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Setting the stage: a new look for downtown Huntsville

It’s just a tiny early move, a bit of a formality, but you’ve heard the old Chinese proverb about “a journey of...

Back to School: How the City handles new facilities and traffic flow

Doesn’t this sound like a parent coping with back-to-school?  “We kind of have to put everything on hold during those...

Providence’s Dry Creek Greenway to set the tone for connectivity

Greenways in the City of Huntsville go a lot of places. Now, well, they’re stopping somewhere.  Most greenways about which residents are...

Calling all dog walkers. How you can help the ‘Get Along Little Doggie’ program

Miss Lucy was on Facebook the other day, tongue wagging, ears folded over like envelope flaps. One of those “Pick...

Meet HPD’s new recruiter, Sgt. Tess Hughes

The police sergeant is in a T-Rex costume. Another two dozen or so officers maniacally dart in front of the camera,...

Meet Mr. Willie Hereford of the Sparkman Homes Resident Council

The past and future of North Huntsville leadership are sitting on the front porch of a Sparkman Homes apartment among a mini-garden of plants....

Becoming an officer: What’s Next

Since March, we’ve followed the progress of four cadets in the Huntsville Police Department’s Academy class, which graduated earlier this month....

My 72-mile, 6 hour Huntsville Parks & Recreation adventure

This being Parks & Recreation Month in Huntsville, and this being 2017, hashtags must be employed. In this case, the...

Becoming an officer: A new chapter

Since March, we’ve followed the progress of four cadets in the Huntsville Police Department’s Academy class. The class graduated last week...

Huntsville Fire & Rescue’s ‘Fox’ fire truck turns 90

“A large and excited crowd gathered at the corner of Clinton and Jefferson streets … Water was pumped from the...