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Birmingham begins work on rapid bus transit system, first in Alabama By Erica Wright December 18, 2020 Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin in Five Points West during announcement of the Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit system. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times) Local, city and state leaders on Friday announced the first phase of the Birmingham Xpress Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system during a groundbreaking ceremony in Five Points West. Birmingham Xpress will connect 25 neighborhoods along a 10-mile corridor between Five Points West and the Woodlawn community. This is the first bus rapid...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Dr. Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, this week announced a $2.9 million federal grant to fund a feasibility study to determine possible locations in Birmingham for a Global Forum for Freedom and Justice Center. The Global Forum for Freedom and Justice will be a hub where visitors from around the world can share ideas and Birmingham’s Civil Rights history, establish a leadership training institute and attract speakers from across the globe to discuss human and civil rights. Carson said the grant from the U.S. Economic Developme...

We asked Birmingham-area residents, What is your favorite Christmas memory? Wesley Teague: “One year, my family and I were snowed in for Christmas so we had Christmas dinner at Denny’s because it was the only place open for 24 hours so I had a nice ham sandwich which was pretty memorable. Another year, when I was a teenager, I begged my parents for a car and under the tree, I got a toy car instead of an actual car but then a month later, I got a real car. Both the toy car and real car were a 1994 Jeep Cherokee and I wish I still had it today.”

Birmingham Public Library executive director Floyd Council has resigned. Council, who was named executive director in 2017, resigned Tuesday after consultation “with my doctor, my pastor and my attorney,” he wrote to BPL employees.  Council didn’t give a specific reason for leaving and said he would offer no comments about the culture at the library or strategic future of BPL but prays “that the City and City Council will make viable plans to support the library system for the next 100 years.”  On Wednesday, the BPL board named Janine Langston interim executive ...

The Birmingham Times  “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Erica Wright ewright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the couple’s name, contact number(s) and what makes their love story unique. LINDA AND JAMES ROBERSON Married: July 15, 1972 Met: Met in 1971 after Linda made the occasional trip to Birmingham from Tampa, Florida. A friend of Linda’s attended Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was clos...