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🌱 New Tuscaloosa Bar + Northport Signage + Golf Course For Sale
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Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Closer to Christmas.
- Exclusive on Northport's proposed split with TCSS.
- New bar opens in Tuscaloosa's West End.
First, today's weather: Cloudy and warm. High: 72 | Low: 60.
🗣Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to Anne Douglas Hamiter, a Northridge High senior who signed a scholarship on Thursday to become a member of the Equestrian Team at Auburn University. Hamiter plans to major in nursing.
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- Here's our most comprehensive look yet at what's on the table in the event that the City of Northport decides to leave the Tuscaloosa County School System in favor of starting its own city school district. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Spades Restaurant and Lounge in West Tuscaloosa is now officially open on Culver Road next to Hay Court Apartments. (Joseph King, WVUA 23)
- Alabama health officials have confirmed the first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the state. (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
- Not able to make the Holiday Open House in Northport? Get caught up on the Northport Civic Center being turned into a winter wonderland ... despite the temperatures beings in the 60s. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Hidden Meadows Golf Course, located in a secluded part of northern Tuscaloosa County, is now officially on the market, with the starting bid at $1 million. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
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👀 Check It Out 👀
The City of Northport debuted its new signage facing out to McFarland Boulevard during its Holiday Open House Thursday night.
🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Midlife Crisis Band at VFW Post 6022 (More)
- SayCheese Selfie Museum Ribbon Cutting (More)
- Live Trivia Game Nights at Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
👌 Real Nice 👌
Northport Intermediate School Principal Michael Tilford was in the holiday spirit and provided some laughs for students, parents and faculty alike as he served as a traffic guard dressed up as Cousin Eddie from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."
👨💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨💻
Five UA Mechanical Engineering students help build wheelchair lift for Tuscaloosa girl (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
Tuscaloosa Gospel Station Collects 2,000 Pounds Of Food For Holiday Donations (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
Lawmaker, secretary of state seek to block private funding of election process (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
Jefferson County considering USFL incentives for use of Protective Stadium (Tyler Patchen, Birmingham Business Journal)
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— RP
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