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A group of Gulf Shores High School students that have been raising funds for a Vietnam Veterans memorial received permission to place the memorial at the Gulf Shores Museum. Several students gave a …
By Melanie LeCroy/melanie@gulfcoastmedia.com Gulf Shores and Orange Beach city officials and stakeholders had the opportunity to get a first look at the completed South Baldwin Regional Medical Center Freestanding Emergency Department in Gulf Shores May 12. While the facility is complete it is not yet open to the public. Administrators are waiting for the clinical survey by the state of Alabama but hope to be open by Memorial Day. The interior of the 14,000 square foot facility has been decorated to reflect the area with coastal artwork and a beachy color palette. When patients walk through t...
ADVERTISEMENT Quaker Oats Fights Rehiring Worker Accused Of Racist Taunt Law360 (May 11, 2021, 7:10 PM EDT) -- Quaker Oats has asked an Illinois federal judge to reverse an arbitration award requiring it to rehire a worker accused of making a racist comment about former President Barack Obama, saying the arbitrator overstepped his authority and issued an order that violates public policy against racial discrimination. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Quaker Oats Manufacturing LLC contested arbitrator James Robert Cox's February award requiring it to rehire and give back pay to Bakery Confectionary...
Submitted Mayors Tony Kennon, Ralph Hellmich, and Robert Craft of the cities of Orange Beach, Foley, and Gulf Shores recently proclaimed Saturday, May 15, as Lemonade Day Coastal Alabama at recent city council meetings. The mayors and councils spoke on the benefits of the nationwide educational program, based out of Houston, Texas, which first came to the Coastal Alabama area back in 2018. The program is run by the Coastal Alabama Business and South Baldwin Chambers. "Having the support of the cities means so much to us," said Coastal Alabama Lemonade Day City Directory Penny Hughey, "Being a...
A century ago, George C. Meyer moved to the area that would become Gulf Shores and began putting together a vision for its future. He set aside public lands for future parks, schools and municipal …