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Dauphin
Island Residents Eye Ike
WKRG-TV -
Mobile,AL,USA
By Steve Alexander Reporter People who fled Dauphin
Island because of Hurricane Gustav are now returning
to clean up. But they are also casting a wary eye ...
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Dauphin Island
hurricane clean-up
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Workers continued to try to make
progress on the west end of Dauphin Island. "It's going
to be tough when the sand starts to dry out ...
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When storms batter
islands, taxpayers pick up tab
The Associated Press -
Young points to Dauphin Island, Ala., where Hurricane
Gustav washed away a new sand berm, 10-feet high and 14000-feet
long, that completed last year to ...
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Gustav
took toll on Dauphin Island
Tuscaloosa News
(subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
FORT MORGAN | We only got a couple of miles down
Dauphin Island Thursday before we hit the police
road block beyond which only residents were allowed.
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Our Experience with Hurricane Gustav
Associated
Content - Denver,CO,USA
She and her children had just been down to visit our Dauphin
Island. She laughed saying she was getting more than
she paid for on this Labor Day vacation. ...
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Sertoma/Pepsi
Family Fishing Rodeo rodeo set for weekend at ...
Press-Register - al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
The Sertoma/Pepsi 29th annual Family Fishing Rodeo will
be held Saturday and Sunday at Dauphin Island
Marina after being pushed back a week by Hurricane ...
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Gustav's glancing blow leaves few bruises
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
The story was similar in Bayou La Batre, Dauphin
Island and other flood-prone zones around Mobile and
Baldwin counties, although in many cases, ...
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Sand covers road
on west end of Dauphin Island
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS,
USA
AP DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Strong waves from Hurricane
Gustav swept across the west end of Dauphin Island and
washed away a manmade sand berm built to ...
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Dauphin Island’s
Berm Wiped Out
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Jene' Young Meteorologist This manmade sand dune protecting
homes on the island's West End didn't hold up to Gustav's
high surf and surge. ...
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Mobile Bay Ferry
service to resume Wednesday
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
Ferry service between Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island will
resume its regular schedule
Wednesday morning,
according to the Alabama Department of ...
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Road closings
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL
Dauphin Island Parkway, North of the Dog
River Bridge is flooded. Officials are placing barricades across
the road to stop traffic. ...
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List of Mobile County shelters
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL
Saint Neri Catholic Church – 9101 Dauphin
Island Parkway (Belle Fontaine), Theodore 2. Downtown
Mobile/ DHR /Food Stamp Office – 272 North Broad Street
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Pet shelter to open
Press-Register -
al.com,
MOBILE, Ala. -- Local agencies are teaming
up to open a pet shelter in Mobile County at the Semmes Boys
and Girls Club, formerly Semmes Middle School. ...
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Gustav-related information
Press-Register -
al.com, AL - 14 hours ago
Openings/Closings Dauphin Island's
west end public beach has been closed until the threat of
Gustav passes, officials said. All Labor Day activities on
the ...
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ALDOT announces
plans to relocate Mobile Bay ferries
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
The Marissa Mae departed her Dauphin Island berth at
approximately
11:00 am Thursday morning with an anticipated arrival
time at the Alabama State Docks in ...
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Gustav could spoil
holiday weekend
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE and VIRGINIA BRIDGES Vacation Realtors and
hotel owners from Orange Beach to Dauphin Island were
fielding calls Wednesday from ...
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Final Election Result
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IMW notes on Fay:
It was not too bad for us. Lots of rain
and some high surf. We did not loose power but the school bus
could not come over the bridge because the wind was >25 mph.
If you would like to look at some pictures
please click here.
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Dauphin Island
takes the storm in
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
By Renee Dials The wind started to pick up on Dauphin Island
late Saturday
afternoon has tropical storm Fay made its way closer to
the Alabama gulf coast. ...
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Dauphin Island
west end beach to close
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
Dauphin Island's west end public beach will close during
the weekend as Tropical Storm Fay approaches the Alabama coast,
officials said today. ...
