Mayor Tommy Battle is celebrating his “Sweet Sixteen” as he enters his fifth term of service to the city of Huntsville. Mayor Battle was first elected to the position in 2008, and has served in the intervening 16 years. The mayor spoke to Huntsville residents in a “State of the City Address,” held on September […]
Huntsville Hospital Heart Center Pediatric Cardiology will open its doors to patients on Friday, September 6. The offices of the new practice are located in Suite 101 of the Huntsville Hospital Professional Tower, located at 420 Lowell Drive. An open house and ribbon cutting for the pediatric cardiology clinic was held on September 4. Mayor […]
A light rain could not dampen the mood as a crowd gathered outside of Mazzara’s Vinoteca, located in the Humphreys-Rodgers House on Gates Avenue, to celebrate the announcement that ChurchStreet Family Restaurant & Hospitality Group has been named one of five Alabama Retailers of the Year for 2024. The announcement took place on the morning […]
The results of Huntsville’s August 27 municipal election are in with decisive victories in District 5 races and runoffs in both District 1 races. The turnout for the election was low, with just 6,070 of the two districts’ 77,028 registered voters casting ballots — for a 7.88% rate of voter turnout. City Council: In west […]
“Cuban coffee is very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous — just like the people who drink it.” — Gloria Estefan. So reads a quotation on the menu of Havanabama, an oasis of joy and hospitality — tucked into an inconspicuous strip mall on South Parkway. It’s a Friday in late August, and I […]
Congressman Dale Strong, who represents Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District, provided a Washington Update to hundreds of members of the Huntsville community on August 19 at a luncheon held at the Von Braun Center. Strong was accompanied to Huntsville by his wife, Laura Strong. The luncheon afforded Congressman Strong with the opportunity to report on the […]
The Huntsville Council of PTAs and The Schools Foundation partnered to host a public forum with the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education candidates. The forum was held in the auditorium of the Academy for Academics and Arts (AAA) on the evening of August 12. The meeting was opened by Deb Stern, President of the […]
Zara Broadenax and Carlos Mathews (incumbent) are competing to represent District 5 on Huntsville’s School Board. On August 10, Broadenax and Mathews participated in a debate-style forum at St. Luke Christian Church on Sparkman Drive. The public forum was the last meeting in the “Meet Your Candidates Series,” which was hosted by five local nonpartisan […]
Stanton Chase, a top-ranked global leadership advisory and retained search firm, has recently expanded to Huntsville with a new office. Mayor Battle helped welcome the firm at the 106 Jefferson hotel on July 29. “Founded in 1990, Stanton Chase serves as a global leadership partner, recognized for exceptional results around the world. Our firm is […]
On a Wednesday afternoon in 1989, I was shoe shopping after school with my mom and two older siblings. As we left the shop in Haysland Square, the sky was green and the clouds were churning. No tornado sirens were sounding, but my mom — who was also raised in Huntsville — knew immediately that […]
