Mark McCarter

Paying Respect: What to do and what not to do for cemetery tributes

At a site of solemn repose, safety, decorum and respect are high priorities for the City of Huntsville. However, those...

Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll brings Huntsville history to life

It’s a pretty ritzy neighborhood when you get back down to it. Celebrity-filled. And, once a year, they all get...

What’s behind Huntsville’s booming development scene

The phones weren’t ringing. The email inbox sat empty when Jim McGuffey, the Manager of Planning Services for the City...

Terry Heights: ‘A neighborhood on the comeback’

The neighborhood was, as Michelle Jordan says frankly, “on the brink.” Crime was up. Housing prices were down. Neighborhood vitality...

Giving Back: The Torch model for community partnership

In the coming months, City Blog will take a look at the good work done by various corporate citizens. First:...

A dog-gone good rescue effort from Huntsville Fire & Rescue

The Dalmatian has long been synonymous with firefighters, almost as much a cliché as sliding down a fire pole. The...

Survey says … you can help with urban trail project plan

Dennis Madsen, the director of Urban and Long Range Planning for the City of Huntsville, has coined an appropriate phrase....

Municipal Court judges reached verdict at young age to make a difference

For Sybil Cleveland, it was a middle school epiphany, strengthened by a dedication to honor her parents. For Jeff Grimes...

Cross country debut event draws 1,200 runners to John Hunt Park

The biggest problem was parking spaces became scarce. That, and one of those “only going to pop up in remote...

Huntsville tethers International Space Station to Earth

Shane Kimbrough has walked in space six times. So you’ll understand that he hasn’t had the movie “Gravity” as part...