Tag: community
Libby’s Friends Provides Support for Families With Special Needs Children
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
Libby’s Friends, a nonprofit that assists families with a child who has a disability, has won its share...
PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS
BY GWEN DERU | THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES
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City of Birmingham Unveils Boutwell Auditorium’s First-Ever Sensory Room
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times
The City of Birmingham on Tuesday unveiled its first-ever “sensory room” at the Boutwell Auditorium in downtown...
Historic Golden Flake Facility To Take on New Life Through Retail,...
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An iconic Alabama brand may no longer be locally owned, but the place where countless Golden Flake potato chips were once cooked up...
How Bessemer AL’s Jace Johnson Landed a Spot on the U.S....
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
Basketball and bobsledding may not appear to have much in common, but they do in Alabama—for Bessemer’s Jace...
Bessemer Housing Authority Provides Pathways to Careers in Nursing and Construction
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
In order to prepare for a better future, Derrick Moore knew changes had to be made. And he...
‘I Told Her … She Was My Partner for Life, and...
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times
CHERYL AND MICHAEL LONG Sr.
Live: Pleasant Grove, AL
Married: Dec. 21, 1979
Met: April 1977 in Cheryl’s...
Singer Raheem DeVaughn hosts Women’s Empowerment Luncheon in Birmingham
By Je’Don Holloway-Talley | For The Birmingham Times
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Raheem DeVaughn was in Birmingham last week to not only perform at the Alabama Theatre...
How Birmingham’s Regenerate Society Inc. Energizes Young People Through Community Engagement
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
Devin Tanksley, Executive Assistant for Birmingham’s Regenerate Society, Inc. wanted to become a part of the nonprofit so...
Pete Buttigieg in Birmingham’s Historic Black Business District to Highlight Infrastructure...
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in Birmingham on Wednesday to celebrate a $14.5 million federal grant to turn Fourth...