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Mobile County EMA
Getting Ready For Fay
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
County Commissioner Steve Nodine said the main area of concerns
at this point are Dauphin Island, Downtown Mobile and
Bayou La Batre. ...
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Dauphin Island
buys 4 waterfront lots
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
The town of Dauphin Island paid almost $1.1 million for
four waterfront lots with 180 front feet on Aloe Bay off DeSoto
Avenue, according to Linda Henderson ...
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Dauphin Island
reports no damage from waterspout
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
A waterspout was spotted in the waters south of Dauphin
Island on
Monday morning, the National Weather Service reported. A
trained observer saw the funnel ...
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Recent rain will
have short-term effect on local fishing outlook
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
Inshore fishing should not be impacted down around Dauphin
Island, where guide Yano Serra said specks are being caught
in several areas. ...
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Talladega study
good sign
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The Mobile area, on the other hand, is a tourist draw all by
itself, including the beaches of Dauphin Island and
coastal Baldwin County. ...
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Scott Jordan of
Mobile weighed in a first-place grouper, white ...
Press-Register -
al.com
- Mobile,AL,USA
Nick Hawkins, Lawrence Smith, Steve Hawkins and Jordan were
fishing aboard the Double Play about 75 miles out from
Dauphin Island. ...
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Dauphin Island
drowning
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Choppy waters and rough surf can
be an unforgiving combination. Dauphin Island resident,
Adam Potts, said, "It's a bad thing to see ...
IMW NOTE:
INCLUDES BRAD BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT
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Adapt to the fish
for dog-days fillets
al.com
- Birmingham,AL,USA
Jordan said the Gulf-side beach points at Katrina Cut at
Dauphin Island have been producing well during these times.
"Yellowmouth" white trout and ground ...
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Conde Cavaliers
hosting 26th rodeo
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The 26th annual Conde Cavalier Mardi Gras Fishing Rodeo will be
held Saturday and Sunday at Dauphin Island Marina.
Fishing will begin at
6 am Saturday
and ...
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Dauphin Island Lowers Beach Admission
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By WKRG Staff The City of Dauphin Island is lowering the
admittance price on their new west beach. Admission will now be
$5 per vehicle, plus $3 for each ...
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Oh, the places you can go (for free!)
Press-Register -
al.com, AL - 15 hours ago
Audubon Bird
Sanctuary, on Dauphin Island, is 164 acres of maritime
forest, marshes, and dunes, and includes a lake, a swamp and a
beach, according to The ...
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Battle of Mobile
Bay reenactment
MyFox Gulf Coast - Mobile,AL,USA
People on Dauphin Island were preparing for a battle
Saturday but it wasn't a real fight just an attempt to relive
history. The reenactment of the Battle of
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Battle of Mobile Bay
Commemorative Day is Aug. 2
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The annual Battle of Mobile Bay Commemorative Day at Fort Gaines
Historic Site on Dauphin Island is scheduled for
Saturday, Aug. 2.
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Dauphin Island Sea
Lab sets July excursions
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Dauphin Island Sea Lab's Beach, Dune and Forest Excursions are
July 26 and
July 29 from 9:45
until noon. The trips will include a walk through the Audubon ...
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Southern Company and
Environmental Partners Award Wetland ...
MarketWatch - USA
Project partners include the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of
Dauphin Island, Dune Doctors, Dauphin Island Sea Lab and
Dauphin Island Property ...
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Fingerprinting Fish
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Pat Peterson Reporter The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is probably
the last place you'd expect to find government researchers and highly
trained ...
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Pascagoula man claims
master angler title
The Mississippi Press -
gulflive.com -
Pascagoula,MS,USA
By JEFF DUTE Press-Register DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Jarrod Davis of
Pascagoula cracked the leaderboard for the first time in a big way,
weighing in the ...
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Small catch, big
celebration
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By MIKE THOMPSON DAUPHIN ISLAND — The 2008 Alabama Deep Sea
Fishing Rodeo started off with bad luck for the Rocketman fishing team,
but in a sense they were ...
