-
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
In other
words,
federal
flood
insurance
is a
subsidized
benefit
for the
relatively
small
number
of
people
who own
houses
in
places
like
Dauphin
Island
where
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West end
flooding
–This week (April
26-28) we are
experiencing
flooding on the west
end. There is
no rainfall, no
storm systems; just
a strong south wind.
It is pushing the
waves right up onto
the lots south of
Bienville and is
crossing Bienville
in a few places.
The picture below
was taken this
morning around Sehoy.
The winds are from
the south east
blowing 15-25 knots
this afternoon, and
are forecast to be
south east 10-15
knots tomorrow.
There will most
likely be new
problems with side
streets and driveway
issues. Will let
you know how things
look tomorrow. |
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This may be best
time to feed on
excitement
SunHerald.com
- Biloxi,MS,USA
... Least
Flycatchers,
American Redstarts,
Ovenbirds and
Swainson's Thrushes
don't just appear at
High Island,
Lake Martin or
Dauphin Island.
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Local cancer
survivor
nears her
destination
Asheville
Citizen-Times
- NC,USA
After a
70-plus-mile
“easy” ride
from
Dauphin
Island,
Ala., to
Pensacola,
Fla., in
mid-April,
she said she
was happy
but tired.
She was also
reflective,
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Dauphin Island
regatta numbers a
little down with
economy, but ...
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
(Press-Register/Michelle
Rolls)Sailboats move
past the starting
line in Mobile Bay
for the Dauphin
Island Sailboat
Race Saturday, April
26, 2008. ...
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Letter from the POA
President about
current issues
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A Dauphin Island
Sunday
We in South
Mississippi
are very
lucky to
live within
a morning's
drive of one
such place,
Dauphin
Island,
Alabama.
Dauphin
Island
should make
any serious
...
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Sea Turtle volunteer
meeting set
..
Local volunteers
are needed for the
following sections
of beach: Fort
Morgan, Laguna Key,
West Beach, Gulf
Shores, Gulf State
Park, Orange Beach,
Alabama Point, and
Dauphin Island.
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Dauphin Island
launches Dolly
Parton reading
program
As part of a
national program to
promote reading,
nearly two dozen
children on Dauphin
Island have started
receiving a free
book at their home
each month.
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Mobile's
'Survivor' remains
active in game
In a surprising
development on the
CBS reality game
show "Survivor:
Tocantins ? The
Brazilian
Highlands," no one
was voted off in
Thursday night's
episode.
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Fun, sun and
wildlife along
Alabama's Gulf Coast
Dauphin Island —
http://www.dauphinislandcoc.com/
— is a barrier
island sitting off
the coast the
between the mouth of
Mobile Bay and the
Mississippi state
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ADSFR adopts
conservation plan
for redfish
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The word "redfish"
won't even appear on
the big board, and
that's how
organizers with the
Mobile Jaycees — who
host the annual
event on Dauphin
Island ...
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Home insurers
socking coast: It's
not just the
hurricane coverage
that's costly
Some Alabama
insurers are
charging coastal
customers more to
cover risks like
fire and theft ?
those having nothing
to do with
hurricanes ? than
customers elsewhere,
despite no clear
evidence that such
losses are generally
higher here,
Insurance
Commissioner Jim
Ridling says.
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On the
evening of 3/31
there were a series
of breaking ins
several houses on
the West End in the
area of Ponce De
Leon and
Ponchatrain. If you
own a house and are
not a client of
Boardwalk Realty you
may want to contact
somebody to check
our your house. If
you cannot find
somebody contact us
for help,
251-861-3992.
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Actually
a favorable
editorial from the
Mobile Register
Put Dauphin Island
in coastal repair
plan
DAUPHIN ISLAND
should be included
in a massive federal
program to repair
hurricane-damaged
coastal islands in
the Mississippi
Sound.
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George County native
prefers to stay home
to be creative
The Mississippi
Press -
gulflive.com
- Pascagoula,MS,USA
He is scheduled to
appear at Dauphin
Island Arts and
Crafts Festival
on April 18 from 9
am to 4 pm
His emphasis there
will be to create
caricatures, ...
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More rain on the
way to southwest
Alabama ? ready or
not
More rainfall is
expected today,
which forecasters
say will further
batter areas around
Mobile and Baldwin
counties that were
drenched over the
weekend by a series
of powerful storms.
