by Jennifer Butler Keeton | Nov 24, 2025 | Fairhope, Uncategorized
When Isabella Emerald was in her early teens, she felt a bit isolated. Coming out of COVID shutdowns, she had drifted apart from her friends and wasn’t sure how to rebuild her peer community. That’s when Isabella’s mom found out about the Fairhope Public...
by Jennifer Butler Keeton | Oct 30, 2025 | Fairhope, Uncategorized
Happy Halloween! Get in the mood for some costumed fun with this video about Fairhope Public Library’s annual PirateCon event, which they host each September for Talk Like a Pirate Day. We’ll wrap up our Fairhope issue in November with a focus on their...
by Jennifer Butler Keeton | Oct 21, 2025 | Fairhope, Uncategorized
No matter where Ella Stratton goes, she just wants to help. Even when shopping for her children at T.J.Maxx, she would pick up clothes that had fallen to the floor and rehang them. “America so help for me . . . I’m thinking, what I can do in America to help America,”...
by Jennifer Butler Keeton | Oct 14, 2025 | Fairhope, Feature Story, Uncategorized
Jada Pryor had wanted to live in Fairhope, Alabama, for a long time. She made it her goal 16 years ago when, during a visit to the coastal town, she saw one of Rick Bragg’s books in the window at the Page & Palette bookstore. “He is my all-time favorite author,”...
by Jennifer Butler Keeton | Oct 6, 2025 | Fairhope, Uncategorized
The town of Fairhope, Alabama is known for its lovely view of Mobile Bay, a thriving community of artists and writers, and plenty of fun local shops and restaurants. But according to local residents, it’s the Fairhope Public Library that is the “beating...