🌱 How a Northport case fits into Alabama’s growing surveillance debate

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• How a Northport case fits into Alabama's growing surveillance debate

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📰 News we're reading

• Your car is being tracked across Birmingham. The city won't say what happens to the data (al.com) — Northport is briefly highlighted as an example where police used a Flock license plate camera to locate a suspect in a deadly hit-and-run, showing how this surveillance tech already touches nearby communities. Most of the story examines Birmingham's rapidly expanding camera network, the city's lack of transparency about data use, and growing statewide and national concerns over privacy, misuse, and long-term data retention.
   

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Tuesday September 1
• Empower Hour
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Thursday September 3
• School Counselor and School Social Worker Training
  Tuscaloosa County TCSS Community Room
  8:15 am
Friday September 4
• BTC Training
  Tuscaloosa County TCSS Community Room
  12:30 pm
• Wylie vs Lake Highlands High School LHHS Wildcats - Football (M) -
  Sipsey Valley Middle School Away - Wildcat/Ram Stadium
  7:00 pm
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Diego was lost on August 28, 2026 in Northport, AL 35476 near Downtown Northport Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor Downtown Northport)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Diego was lost on August 28, 2026 in Northport, AL 35476 near Downtown Northport Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor Downtown Northport)

• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service – Self Storage Manager in Northport. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Tuscaloosa

• Grapes on the Green returns to Tuscaloosa in September (wvua23.com)
• How gas prices have changed in Tuscaloosa in the last week (blackbeltnewsnetwork.com)

Brookwood

• Beyond Brookwood helps seniors plan for life after graduation (wbrc.com)

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