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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
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Santa Arriving on Orange Beach Fire Truck
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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. |
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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. |
Rascal Flatts Coming to Orange Beach |
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by Connie Bass, Songwriter Volunteer
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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 & Doug Gill at Silver
Moon
Photo by
John Hill Photography |
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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. |
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Click here or on the headline to read the full article and to view a
photo slideshow of the festival so far. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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Click here or on the headline to read about Bull Redfishing in Orange Beach, AL. |
65' Rybovich Custom Yacht For Sale
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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. |
Rookie II Charters at Zeke's Marina
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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 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. |
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Orcas and Beaked Whales and Great
Whites, oh my! |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
State & Local Officials Cut the Ribbon for
the Grand Opening of the Longest Fishing & Sightseeing Pier
on the Gulf of Mexico |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Octopus Tentacle at the Alabama Point Jetties |
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