The wet weather
closed roads,
flooded homes and
caused numerous
sewer spills.
From
Beth, Last
weeks heavy rainfall
on Wed,
Thurs & Fri combined
with high surf and a
south wind to cause
coastal flooding,
especially bad
Fri/Sat.
Saturday am
Bienville Blvd was
flooded from St
Andrews Ct west with
the areas around St
Denis Ct & Sehoy
being deepest.
In several areas
surf washed from
south (gulf) side of
Island to the north
side of Bienville.
Things were trying
to dry
on Sunday
& yesterday, however
today we are under
another coastal
flood watch, with
another one expected
on Thursday.
Below are some
pictures taken
Saturday around
noon. Those of
you with structural
damages have already
been contacted,
however driveway
damages are a bit
murkier – several
will need to be
scraped or in some
cases rock will need
to be added. A few
of the side streets
will need to have
sand scraped off
before cars can get
to your driveways.
Once tonight’s
weather passes we’ll
see if any new
flooding has
occurred and will
have a better idea
what is needed in
terms of driveway
repair. Some
pictures are up at
http://www.boardwalk-realty.com/houses/Damaged%20houses/59.htm
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Terrapoint
Provides Innovative
LiDAR Solution for
Dauphin Island
...
Tridex Solutions
will mine these two
data sets for a
multitude of
applications on
Dauphin Island .
Terrapoint's
high-accuracy aerial
LiDAR data will be
used ...
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Storms bring
flooding to
southwest Alabama
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
Mike Evans, director
of operations for
Mobile County
Emergency Management
Agency, said
Dauphin Island
had west-end
flooding and a power
outage in the ...
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Foundation announces new
full-time training
coordinator
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
... Estuarine
Research Reserve, Weeks Bay
National Estuarine Research
Reserve, Mississippi
Department of Marine
Resources and the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab.
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Watershed Wagon to be a
welcome addition
Gulf
Coast Newspapers -
Daphne,AL,USA
In order to address the
issue, the Environmental
Education Network,
coordinated through the
Dauphin Island Sea Lab,
received a grant from NOAA
CSC to fund ...
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10-minute tag goal still
unmet; Hastie wants more
license workers
Mobile County License
Commissioner Kim Hastie,
elected last fall on a
promise that people would be
able to get their car tags
in 10 minutes or less.
I love politicians
who promise the world until
they realize the promises do
not work in the real world.
Beth took 20 minutes in line
and and hour over all.
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Battle Sites Face
Many Threats According To
Annual CWPT Report
Fort Gaines, Alabama:
The Dauphin island
fort guarded Mobile Bay,
but fell to the US naval
fleet after a three-day
attack Aug. 5-8, 1864.
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Oyster beds closed
All shellfish-growing waters
in Mobile and Baldwin
counties have been closed,
effective at 6 a.m. today,
according to a news release
issued Sunday by the Alabama
Department of Public Health.
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LWV hosting water forum
Gulf
Coast Newspapers -
Daphne,AL,USA
Dauphin Island Sea
Lab Professor John Valentine
is studying the impacts of
the causeway built across
the bay in the late 1920s.
He will speak on the effects
...
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Group's Call to Save Civil
War Battlefields
Christian Broadcasting
Network - Virginia
Beach,VA,USA
Recent dredging practices
have significantly hastened
the erosion of Dauphin
Island, threatening to
cut the island in
two. Some 400 feet of
historic ...
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Wednesday’s Catch of the Day Winner
WKRG-TV -
Mobile,AL,USA
Carol says Mike caught the fish on
Dauphin Island back in
September 2008. He landed his fish
on the jetties near Fort Gaines.
Carol wins a Whopper meal from
...
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Go toward south for inshore option
to flooded Delta
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
... reports of a bunch of
specks and reds being caught down
around Dauphin Island and in
Portersville, Heron and Grand bays
should provide some relief. ...
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Fort Gaines listed among nation's
top 10 endangered Civil War sites
Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island has
been listed as one of the nation's
10 most endangered Civil War
battlefields, according to a report
released Wednesday.
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Historic Fort Gaines In Danger
WKRG-TV -
Mobile,AL,USA
By Brian Atkinson (Dauphin Island,
AL) – At a news conference this
morning, the Dauphin Island
Park & Beach Board revealed that the
Civil War Preservation ...
