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City Gets Tough on Copper Thieves
Posted on: March 15th, 2007
The Mobile City Council made changes to the City Code that pertain to copper and other scrap metal sales to prevent copper thieves. The price of copper has been on the rise, and copper theft has...
Breakfast with the Mayor Helps Owners Do Business
Posted on: March 15th, 2007
Mayor Sam Jones welcomed more than 100 small business owners for a Breakfast with the Mayor event at the Z-Technology Center at Hank Aaron Stadium. The event featured representatives from city...
City to Kick Off Spring Concert Series
Posted on: March 14th, 2007
The City of Mobile will begin a free concert series that will feature local and regional artists every third Sunday this spring. It will be held in Langan Park (Municipal Park) at the Pavilion from...
Lakeside Drive Resurfacing
Posted on: March 12th, 2007
The City of Mobile will be milling and resurfacing Lakeside Drive, from Highway 90 to Cottage Hill Road beginning Tuesday morning, March 13, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. This work, weather permitting, will take...
Mayor, Council Welcome Berg Steel Facility
Posted on: March 9th, 2007
Mayor Sam Jones and the Mobile City Council are proud to announce Berg Steel Pipe Corp has selected Mobile as the preferred site for its new spiral steel pipe manufacturing facility. The facility...
Next Mobile City Council Meeting Moved to Thursday
Posted on: March 9th, 2007
The Mobile City Council meeting for next week will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2007 instead of Tuesday. It will still be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Government Plaza Auditorium. The meeting had...
Mobile County EMA Officials Planning Mass Evacuation Drill
Posted on: March 9th, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: February 22, 2007 R. Steve Huffman Release # (EMA-2007-03) MOBILE COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS PLANNING MASS EVACUATION...
Keep Mobile Beautiful Volunteers Help Local Business Give Back
Posted on: March 8th, 2007
On March 3 Keep Mobile Beautiful volunteers potted 2,500 saplings at Praxair, Inc. The project began 17 years ago with a committment from Praxair to plant one million trees in 10 years. This project...
Applications Being Accepted for First Citizens Fire Academy
Posted on: March 7th, 2007
Mobile Fire-Rescue Department is taking applications for its first Citizens Fire Academy, which is scheduled to start on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. The ten-week course consisting of one night a week,...
Mayor, Council Members Shadowed at City Hall
Posted on: March 6th, 2007
Mayor Sam Jones and several City Council Members were shadowed by local high school seniors as they performed their functions on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The shadows were Ashton Purvis, Bryant High...