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We all scream for gumbo?
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND — Behind the scenes at the rodeo, the food being
prepared for Jaycees, volunteers, sponsors and media is fast gaining a
reputation for ...
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Island Getaway:
Beach, Birds, Biology Bring a Leisurely Stay at ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
For that last beach fling this summer, plan a back-to-nature experience
at Dauphin Island, without the crowds and high-rise condos.
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Viewing tank leaves many
in total awe
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND — One of the coolest attractions at the Alabama
Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is the viewing tank connected to the weigh
station. ...
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Rodeo records fall for
blackfin, pompano
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By JEFF DUTE DAUPHIN ISLAND — While impressive, the biggest fish
brought to the 76th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo scales
on Saturday didn't
break a rodeo ...
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Broughton's drum tough to
beat
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By MIKE THOMPSON DAUPHIN ISLAND — When 11-year-old Cody
Broughton, his dad Louis Broughton and 12-year-old cousin Logan Mundy
arrived at the Alabama Deep ...
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Participation steady
despite economy
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND — With 1567 tickets sold for last weekend's Roy
Martin Young Anglers Tournament and 3193 for the Alabama Deep Sea
Fishing Rodeo this weekend, ...
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Amberjack alert
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By JEFF DUTE DAUPHIN ISLAND — Speckled trout stole the show early
on the first day of the 76th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Friday, but
a trio of massive ...
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Rodeo an emotional expedition
al.com, AL - Jul 18,
2008
The thousands of fishermen on the water this morning
inshore and offshore are very aware of the three P's — preparation,
persistence and patience ...
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'Capt. T-Bone' gives crowd something to sink teeth — real or ...
al.com, AL
By JEFF DUTE A crowd of several thousand was
enthusiastically receptive to being lied to Thursday night on Dauphin
Island during the annual Liars Contest, ...
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Exploring Alabama
Planet Weekly, AL
Sand Island is now connected to Dauphin Island
. Birds use the island for nesting and when it was remote there
was much less human contact. ...
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Local elementary school gets new playground
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL -
Jul 16, 2008
Dauphin Island Elementary students have had to do
without their slides and swings since Hurricane Katrina. Principal Kathy
Gallop said that had to change. ...
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Dauphin Island shore forum today
Press-Register - al.com, AL -
9 hours ago
A public forum on a study of Dauphin Island's
shoreline will be held today at 3 pm at the Isle Dauphine Club on the
island. The study is part of a 2006 ...
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FISHY TALES
Press-Register - al.com, AL
The preliminaries will take place at 6:30 pm at the
rodeo site on Dauphin Island. The finals will be held at 7:30 pm
It is open to anybody who can weave a ...
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Proceed carefully on
historic lighthouses
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
As for Sand Island Lighthouse, dating back to 1873, the town of
Dauphin Island has received an engineering study that reviews the
options for preserving and ...
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Young anglers reel in some
good times
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By MIKE THOMPSON Hundreds of young anglers participated in Saturday's
51st Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament on Dauphin Island. Not
all the anglers landed ...
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Interest still high for Deep Sea Rodeo
Clanton Advertiser, AL -
Jul 14, 2008
... had to raid their savings designated for the
76th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, scheduled for July 18-20 at
the rodeo site on Dauphin Island. ...
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Gulf Coast States Mull
Over Oil Drilling Ban
NPR - USA
On Dauphin Island, a barrier island south of Mobile, Ala.,
natural gas rigs can be clearly seen from the beach. Frances Coleman,
the editorial page editor ...
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Rodeo organizers hope gas
pains won't hurt event
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
"Sand Island, Katrina Cut and the east end of Dauphin Island
all have great fishing and can be reached on foot." Brooks also said the
increasing popularity ...
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On the Flight Path
New York Times - United States
Dauphin Island is a designated bird sanctuary. It is located on
the migratory path that birds take in the spring and fall, so many of
the species stop on ...
