🌱 How Fairhope’s Jimmy Buffett tribute helps local veterans this weekend

Cheers Fairhope! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Fairhope’s Jimmy Buffett tribute helps local veterans this weekend
• Which iconic films secretly turned Fairhope into a Hollywood backlot?
• What Fairhope residents can recycle now at county CHaRM facilities

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, temps: high: 89, low: 72.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 3rd Annual 'Lost Shaker - A Salute to Jimmy Buffett' (fox10tv.com) — Fairhope’s Eastern Shore American Legion Post 199 is hosting its 3rd Annual “Lost Shaker – A Salute to Jimmy Buffett” on Mobile Bay this Saturday, August 8, with live bands, food, drinks, and sunset views. Proceeds support the Post’s work with veterans, military families, youth, and the Eastern Shore community, and residents can buy advance tickets online or pay at the gate.
   

• Stars over Alabama: 10 Iconic Films with Deep Southern Roots (gulfshoresnews.com) — Two major films, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Get Out, both used Fairhope and nearby Baldwin County as key filming locations, including a home just outside town and an estate on Heathcroft Lane. The broader feature counts down ten iconic movies tied to Alabama, from Forrest Gump to Selma, highlighting how the state’s landscapes and stories have shaped cinema.
   

• SWDA opens its largest recycling facility in Orange Beach (gulfcoastmedia.com) — Baldwin County’s Solid Waste Disposal Authority has opened its largest hard-to-recycle materials center in Orange Beach, complementing existing CHaRM facilities in Fairhope and Summerdale. Fairhope residents benefit from expanded options for safely recycling items like electronics, glass, batteries, and hazardous household waste, part of a broader push to protect local waterways and preserve landfill space.
   

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📸 Around Fairhope

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairhope

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 7

• Fairhope First Friday Art Walk →
  Cottage in the center of Downtown Fairhope, Fairhope
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 7

• Free Build - Activity
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  9:15 am
• Close Knit Knitting Group - Board Room
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  12:00 pm
• Art Classes with Eastern Shore Art Center - MakerSpace →
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  3:30 pm
• Brandon Styles MAGIC SHOW
  Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Brandon Styles Theater is located at OWA, 1501 South OWA Blvd., Foley, AL 36535
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Comedy, Magic & Impressions! Brandon Styles VARIETY SHOW
  Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Brandon Styles Theater is located at OWA, 1501 South OWA Blvd., Foley, AL 36535 Park in OWA's parking lot and walk through the clock tower entrance near Groovy Goat Restaurant. Once you pass Hershey's, turn right and Brandon Styles Showroom is locate
  7:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Free Build - Activity Room
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  9:15 am
• Homeownership 101 - Financial Education Class →
  Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Virtually and in person. Habitat for Humanity Baldwin County
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• BILL-E's BACON, BURGERS, & BIKES →
  Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce 327 Fairhope Ave, Fairhope, AL 36532
  3:00 pm
• Staff Use - Board Room
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  3:30 pm
• Business After Hours August 2026 - Eastern Shore Lanes
  Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce Eastern Shore Lanes 10460 Eastern Shore Boulevard Daphne, AL
  5:00 pm
• The Irish Tune Club - Board Room
  Fairhope Public Library 161 North Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Good afternoon, my name is Dustin Gilbert I am located in Fairhope.
  I am currently looking to schedule in some side work. I have 15 years experience in irrigation repairs and landscape. I have a horticulture license… (Nextdoor Bankhead Blvd)
• Found Dog
  If this is your good boy—or you know where he belongs—please give us a call! (Nextdoor )

• Sherwin Williams posted a job opening for Store Associate in Point Clear. Apply here.
• TJX posted a job opening for Cleaning Associate in Daphne. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairhope here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Daphne

• Daphne rejects rezoning Randall Ave property from residential to business (gulfcoastmedia.com)
• Child exposed to meth after picking up random dollar bill found on floor, police say (azfamily.com)
• Mobile Ballet School Open House set for Aug. 11 and 13, classes begin Aug. 17 (mynbc15.com)

Robertsdale

• Bears' new den: Robertsdale secures land for stadium, updated facilities (gulfcoastmedia.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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