Dora News

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“Dora is going to be open to anyone who wants to come. I don't have a business in Dora and I have free time, except for what I do with the garden”

MANDY BLACKWOOD The Daily Mountain Eagle Published May 15, 2008 11:45 PM CDT DORA - Jerry Cosper is adamant about change in Dora. via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

“I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer on Jan. 17, 1999”

East Walker organizers prepare for Friday's event ELANE JONES The Daily Mountain Eagle Published April 29, 2008 10:56 PM CDT SUMITON - As the members of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of East Walker ... via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

MANDY BLACKWOOD The Daily Mountain Eagle Published April 29, 2008 10:56 PM CDT DORA - The city of Dora is about to get a few more sidewalks. via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

“I think they show what a vibrant retail center it was, with all of the stores and the restaurants and the theaters”

Author Tim Hollis stands alongside the New Ideal sign on Second Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. via Alabama Live

“But the Legislature and, we hope, the public, must get beyond the fact that adjusting the state's tax policy for the better forces some people to pay higher taxes.”

Blame Democrats for high fuel costs: Another no-frills airline just went bankrupt, the third in recent weeks. via Birmingham News Online

“Of course, she has a lot of new ideas, which we need here. We're just excited to have her here.”

ELIZABETH HIGGINS The Daily Mountain Eagle Published April 10, 2008 12:52 AM CDT After going through several replacements for long-time principal Becky Potts, Sumiton Christian High School has recruited ... via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

“Other than my `singing thing' I do, I'm best known among my friends for my cooking”

Spring not only brings the arrival of beautiful flowers and luscious produce, it marks the debut of cookbooks, more and more cookbooks. via The Birmingham News

“What we are more interested in is entrepreneurship within the community”

MANDY BLACKWOOD The Daily Mountain Eagle Published April 08, 2008 1:26 AM CDT Entrepreneurship is vital to economic development in any community. via Daily Mountain Eagle

“A lot of people want to wait up until the last day anyway.”

ED HOWELL The Daily Mountain Eagle Published March 30, 2008 2:21 AM CDT The Walker County Democratic Executive Committee voted Saturday morning to extend qualifying for the June 3 primaries until 5 p.m. Friday, ... via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

Posted by Birmingham News Sports Staff March 03, 2008 7:04 PM Categories: Sports When Bill Griffin first started coaching basketball, he was fresh out of the Uni versity of Alabama. via The Mobile Register Online

“He's a volunteer, so he doesn't get paid for this. He was doing this for the people of his community”

Posted by Birmingham News February 25, 2008 11:35 AM A fund has been established to help a volunteer firefighter injured in a training exercise, according to a member of the Bagley department's board of ... via Everything Alabama

The walls of the city were a work in progress for the 200 years the Knights ruled the island. via TrekEarth

I read with interest the front-page article "Property bills put leaders at odds" . It is interesting to me that we had annual reappraisals all during Gov. via Birmingham News Online

“Starting Tuesday we'll put up other artwork from another artist, Gladys M. Norman. We'll have all of that in the library.”

MELISSA BONDS The Daily Mountain Eagle Published February 12, 2008 1:07 AM CST Bevill State Community College's Sumiton campus will host its annual Black History Month Convocation Wednesday with a featured ... via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition

Two methamphetamine labs were dismantled over the weekend in rural Jefferson County. via ABC 33/40

On Sunday afternoon an active outdoor "Meth" Lab was located in the 3500 block of White Road in Dora, Al. via NBC13.com

“We were paged out at the request of the Dora Police Department”

ELANE JONES The Daily Mountain Eagle Published February 03, 2008 1:08 AM CST DORA - The early morning blaze that destroyed a health care facility in Walker County Saturday is under investigation by the Alabama ... via Daily Mountain Eagle

“When she entered the store she realized she had been scammed and she turned around and went back to her car”

ELANE JONES The Daily Mountain Eagle Published February 02, 2008 1:46 AM CST SUMITON - Arrest warrants have been issued for two Jefferson County women police believe are responsible for scamming an elderly ... via Daily Mountain Eagle Online Edition