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Poor Freds, bee-birds? Summer Tanagers
SunHerald.com, MS -
16 hours ago
But on an early birding trip to Dauphin Island I
was surprised to spot twenty or so Summer Tanagers. One of these
bright-red birds was sitting in the grass ...
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The perfect fishing storm
Press-Register - al.com, AL
This has been made much easier since Sand Island
is now part of Dauphin Island proper. A mix of brown and white
shrimp have made a move up Mobile Bay and ...
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Corte's sailfish wins Classic
Press-Register - al.com, AL
The weigh station at the ADSFR site on Dauphin Island
will be open from 9 am-5 pm The event is open to all anglers 15 years
old and younger. ...
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Dauphin Island
offers sand, surf, historic turf
Montgomery Advertiser -
Montgomery,AL,USA
But if you want sand and surf without fighting for turf on the beach,
then consider the town of Dauphin Island. Situated just 28 miles
south of Mobile, ...
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New jig presentation has
proven very effective on Mobile Bay ...
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Serra, who lives in Coden and has fished the Dauphin Island area
for nearly all of his 41 years, said he first got the idea for making
the stand-up jig from ...
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Buckets of sand and cash sought for coastal islands
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Leaders in Dauphin Island, Ala., meanwhile, are
seeking to renourish an east end beach they say has been worn away by
erosion, threatening the island's
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Dauphin Island opens new public beach
WRCB-TV, TN - 10
hours ago
AP - June 20, 2008 1:04 PM ET DAUPHIN ISLAND,
Ala. (AP) - The town of Dauphin Island hopes to boost tourism by
opening its new public beach on the island's ...
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New Beach To Boost Economy
WKRG-TV, AL
By Diana Lucio Reporter Anita Miracle says the
waterfront atmosphere on Dauphin Island was the ideal setting for
the Oarhouse Restaurant. ...
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New Dauphin Island Beach Opens Saturday
WKRG-TV - Mobile,AL,USA
By Chad Petri Reporter The west end of
Dauphin Island
is almost ready for more traffic. The new beach promises stands for
food, snacks, ice and water craft ...
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Good fishing should
continue
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
Bobby Abruscato said the speck bite on live shrimp and croaker under
slip corks is still on fire around Dauphin Island.
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Green Park
Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies Friday June 20, 2008
8:00 p.m.
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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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Saving Gulf's barrier
islands: Alabama, Mississippi look to ...
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Dauphin Island
leaders, meanwhile, are seeking to renourish an east end beach they say
has been worn away by erosion, threatening the island's future.
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DI opening public beach
Parking for a day will cost visitors $20
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE The town of
Dauphin Island
will open a new public beach on the west end Saturday, as part of
efforts by local leaders to attract more ...
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Double your pleasure; Fort Morgan ferries are now twins
Gulf Coast Newspapers -
Daphne,AL,USA
By Bert Hayes here are now two ferry boats that transport people and
vehicles from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island where Fort Gaines
proudly stands. ...
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Island to make site
public beach
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The town of Dauphin Island bought and was deeded $2 million worth
of property on the west end of the island and plans to open it as
a public beach by June ...
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Wind may mess with great
fishing
al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... and Larry Scott at Scott's Landing said quite a few have
shown up on the channel markers and crab-trap buoys above the Dauphin
Island Bridge. ...
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Preserve jewels of history
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Historic Fort Gaines was built on Dauphin Island in 1861. Taken
into Confederate hands at the start of the Civil War, the fort — along
with Fort Morgan ...
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Yesterday's news
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
"The steamer Crescent is up again on
next Sunday for a
pleasure excursion to Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island. We are glad
to learn that Capt.
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Through a Glass Darkly for
June 5, 2008
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
Early in our relationship we chose Dauphin Island as our favorite
getaway for long weekends. It became an important place for us to go to
leave our cares ...
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Wind may mess with great fishing
al.com, AL - 13 hours
ago
... and Larry Scott at Scott's Landing said quite
a few have shown up on the channel markers and crab-trap buoys above the
Dauphin Island Bridge. ...