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Senator says Gulf Coast still
lacks disaster housing plan
WASHINGTON ? More than 3cm HALF
years after Hurricane Katrina, the
federal government has yet to
fashion a comprehensive strategy for
housing people displaced by
disaster, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.,
said at a Wednesday hearing
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RESEARCH: Old
age begins at 27...
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Clean Coast Web site set to
launch in April
Gulf Coast
Newspapers - Daphne,AL,USA
The Web site will be a supportive
site of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance,
per information released by the
Dauphin Island Sea Lab. “The
goal is for the Web site ...
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Exploreum, USA projects funded in
bill that cleared Congress
WASHINGTON ? The Gulf Coast
Exploreum Science Center, bus
service and a weather research
program that is supposed to include
the University of South Alabama are
among the array of local projects in
line for earmarked money in a $410
billion spending bill that received
final congressional approval Tuesday
night.
Dauphin Island will receive $400,000
to restore dunes and beaches on its
east end
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Hazard Mitigation Plan For Town, On
Public Display (Town of Dauphin
Island)
Lee
Maxwell & Associates along with
officials from The Town of Dauphin
Island have developed a Hazard
Mitigation Plan for
Dauphin
Island.
The
draft version of the plan was
submitted to the Town of Dauphin
Island on February 16, 2009.
The
purpose of this plan is to insure
that the Town of Dauphin Island is,
eligible to receive federal funding
under the Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP) and the Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Grant Program (PDM).
These funds are vital for the
recovery of
Dauphin
Island
following a natural disaster.
Any
questions, comments, or suggestions
should be directed to the Town of
Dauphin Island, ATTN: HAZARD
MITIGATION PLAN,
1011 Bienville Blvd.,
Dauphin
Island,
Alabama.
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Bill to protect coastal areas
fails narrowly in U.S. House vote
The U.S. House of Representatives on
Wednesday defeated a bill that would
have allowed spending up to $60
million annually to protect coastal
and estuarine areas through 2013.
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Fishing around Mobile Bay should
improve by weekend
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
Harry Jemison,
Yano Serra and I were down at the
Dauphin Island Bridge fishing
the rock pile
Tuesday morning and caught a
bunch of sheepshead up to 5 pounds
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Coastal insurance bills face crucial test
in Legislature
The House and Senate
Banking and Insurance committees are
scheduled to meet in joint session Wednesday
morning to take up legislation aimed at
providing relief to homeowners along the
coast.
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Shellfish waters closed
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
The order affects Areas I, II, III and IV,
including Cedar Point, Portersville Bay,
Grand Bay, heron Bay, Dauphin Island
Bay and Bon Secour Bay, ...
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More to estuaries than meets the eye
Beaufort Gazette - Beaufort,SC,USA
Bob Bender, curator of the Lowcountry
Estuarium in Port Royal, said there were
only two other estuariums in the United
States: Dauphin Island, Ala., ...
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Mobile Boat Show
al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
Hands-on attractions include exhibits by the
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a
trout-fishing pond and marine life touch
tanks presented by Alabama Marine Resources.
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Ala. House panel OKs manatee as state sea
mammal
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
Ruth Carmichael, senior marine biologist at
the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, said
there are believed to be 12 to 24 manatees
living in the Mobile/Baldwin County ...
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Scientists study the travels of Ellie the
manatee
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
Sometimes, they'll waddle on their flippers
to a grassy bank and use their lips to pluck
leafy snacks from the shore, said Ruth
Carmichael, a Dauphin Island ...
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San Francisco is a bird watcher's paradise
San
Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
San Francisco is so feathered that it placed
second in the America's Birdiest City
contest with 178 species counted on one
weekend - behind Dauphin Island,
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MSU uses technology to examine hurricanes
Starkville Daily News - Starkville,MS,USA
... that also includes the University
of Southern Mississippi, Florida State and
Louisiana State universities, and Alabama’s
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory. ...
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Rebuild coastal 'bumps'
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
Dauphin Island — Alabama's barrier
island — also is eroding at a worrisome
rate. Island officials have
recognized the danger and are trying to put
together ...
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A proven method of acquiring public land
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Director
George Crozier says of the legislation: "On
a scale of five, it's easily a four." All in
all, the bill passed by the Senate ...
