For almost 50 years, the Catholic Boys Home fielded the loudest, most exhilarating, most talked-about, most raucous marching band the city of Mobile had ever seen. Now, 53 years after their last parade, former band members explain how it all came to be — and how a band of orphans found a way to steal the show

 

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – Baldwin County 2021 housing statistics still managed to top 2020’s sales volume, sales price and total properties sold, as reported by Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

A total of 11,356 properties sold in Baldwin County last year, which is a significant increase of 22.8% from 2020 (9,248). Additionally, these properties moved even faster with an average of 59 days spent on the market, compared to 95 days in 2020.


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Take a deep dive into the Hangout experience by enjoying all that the beach has to offer! Everything from a dip in the gulf to a lap around the roller rink. Gear up for some serious fun in the sun.


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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – September proved to be another hot month in real estate for Baldwin County with increases across the board in Average Sales Price, New Listings, and Total Sales. Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports a year-over-year increase of 78.9% in total sales revenue from September 2020 and an increase of 69% in new listings. Average Days on Market (DOM) also continue to be at record lows with just 23 DOM for the Traditional Residential area of Baldwin County and 25 DOM for the Resort/Island-based area. This means the overall average days a listing sits “Active” in Baldwin County is less than one month.

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Few things are as intriguing as a wooden shipwreck half-buried in white sand beside emerald waters. Thoughts turn to old salts and peg legs, tall tales and ratlines, exotic ports and loquacious parrots. Alabama’s most famous example, the Rachel, lies five miles east of Fort Morgan between a stilted vacation house and the wrack line, easily visible to beachgoers. This wonderful artifact especially fascinates children and adults from landlocked states. As one Kentuckian told an Associated Press reporter, “We don’t ever see anything like this.”

Speculation as to the vessel’s identity runs the gamut. Was she a pirate ship? A Civil War blockade runner? A rum runner? None of these guesses is unreasonable; all of these vessels are known to have once…

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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – While real estate continues to move quickly on and off the market in Baldwin County, the number of sales is showing a slight slowdown. Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports a major year-over-year decrease in average Days on Market (DOM) in August 2021 for both Resort and Traditional Residential areas, as well as decreases in both areas in the total number of closed sales.


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ROBERTSDALE, Ala. – With home sale prices continuing to rise, the Baldwin County real estate industry is seeing a major boost in total monthly sales amount. Baldwin REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reports a year-over-year increase in the total sales volume of June 2021 for both Resort and Traditional Residential areas, as well as a drastic increase in Average Sales Price for the Resort market. June’s average sales price for the Resort area increased to $607,142, compared to $426,174 in June 2020. Additionally, total sales volume for June 2021 in Baldwin County increased by 53.2% from the year prior.

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Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft said, “When we established Vision 2025, the number one thing on that list was health care, access to health care. It’s a long way from Fort Morgan and Ono Island to get to that hospital in Foley in our traffic situation. To have this, as a stabilizing point with a helipad, to get people here and determine where they need to go is wonderful. It is exactly what we needed in this community.”

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