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Wier US tour ends with
flight to Amador
Amador Ledger-Dispatch -
Jackson,CA,USA
Entering Alabama I passed through
Bayou la Batre on
my way down to Dauphin
Island. Some of you may remember this fishing village from
Forest Gump. ...
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Park dedicated to retired admiral
Every building at the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center had been
named for an aviator, but a newly dedicated park at the base breaks that
tradition.
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Magnificent Frigatebird forecasts storms
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
It was a Saturday - cool and sunny after the cold front that left
Dauphin Island littered with bright birds fresh from the Yucatan.
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Slip-sliding specks
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By JEFF DUTE Dauphin Island inshore guide Bobby Abruscato yelled
when he saw James "Stumpy" Morton's slip cork disappear under the
surface of the water at a ...
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Go south for best trout fishing
al.com, AL - 12 hours ago
Abruscato said speckled trout are biting
just about everywhere around Dauphin Island and in Mobile Bay and
Mississippi Sound, but you still have to pick the
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Katrina appeal set for Friday
A federal appeals court on Friday will hear arguments about a Hurricane
Katrina case from Point Clear that could establish a precedent governing
which side has the burden of proof in a wind vs. water dispute.
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MOBILE , Ala. (AP) - A
fire aboard a 46-foot pleasure boat in Bon
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
The Coast Guard rescued 15 people from the "Ellisa," and took them to
Dauphin Island . Two others were taken to Dog River in south
Mobile County .
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Senate wisely rejects wind
entitlement
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Those subsidies have provided incentives for the owners of vacation
homes in high-risk places like Dauphin Island to repeatedly
rebuild after storms have ...
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Senate rejects adding wind to flood insurance program
WASHINGTON Despite pleas from some Gulf Coast lawmakers Wednesday, the
U.S. Senate swamped an attempt to add optional windstorm coverage to the
federally backed National Flood Insurance Program.
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Owner of Ship & Shore, Ben Buerger, 84, passes away. Mr.
Ben has been a true asset and friend to our Island. He was one of the
founders of the Volunteer Fire Dept and the owner and operator of "Ship
& Shore". After Hurricane Fredric in '79 his store was destroyed. He
quickly reopened in another location providing us groceries and supplies
while the bridge was gone. Since then He and Bobbie operated the only
grocery and hardware store on the Island. All of us at Boardwalk Realty
are keeping Mr. Ben's family and friends in our prayers.
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Ben Buerger, mainstay on Dauphin Island, laid to rest Monday
Friends and family turned out Monday at St. Francis Episcopal Church to
pay final respects to Ben M. Buerger, an iconic Dauphin Island
businessman perhaps best known for riding out Hurricane Frederic in his
store.
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Ben Buerger, mainstay on
Dauphin Island, laid to rest Monday
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By KIM LANIER Friends and family turned out Monday at St. Francis
Episcopal Church to pay final respects to Ben M. Buerger, an iconic
Dauphin Island ...
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak dresses in formal attire
SunHerald.com, MS -
May 2, 2008
One day I found a male Rose-breasted perched 20 yards
off the path in the Dauphin Island Sanctuary. I showed that bird
to maybe forty people over the hour ...
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FYI The Common Loon Carry- out Café
& Market will open later this month at 1010 Bienville Blvd. on
Dauphin Island, The café owners are Kathy and Stan Alford.
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Army unit prepares for deployment
Despite heavy rains pouring down outside, several hundred people
gathered in Fort Whiting Armory on Saturday morning to give a warm
send-off to 54 members of a Mobile-based Army Reserve unit being
deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Sand Island Lighthouse Getting Help
WKRG-TV, AL - Apr 30,
2008
By Chad Petri Reporter The Sand Island Lighthouse
sits about four miles south of Dauphin Island. It’s aging, not
gracefully. “If we had another Katrina I ...
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Extra ferry will boost the
coastal economy
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
FERRY SERVICE between
Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan may be improved considerably,
to the credit of the Alabama Department of Transportation and the
private ...
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College briefs
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
The Estuarium at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has changed its name
to the George F. Crozier Estuarium, in recognition of Crozier's
leadership in the study and ...
