Mark McCarter

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City – County collaboration pays dividends despite confusing geography

You know Venn diagrams. The tidy little graphics where circles intersect, where shared territory is noted and where they stand...
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John Stallworth Foundation changes student lives

He was late to football and deemed too small to play for the city’s powerhouse high school program. He went...
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Huntsville Police honors officers for extraordinary service

Huntsville Police Officer Caleb Freeman well knew the address when he heard the call. Two of his fellow officers, relatively...
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Partnership for Drug-Free Community fighting opioid war with proactive attack

Sadly, much of the war against drug addiction is waged well after the damage has been done. Families and resource-thin...
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Alabama’s spelling bee champion and Huntsvillian Erin Howard says libraries changed her life

Erin Howard, a seventh-grader at Mountain Gap School, will travel to Washington, D.C., in May to compete for the third...
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City embraces short-term rentals in hospitality lodging

It could merely be a fold-out sofa in a cozy bungalow. It could be a six-bedroom home with opulent décor....
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Demolition of City Hall annex first step in downtown facelift

Slices of ceiling tile, pried loose for inspection, litter the hallways. Random pieces of obsolete furniture and office equipment stubbornly...
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Unique artwork part of the patchwork of Panoply’s crossover appeal

David Hammock is an ironworker from Arab, Alabama who has combined his skills with whimsical humor to create unique sculptures,...
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Huntsville music icon Microwave Dave looks back at three decades of Panoply

Microwave Dave and the Nukes have been a fixture at Panoply, Huntsville’s music and arts festival, for nearly three decades....
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Huntsville’s swimming legacy in good hands with rising star Rebekah Hamilton

Rebekah Hamilton is just back from Ireland, full of lessons learned – for instance, even as a passenger, it’s terrifying...