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Beach Express Announces Toll Increase for 2010
December 28, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - Effective January 1, 2010, the one-way toll for the Beach Express will increase to $3.50 from $3.00 for passenger vehicles. Residents of Orange Beach will still enjoy a discounted rate - $1.75, up from $1.50. In addition, residents will receive a free membership card while non-residents may purchase an annual membership for $55, which will provide additional discounts. The Beach Express offers a number of other savings plans including prepaid accounts.

Click here to visit the Beach Express website for more info on fees and discount plans.
Beach Express

Mitchell Holman Coming to North Shore Grill
in Orange Beach

December 24, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -  Mitchell Holman, former bass player from the sixty's psychedelic band It's a Beautiful Day, will be performing in Orange Beach at the North Shore Grill on Tuesday, December 29 at 6:00pm. 

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and listen to the sixty's hit song White Bird by It's a Beautiful Day, a song Holman performed on.
Michell Holeman Coming to North Shore Grill in Orange Beach

'twas the Saturday Before Christmas...

December 21, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - Christmas photos of Santa parachuting into the Flora-Bama and the Orange Beach Christmas Parade at The Wharf on Sat, December 19, 2009.

Click here or on the headline to view the photo slideshow.
Santa Parachutes into the Flora-Bama Santa Riding on Fire Truck at The Wharf

The 2009 Frank Brown International
Songwriters Festival - in Pictures

 Songwriters Crossing- Walkin' A State Line at the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival 2009
December 11, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -  The 25th Anniversary of the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival has come and gone... and we are left with photographs, memories and videos.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and view photos and a video clip from this year's Songwriters Festival.

Orange Beach Christmas Tree Lighting Pictures

December 11, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -  The City of Orange Beach held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in front of City Hall on December 3rd. 

Pictured right is Santa Claus arriving at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the fire truck.

With its white sand beaches that look like snow, Orange Beach is already a great Christmas destination.  The City and civic organizations are doing their part to bring more attention to Orange Beach as a destination for the holidays.

Click here or on the headline to view a photo slideshow from this year's event.
Orange Beach Christmas Tree Lighting
Santa Arriving on Orange Beach Fire Truck

Shelby Concerned By Overly Strict
Fishing Regulations

December 08, 2009 - Washington DC & Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administer Dr. Jane Lubchenco, expressing his concern about the adverse impact overly strict federal regulation of red snapper has on Alabama’s recreational and charter fisherman, its fishing industry, and coastal communities.

“Alabama’s fishing industry represents hundreds of millions of dollars of economic impact for the state each year,” said Shelby. “However, due to overly stringent federal regulations, Alabama fishermen have suffered severe reductions in their red snapper catch for a number of years – at a time when fishermen are encountering record numbers of, and increasingly large, red snapper...

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and the letter from Senator Shelby to Dr. Jane Lubchenco.
Alabama Gulf Coast Red Snapper Fishing
OBA Stock Photo

Rascal Flatts & Darius Rucker Concert
Announced at The Wharf

December 5, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL – The spring concert schedule at The Wharf Amphitheater is starting to come together.  The Wharf has just announced that Rascal Flatts, with special guest Darius Rucker, will perform in concert on Saturday March 6, 2010 at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.  Tickets go on sale one week from today on Saturday, December 12th at 10:00am.

Click here for Ticket Information from Ticketmaster.

Rascal Flatts is a three-member country music band out of Columbus, Ohio.  The band has released six albums, the first one in 2000.  Their latest album, Unstoppable, was released on April 7, 2009.  The trio has also released twenty-five singles that have made the Billboard Country Charts, with ten making it all the way to number one.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and watch Rascal Flatts latest music video.
Rascall Flatts in Concert at The Wharf in Orange Beach
Rascal Flatts Coming to Orange Beach

Songwriters' Profile: Doug Gill & Lynn Langham

by Connie Bass, Songwriter Volunteer
November 20, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA)-  During the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival (FBISF), I had an opportunity to become friends with a couple of the songwriters visiting our area. I have always wanted to know what type of people wrote words with music that sounded like I felt, so I asked Doug Gill and Lynn Langham if I could interview them. After visiting with Doug and Lynn, I understood the phrase "These people give with their hearts every day."