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';Fine Line' between
winning and losing
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By JEFF DUTE The evening before the 50th anniversary Dauphin Island
Race, Johnny Roberts described how the fastest boats last year were able
to find a ...
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Quiet beauty in reclusive
bird's simple plumage
Biloxi Sun Herald -
MS, USA
On one of my earliest birding trips to Dauphin Island, I
encountered a group of excited birders searching for Swainson's Warblers
in Shell Mound Park. ...
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Dauphin Island Regatta Making A Comeback
WKRG-TV, AL - 10
hours ago
“The challenge could be no wind or too much wind you
never know what dauphin island is going to bring to you,” says
Principle Race Officer Cathy Cromartie. ...
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Authorities confiscate gill nets
al.com, AL - 10 hours
ago
Marine Resources officials say a 300-foot recreational
net was confiscated Sunday morning on Dauphin Island after the
man using it, Francis Crenshaw of ...
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Cooks take their gumbo seriously
Press-Register - al.com, AL -
Apr 23, 2008
They take their gumbo seriously in places like Heron
Bay, Dauphin Island, Coden and Bayou La Batre. The quickest way I
know of to start a fight in those ...
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Art Gallery
Lagniappe -
Mobile,AL,USA
Now the sprawling oaks and shaded sands of the gathering point play host
to another first, the Dauphin Island Art Festival. Festival
organizers boast of a ...
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Mobile Bay ferry to add
second boat for this summer
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE Ferry service across the mouth of Mobile Bay could
double this summer with the use of two vessels between
Dauphin Island
and Fort Morgan ...
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Renowned sport fishing
photographer coming to Spanish Fort
Gulf Coast Newspapers -
Daphne,AL,USA
By Curt Chapman The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation is bringing
internationally acclaimed sport fishing photographer Bill Boyce to the
Eastern Shore for ...
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Fixing Billy Goat Hole
Press-Register -
al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By JEFF DUTE Fishermen arriving at Dauphin Island's Billy Goat
Hole around the first of June will find a new concession/restroom
building and that they'll ...
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Travelogue - Holly
Springs, Miss., Pilgrimage offers tours of ...
The
Birmingham News -
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
That can be the cry these days as more than 300 species of birds have
begun arriving on Dauphin Island, making their way north after
spending the winter ...
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Tossing Mullet
Lagniappe -
Mobile,AL,USA
It certainly has not been looked at since the separation of Riley Boykin
Smith Island from Dauphin Island after
Hurricane Katrina. ...
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DAUPHIN ISLAND PREPS FOR
ANNUAL AVIAN HOMECOMING
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LLOYD'S of LONDON: Lack
of natural disasters putting pressure on insurance firms...
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Day of Caring Recipient
MyFox Gulf Coast -
Mobile,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Last summer, members of the FOXTen family got
their hands dirty for a good cause. We wanted to help out a couple
living on Dauphin Island. ...
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Dad pleads not guilty in
deaths of 4 children tossed from bridge
al.com -
Birmingham,AL,USA
(AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges in the
deaths of his four children who were tossed to their deaths from the
Dauphin Island ...
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PIER IN PERIL
Press-Register - al.com, AL
By MIKE THOMPSON The future of fishing at the Dauphin
Island Pier apparently rests with the fickle currents that over the
last two years have effectively ...
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IMW Report
- We went fishing on Saturday, 3/23. Click here for pictures and a
report.
Sports Soundoff
Press-Register - al.com, AL -
6 hours ago
Dauphin Island Pier ideas -- My idea about the Dauphin
Island pier: They ought to fix it up a bit and put a restaurant
on top. ...
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Report: Dredging not cause of erosion
A court-ordered study has concluded that the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' dredging practices in the Mobile Bay ship channel did not
cause erosion on Dauphin Island, according to documents released this
week.
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Island weighs public beach
The Town of Dauphin Island wants to buy land on the undeveloped west end
for a public beach, but a plan to have it open by Memorial Day weekend
has been delayed, officials said this week.