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PLAN MAY HELP BARRIER ISLANDS
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
Meanwhile, Dauphin Island leaders are
still working to rebuild parts of Alabama's
barrier island, including the east
end near Fort Gaines and the west end ...
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Perdido Pass to be dredged
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
... Beach may be able to coordinate a
beach renourishment project with neighboring
Gulf Shores and perhaps even Dauphin
Island to reduce costs, West said.
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FEBRUARY 2009 TOWN CRIER
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USCG searches for overdue man
SunHerald.com (subscription) -
MS, USA
... utility boat and crew from
Station Dauphin Island and a HH-65C
Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Air
Station New Orleans to search
Monday night. ...
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Bill allows millions in new spending to
protect coastal and ...
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
At the Dauphin Island Sea Lab,
Director George Crozier was encouraged by
several other provisions to bolster
research. One calls for development of a
plan ...
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Mobile County Gets New Emergency Sirens
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Mobile County PIO Five new areas will be
in earshot of emergency sirens with new
installations in the communities of Semmes,
Coden, Dauphin Island, ...
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Free parade comes with costs
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
By BRENDAN KIRBY DAUPHIN ISLAND — It
was 15 minutes
until 1 pm Saturday, and the
Island Mystics Mardi Gras parade was
about to begin. ...
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Offshore Fish Farming Plan Passes
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
Dr. George Crozier, Director of the
Dauphin Island Sea Lab says commercial
fishers are concerned. "There is resistance
from the commercial fishing industry, ...
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Double feature Carnival debut!
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
By DAVID FERRARA Parade watchers on
Dauphin Island turned one of Mobile
County's first Carnival parades of the year
into an all-day affair. ...
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Architects launch green business
Press-Register
- al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHY JUMPER The annual energy savings at the
Richard Shelby Center for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries
Management, under construction on Dauphin Island,
...
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Due to
reports of manatee sightings, officials set up
hotline
Gulf Coast
Newspapers - Daphne,AL,USA
“Manatees may not be spotted regularly because they
are difficult to see,” Ruth H. Carmichael, senior
marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea
Lab. ...
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Auburn
University researcher plant 50000 oysters in Heron
Bay
Press-Register
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al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
"It's not going to be a quick fix," said Scott
Rikard, natural resources program manager at Auburn
University's shellfish laboratory on Dauphin
Island. ...
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Students get crash course in GPS sytems
Tuscaloosa
News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
Carrie Dixon, a marine educator for the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab, ... The selection process
that allowed the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to
come to Holy Spirit was
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5
Policy Changes Obama Should Make Now: Analysis
Popular
Mechanics - New York,NY,USA
An egregious example is Dauphin Island,
Ala.—a small island in the Gulf of ...
“If we weren’t rebuilding road access to places like
Dauphin Island every few ...
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1st
Mobile Mardi Gras parade coming up Jan. 24 on
Dauphin Island
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- The first Mardi Gras
parade of the season will be presented by Dauphin
Island's Krewe De La Dauphine on Jan. ...
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Browse by week
posted:
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
by Jo Anne McKnight, Correspondent DAUPHIN ISLAND,
Ala. -- The first Mardi Gras parade of the season will be
presented by Dauphin Island's Krewe De La ...
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Oyster
gardening on Alabama coast catches on
Fort Mills Times -
Fort Mill,SC,USA
The volunteers receive juvenile oysters, or spat, set on
whole shell from the Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory
on Dauphin Island. ...
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Snowbirds eye Dauphin Island, too
On Dauphin Island, the signs are good for a generous turnout
by winter visitors, according to David Graves, a Realtor and
president of the Dauphin Island Chamber of Commerce.
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Reaching for
the green
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
And a building under construction on Dauphin Island,
the Richard Shelby Center for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries
Management, will be the first scientific ...
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Mayor says
Dauphin Island faces 'desperate situation'
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE DAUPHIN ISLAND — The west end
beach on Dauphin Island, a few miles of sand facing
the vast Gulf of Mexico, has nearly disappeared. ...
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Sand Island
lighthouse to be part of new series of stamps
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
Today, the lighthouse stands alone in the water on its
original wood pilings and rock foundation, a few miles from
Dauphin Island. ...