Click here or on the headline to read the full article.
Lynn Langham and Doug Gill at Silver Moon
Lynn Langham & Doug Gill at Silver Moon
Photo by John Hill Photography

Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival
Reaches its Halfway Point

November 17, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -  The 25th Annual Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival has hit the half-way point.  With only six days left to see live performances by the songwriters, it's a good time to check out the schedule and make your plans. You can view the schedules by songwriter, venue or a daily schedule.

This year about two-hundred
songwriters from around the world are performing at 15 venues
along the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast.

Writers who attend the Frank Brown Songwriters' Festival truly enjoy performing their original works. As several of the songwriters have said, performing at this festival is like nothing they have ever experienced... the people who attend these shows truly appreciate the art.
Frank Brown Songwriters Festival
Click here or on the headline to read the full article and to view a photo slideshow of the festival so far.

Flora-Bama Moving to Montgomery?

October 27, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -  Marquirette’s Exquisite Jewelry is bringing more than just a taste of the beach to Montgomery; they’re bringing the infamous beach bar, the Flora-Bama and their legendary entertainers, drinks, oysters and a lot of fun to Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article.
Flora-Bama Lounge

Orange Beach Fishing for Bull Redfish

October 26 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - How do you spend your winter? Experiencing cooler weather, football games, hunting, busy schedules, staying inside, Orange Beach fishing… Wait a minute. You didn’t think that going to the beach and fishing just happened in the summer? For many, it does. But for me, the fall and winter is about all of the above and much more. I enjoy the comfortable weather of fall and winter in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama. Give me some Alabama Gulf Coast gumbo, shrimp and fish and I will give you a big smile. Orange Beach Bull Redfish
Click here or on the headline to read about Bull Redfishing in Orange Beach, AL.

65' Rybovich Custom Yacht For Sale

Click here for details and pictures.
Yacht for Sale in Orange Beach, AL

Cooler Temps Make Fall Fishing More Enjoyable

September 29, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - Summer is over and the crowds have cleared the beaches.  Nobody told the fish.  Fall fishing in the northern Gulf of Mexico is just as good as summer fishing, but the cooler temperatures making their way south and the lack of the large summer crowds makes fall fishing very enjoyable.

And now, fall fishing is more affordable than ever. Zeke's Marina, Brett-Robinson and three local restaurants have put together a discount two-day fishing package that anglers will find irresistible. 
Fall Fishing in Orange Beach
Rookie II Charters at Zeke's Marina
Click here or on the headline to read the full article.

Party Like A Rock Star in Orange Beach

September 22, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - One of the great things about living on the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast is having easy access to the vast amount of musical talent in the area.  This past June was no exception. 

What started as a dream for Curtis and Chris Simmons in the West Virginia Mountains has brought these high-energy identical twins to Orange Beach. The Simmons Brothers, now living in Nashville, came to the Gulf Coast to shoot their first music video for the title track of their new album, Party Like a Rock Star. 
Simmons Brothers Video Shoot at the Flora-Bama
Simmons Brothers at the Flora-Bama for the video
shoot of their new song Party Like a Rock Star.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and watch the music video and some behind the scenes clips that were shot on an iPhone during the taping of the music video.

Multiple Encounters With Whale Sharks
Near Orange Beach

August 13, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - Multiple close encounters with large Whale Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico have been reported over the last couple of weeks. According to Gary Emerson of Gary’s Gulf Divers, he has heard numerous reports of Whale Shark sightings from Panama City to Destin to Orange Beach, all in the last couple of weeks.

Four groups of divers and anglers from Orange Beach that we have interviewed have experienced firsthand close encounters with these curious creatures.  Below you'll read the details of these four encounters.
Whale Sharks spotted near Orange Beach
Whale Shark Encounters Near Orange Beach

Click here or on the headline to read about the four encounters and to view two photo slideshows of these close encounters.