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Fish harvests up despite gill net rules
Despite emergency state rules that cut gillnetters' fishing time almost
in half, the harvest of some species of fish increased by tens of
thousands of pounds in 2007.
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Tanker plant impact should ripple to Gulf
Northrop Grumman Corp.'s winning a $40 billion jet tanker contract was a
ray of sunshine for a condominium-glutted resort market and the Eastern
Shore, which has had more newly built homes than buyers.
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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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Reenactors demonstrate soldiers' lives at Fort Gaines
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
By JILLIAN KRAMER DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Three men fired a small gold
cannon at
Fort Gaines
on Saturday, prompting more than a dozen sightseers to whip out
...
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Snow Birds Migrate to Dauphin Island,
Alabama
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Coast insurance bills moving on
MONTGOMERY -- A state Senate committee Wednesday approved three bills
intended to help with the affordability and availability of property
insurance along the Alabama coast.
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Sulphur Rock Magnet sixth-graders explore the world
Batesville Daily Guard
(subscription) -
Batesville,AR,USA
This year, the sixth-graders will leave Thursday to
Dauphin Island,
Ala., for a two-day sea camp adventure. There, they will explore
the area’s salt water ...
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ADEM fines ExxonMobil for gas release
Press-Register -
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
By BEN RAINES A cloud of poisonous gas that washed over Dauphin Island
will cost
ExxonMobil
a $90000 penalty and result in new safety measures on three of ...
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Alabama gearing up for spring break
South Bend Tribune, IN -
9 hours ago
Spring is also a nice time of year for bird-watching at
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Morgan Historical Park and
Fort Gaines at Dauphin Island. ...
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Woman survives fall from bridge
Press-Register -
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE A 63-year-old Mobile woman fell off the
Dauphin Island bridge early
Friday morning, plunging about 20 feet into the water below,
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IMW NOTE: The bridge is not a toy!
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Mobile County Getting More Tornado Sirens
WKRG-TV -
Mobile,AL,USA
But the good news is the agency has gotten federal money to buy and
install extra sirens in parts of Prichard, Irvington, Dauphin Island
and Satsuma. ...
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Bill would help with hurricane rebuilding
WASHINGTON -- Alabama, Mississippi and Texas would become eligible for
more hurricane-related rebuilding money under a plan by U.S. Sen. Mary
Landrieu, D-La., aimed at jump-starting a housing bill stuck in a
congressional committee for eight months.
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Man admits using dead brother's ID to get FEMA aid
A Mobile County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing his dead brother's
identity to obtain disaster relief from the federal government after
Hurricane Katrina.
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Alabama beaches gear up for spring break
San Jose Mercury News, USA -
Feb 19, 2008
Spring is also a nice time of year for bird-watching at
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Morgan Historical Park and
Fort Gaines at Dauphin Island. ...
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Netters ask for looser rules
Unhappy with an emergency rule change last year designed to cut their
annual Spanish mackerel harvest roughly in half, Alabama's gillnetters
have asked state officials to loosen the rules, a change they say is
needed if their industry is to survive.
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Colonial history abounded in 1699-1810, renown botanist documented
...
The Mississippi Press -
gulflive.com
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Pascagoula,MS,USA
Dauphin Island was split in two, the western part renamed "Petit
Bois." Sept. 18, another hurricane with winds from the north/northeast
and accompanied by ...
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Flotilla receives $25,000 donation
The Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla -- the volunteer force that conducts
search-and-rescue missions in area waters -- received a $25,000 donation
Friday that will be used to buy sonar equipment.
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Bama snapper, grouper safe to eat
Eating red snapper or grouper caught off Alabama's coast should pose no
health threat, despite a recent warning from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that several species from "the Northern Gulf of Mexico"
contain a potentially deadly toxin.
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Board names Dauphin Island Sea Lab director
Montgomery Advertiser -
Montgomery,AL,USA
DAUPHIN ISLAND -- The marine lab director from
Humboldt State University in northern California has been
selected to become the next executive director of ...