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Keep Mobile
Beautiful to recycle Christmas trees
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
In Christmas 2006, Keep Mobile Beautiful used old trees to
restore sand dunes on Dauphin Island. Haskins said
his organization was not asked to provide ...
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Islanders
getting serious
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
AFTER YEARS of relying on expensive sand piles for
protection, Dauphin Island residents are getting down
to the serious business of trying to save the ...
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Dauphin
Island, Ala., now owns west end beach
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE The Town of Dauphin Island will be
granted ownership of the west end private beach so that
officials can pursue a rebuilding project on ...
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A better LNG
proposal
Press-Register -
al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
It was good to see TORP Terminal LP announce that it will
reapply to build an LNG terminal 63 miles south of
Dauphin Island. TORP pulled its application in ...
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ISLAND
WEST END IN COURT
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE A legal battle over whether Dauphin
Island's privately owned beach on the west end should
become public is slated to be argued in a ...
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Area students,
faculty, parents experience seaside adventure
Batesville Daily Guard
(subscription) - Batesville,AR,USA
Dauphin Island has two sides to it — on one side it
is bay water, then on the other side is the Gulf Coast. “My
favorite part was the mud and how it felt ...
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Innovative
technique to record human impact on coastal waters
Entertainment and
Showbiz! - Baroda,India
But now, Dr. Ruth H. Carmichael of the Dauphin Island
Sea Lab and her colleagues have used stable isotope
techniques on the clam Mercenaria mercenaria, ...
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Managers sell
part of stake in natural gas storage company that ...
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
The company intends to store up to 50 billion cubic feet of
natural gas between Dauphin Island and mainland south
Mobile County at the MoBay Storage Hub, ...
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A Dauphin Island berm rebuilding project would have cost
an estimated $4 million, FEMA officials said as they deny
island's request.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided not to
fund rebuilding of a sand berm on the west end of Dauphin
Island after it was wiped out by Hurricane Gustav this year,
a federal official said Wednesday.
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Stock of the Bay
SunHerald.com
- Biloxi,MS,USA
"We were able to get the oysters from Auburn University Shellfish
Lab on Dauphin Island to build the new reef. Even though it
is at the end of the Ocean ...
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Audubon’s Field Guide
to Birding Trails
Audubon Magazine - New
York,NY,USA
The Alabama Coastal Birding Trail will lead you to the best of the
migrant stopover sites, from legendary places like Fort Morgan and
Dauphin Island to ...
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Holiday Isle files for
bankruptcy
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE Holiday Isle LLC, developer of one of the largest
condominium projects on Dauphin Island, has filed for
bankruptcy protection after more ...
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Dauphin Island
officials hope to fix east end erosion
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE DAUPHIN ISLAND — Rebuilding the east end
of Dauphin Island to repair years of erosion would cost up to
$12.8 million, according to a ...
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ALABAMA VOICES: Losing
key barriers
Montgomery Advertiser -
Montgomery,AL,USA
But nationwide, Dauphin Island has become the poster child
for unwise coastal development and the folly of living on a barrier
island. ...
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New Exhibits At Estuarium
WKRG-TV, AL
... of the bay and so whatever's in the
water gets incorporated into the oyster,” says Assistant
Director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Dr. John Dindo.
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Build beaches, not berms
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND wasn't the only piece of the Alabama coast hit by
the storm surges of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Even though neither storm
made landfall ...
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Insight - Sandy beaches and barrier islands are
important economic, environmental and quality-of-life assets in south
Alabama. But nationwide, Dauphin Island has become the poster child for
unwise coastal development and the folly of living on a barrier island.
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Channels blamed for
shrinking barrier islands
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Scott Douglass, a coastal engineer with the University of South Alabama,
has estimated that beaches on Dauphin Island might be 1000 feet
wider today if that ...
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Best fishing found to the south
al.com, AL - 1 hour
ago
The water is in much better shape down around Dauphin
Island and the lower Mobile Bay rigs and reefs. Fishermen are
catching speckled trout from the deeper ...
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WINGED “TOURISTS” FLOCK TO DAUPHIN ISLAND FOR SPRINGTIME
SPECTACLE Beginning
in early April, Dauphin Island hosts thousands of colorful winged
“tourists” as they make the barrier island their first
rest stop after an exhausting flight across the Gulf of Mexico from
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