Community gardens policy in the works Sarnia recreation staff are working on a policy that could help boost the number of community gardens in the city.
Author of the article: Tyler Kula
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Darragh Dolan plants leeks in the Germain Park community garden. It s his second season gardening there. The City of Sarnia is working on a policy to help spur the creation of more community gardens and determine the best locations to put them. (Paul Morden/The Observer)
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Sarnia recreation staff are working on a policy that could help boost the number of community gardens in the city.
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From bakeries to fine dining, here are 54 Alabama restaurants that closed in 2020
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic forced Z’s Restaurant, the downtown Birmingham eatery famous for its bean pies, soul food and homemade ice cream, to close its doors in late April 2020. (Courtesy: Carolyn Bolivar Hameen)
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2020 was a rough year for restaurants and that’s putting it mildly.
The year started out with the usual ebbs and flows of a competitive dining industry. In Birmingham, for example, Pihakis Restaurant Group was preparing to eventually shutter its location of Mile-End Deli in the city’s downtown area and transition the building to another one of its concepts: a Hero Doughnuts & Buns.
Jazz in the Park founder dies of COVID-19
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
In this 2010 Birmingham News photo, Bernard Lockhart smiles during an interview in which he talked about his work on the Magic City Smooth Jazz non-profit organization. (Photo by Bernard Troncale/The Birmingham News)
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Jazz in the Park founder Bernard Lockhart died on Monday from complications related to COVID-19, his wife, Jacqueline, announced on Facebook.
Lockhart, 59, had been director and event organizer for Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham and event manager at Trussville Civic Center. He founded the Jazz in the Park event series at Avondale Park in Birmingham in 2010. The series later spread to other Birmingham city parks and presented jazz concerts at parks in other cities in Alabama, including in Bessemer, Helena, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.
Young Vestavia Hills woman dies 10 days after she, 2 friends were struck near Avondale Park
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
A young Vestavia Hills woman who was hit by a vehicle while walking with two of her close friends near Avondale Park has died.
Devyn Carder Danley, 25, died Saturday at UAB Hospital, more than a week after she and her friends were struck. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said Danley was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m.
The crash happened Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 4:21 p.m. in a crosswalk at 40th Street South and Fifth Avenue South. Few details have been released about the crash, but the accident is under investigation by Birmingham police.