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Birding from backwoods Mississippi to Alabama via Texas
Gulf Coast Newspapers -
Daphne,AL,USA
After retiring in
Fairhope
about 15 years ago, I began to bird places like Fort Morgan, Polecat Bay
and Dauphin Island, major destinations for avid birders.
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Dauphin Island
gets parade season rolling
Press-Register -
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
By ROBERT McCLENDON When members of the
Bowling Green marching band headed to
Dauphin Island
on Saturday, they went expecting to take in a Gulf Coast ...
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Coastal buyout applause
Orlando Sentinel -
Orlando,FL,USA
The same is true for
Dauphin Island,
Ala. Federal dollars have helped reconstruct the island's
west end five times in the past 25 years. ...
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Introduction planned for Alabama Scenic River Trail
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) -
Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
His Georgia-Alabama trip to Dauphin Island took 49 days and ended
Sept. 23, 2006. He took thousands of photographs that are on his Web
page,
...
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Work on Sand Island Lighthouse set
Press-Register -
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
Deactivated by the Coast Guard in 1933, the lighthouse remained in federal
hands until the Town of Dauphin Island, in partnership with the
association, ...
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Christmas tree recycling centers set up
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
In 2006, about 8000 old Christmas trees were collected and carried to
Dauphin Island for sand dune restoration, Haskins said.
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Sea Lab interim director selected
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
By GEORGE R. ALTMAN Dauphin Island Sea Lab leaders have chosen an
interim replacement for the lab's retiring executive director, and a
search committee has ...
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Sanibel marine lab director specializes in dark, deep
The News-Press -
Fort Myers,FL,USA
In this country, he did post-doctoral work at the Dauphin Island
Sea Lab in Alabama and worked in the Department of Biological Sciences at
the University of ...
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MoBay Storage only bidder on site
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
Mayor Jeff Collier of Dauphin Island and Mayor Stan Wright of
Bayou La Batre wrote letters in October to Gov.
Bob Riley, urging state officials to expedite ...
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Yesterday's news
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
... and Forney Johnson,
Birmingham
attorney, filed an application for funds to build a bridge to Dauphin
island with the Reconstruction Finance corporation. ...
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Corps' coastal buyout plan makes sense for Mississippi and the nation
Press-Register -
al.com
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Mobile,AL,USA
The same is true for Dauphin Island, in southwest Alabama. Federal
dollars have helped reconstruct the west end of Dauphin Island
five times in the last 25 ...
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Admiral William H. Stewart (1926-2007) An Islander, friend, mentor
and patriot
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Dauphin Island
to offer virtual tour
Press-Register -
al.com
-
Mobile,AL,USA
By KATHERINE SAYRE DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Town officials will offer a
glimpse today into the island's future using technology designed
for homeland security, ...
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Bidding process expected to start soon on offshore tract
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
Lawley's announcement came after both Mayor Jeff Collier of Dauphin
Island and Mayor Stan Wright of
Bayou La Batre wrote letters last week to Lawley and to ...
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Weather might finally cooperate with birdfest
Clanton Advertiser -
Clanton,AL,USA
... watch researchers band hummingbirds, while one trip will go to
Dauphin Island Sea Lab to go on a cruise in the bay to see pelicans
and other waterfowl. ...
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Foster children get the gift of a fishing trip (Watch VIDEO)
The Northwest Florida Daily News -
Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
"I caught 20 in one day before down at
Dauphin Island docks," he said. "This is my third time deep
sea fishing. I have never caught three fish at once ...
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Youth notes
The
Huntsville Times - al.com -
Huntsville,AL,USA
... with a variety of hands-on activities. Rising seventh-, eighth-
and ninth-grade students stayed at
Dauphin Island and were led by the Sea Lab educators.
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Birthed by Katrina, a new isle grows
Press-Register - al.com -
Mobile,AL,USA
By BEN RAINES Alabama has a new island that's almost as long as
Dauphin Island. But it's so new, no one is quite sure what to call
it. The new
island used ...
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