Great White Shark Sighted Near Orange Beach

Orcas and Beaked Whales and Great Whites, oh my!
August 4, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) -   This past year has seen more than its fair share of amazing fish and marine mammal stories coming out of Orange Beach.  Last October 31st, Capt. Eddie Hall and anglers on the Shady Lady spotted about 200 Killer Whales 90 miles south of Orange Beach. On June 6th of this year, Lea Scruggs and his friends fishing on the Wahooter had a close encounter with a beaked whale about 35 miles south of Orange Beach. And now, Capt. Chip Day of Chipper's Clipper and his fishing team spotted a Great White Shark about 40 miles southeast of  Perdido Pass. Great White Shark spotted near Orange Beach, AL
While the picture doesn't do justice to the encounter,
the verbal descriptions from the experienced anglers
pretty much confirm it was a Great White sighting.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article about the Great White Shark sighting near Orange Beach, AL.

Longest Fishing & Sightseeing Pier on the
Gulf of Mexico Officially Opens to the Public

July 25, 2009 - Gulf Shores, AL (OBA) - It's official... the longest fishing and sightseeing pier on the Gulf of Mexico has opened for business.  Hundreds of pier fans were on hand this past Thursday as Alabama Governor Bob Riley, along with state and local officials, cut the ribbon on the Alabama Gulf State Park Pier.  While the Pier opened on Monday, July 20, 2009, the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Thursday July 23rd.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article, view video and see photos from the Grand Opening Ceremony.
Gulf State Park Pier Grand Opening
State & Local Officials Cut the Ribbon for the Grand Opening of the Longest Fishing & Sightseeing Pier
on the Gulf of Mexico

Another Whale Spotted Near Orange Beach

July 9, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - It was another beautiful day on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Local angler Lea Scruggs and his friends Jessica Simpson, Melvin Lowdermilk and Shelby Wolven headed out on Scruggs boat, the Wahooter, for a day of offshore fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. 

When the Wahooter Fishing Team started out that morning, they didn't expect to have such an exciting tale to tell, especially not another Whale Tale from the Gulf of Mexico story originating from Orange Beach, Alabama.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and to watch a short funny video of the whale encounter.
More Whales in Orange Beach, Alabama
Shelby Wolvin and Jessica Simpson looking over the
bow of the Wahooter as the beaked whale breached
the water at the bow of the boat. 

Fishing Videos From the Alabama Gulf Coast

Fishing is one of the main reasons people visit Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan and Perdido Key. Fishing along the northern Gulf Coast is second to none.
 
We have put together a Fishing Video Page to show people what fishing out of Alabama is like.

Click here or on the headline to watch Deep Sea Fishing Videos that were shot along the Alabama Gulf Coast.

Pictures right is a still from the video clip of the Annie Girl's 700 lb bluefin tuna catch.
Gulf Shores, Orange Beach Fishing Videos

Snorkeling & Diving the Alabama Point Jetties

May 21, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL - The underwater video below was shot at the Alabama Point Jetties in Perdido Pass by Beth Kelly, a dive instructor with Down Under Dive Shop.  The video shows the abundant aquatic life that lives just below the surface of the waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico.  This video shows a thriving world on the Alabama Gulf Coast that most people never see, including anglers who fish the jetties.

Click here or on the headline to read the full article and to take a video tour of the Alabama Point Jetties at Perdido Pass.
Diving & Snorkeling the Alabama Point Jetties at Perdido Pass
Octopus Tentacle at the Alabama Point Jetties

The Orange Beach Community Website

We established this website to provide the public with news and a comprehensive information directory about Orange Beach Alabama. It is our objective to promote the community, the businesses, and the arts in Orange Beach, as well as provide additional services.

Map Index:
We have created several custom, interactive maps showing points-of-interest for residents & vacationers alike.

News Index:
Our News Index Page is an extensive list of news sources.  The content on our news pages are continuously updated by major news sources.  While you can find all of the breaking news on these pages, our primary focus is on the South Alabama and North Florida Gulf Coast.


Weather Index:
On our Weather Index Page you will find weather information specific to the area, including local forecasts, radars, satellites, and tropical updates. This page also includes links to Custom Weather charts that include: sunrise & sunset times, moon phase, moonrise & moonset times, tide charts and schedules for Perdido Pass, as well as average high & low air and water temperatures.

Vacation Rentals:
We have also provided a Vacation Rental Search Engine that helps visitors planning a trip to locate accommodations.  This Custom Search Engine also benefits Vacation Rental Property Owners in Orange Beach Alabama because it only searches for vacation rental properties located in our community.

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