Bon Secour News

As the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end November 30, it will be remembered as one of the quietest in almost two decades, meteorologists say.

Ida was a late-season storm, but her severity was not indicative of a typical late-season tropical storm activity.

The Sunset Bay at Bon Secour condominiums is among 11 multifamily housing complexes in the South that must be made accessible to disabled people as part of the settlement of a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit.

Most music festivals are all about what happens when the electricity hits the loudspeaker.

Ida's surge strands dolphin in Baldwin County - al.com : "As far as anyone can tell, no one in Alabama or Mississippi was swept out to sea by Tropical Storm Ida.

Expect conditions to improve today as the rainfall subsides. Rainfall estimates have been impressive with 2-4inches being the average.

Tropical Depression Ida made landfall this morning as a Tropical Storm on Dauphin Island Alabama with winds of 45 mph.

Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival Celebrates 25 Years : "October 30, 2009 a ' Orange Beach, AL & Perdido Key, FL a ' Starting November 12th and running through the 22nd, more than 100 acclaimed Songwriters will converge on the Florida/Alabama Gulf Coast to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Frank Brown International Songwriters ...

The Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge will host free guided walking and boat tours Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge will host free guided walking and boat tours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Alabama's Coastal Connection : "This route and the waterways it follows are significant to the state of Alabama and the region for many reasons.

This flock of laughing gulls revealed the location of a mixed school of marauding speckled trout and white trout that were feeding on shrimp.

It's known as the Pearl of Bon Secour, Ala., and the out-of-the-way location is worth asking a Bon Secour local where the Tin Top Restaurant and Oyster Bar is.

Filling The Boot For The MDA - Bon Secour Alabama - WKRG.com : "BON SECOUR, Alabama - Firefighters in Bon Secour were helping out a good cause this weekend.

An Alabama man was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with killing his captain on a fishing boat about 18 miles off Louisiana's coast.

A 44-year-old Alabama man has been arrested, accused of killing the captain of the fishing boat they were on about 18 miles off Louisiana's coast.

History Day planned for Bon Secour - al.com : "The Baldwin County Bicentennial Committee and the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History will hold Bon Secour History Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Swift-Coles Historic Home.

September 29- After the latest round of layoffs, more than 200 workers in the Baldwin County School System will go to work for the last time on Wednesday.

A Foley police officer was hospitalized after being dragged by a car when a man fled during a traffic stop.

Sept. 26 - Police have released the charges against a driver accused of dragging a Foley police officer 15 feet after a traffic stop.

Sept. 25 - One person is in custody after a Foley Police Officer was hit by a car near the Tanger Outlet Center Friday night.