Environment

Ditto Landing Marina offers free wi-fi service to the public

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 15th, 8:41 am

The Huntsville Madison County Marina and Port Authority in partnership with the North Alabama Boaters Association have established wifi access at the marina's 300+ acre complex on the Tennessee River.

"Huntsville is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the U.S. It's only natural that we would offer services like free wifi to our boaters," says Wally Kirkpatrick, chairman of the Huntsville Madison County Marina and Port Authority. Through a partnership with the North Alabama Boaters Association, Ditto Landing benefitted from the technology and engineering background of many of the boaters who researched and specified the equipment. In addition, the infrastructure for the project was funded by NABA, and is operated by the Huntsville Madison County Marina and Port Authority.

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Program to boost glass recycling

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 14th, 9:01 am

An announcement will be made on Wednesday, June 15th between Operation Green Team and Alabama Glass Recyclers (formerly Green Mountain Glass.)

Residents will now have the opportunity to recycle glass without fees at Alabama Glass Recyclers located at 5024 Meridian Street in North Huntsville.

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Governor Bentley signs emergency drought condition declaration

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 7th, 12:48 pm

Because extremely dry conditions have created an atmosphere where the probability of catastrophic wildfire activity is high, Governor Robert Bentley today signed an Emergency Drought Condition Declaration prohibiting outdoor burning in all 67 counties in Alabama.

Since January, 1,808 wildfires have burned over 41,000 acres in Alabama, according to the Alabama Forestry Commission.

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Keep your children busy with Play Days at Hays

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Friday, June 3rd, 2011, 12:12pm

Keep your children busy with Play Days at Hays

“Play Days at Hays” will be held in June and July each Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the new Terrame Natural Playground at Hays Nature Preserve.

Sessions are FREE and promise to be fun and educational as children, with an adult, explore and learn about the great outdoors.

Tuesday June 7th: Orienteering and Forest Safety (3rd - 6th) Learn the critters and plants in the forest that could harm you. Explorers will also learn how to find their way with a map and compass.

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Two schools win $1,000 in plastic cap recycling contest

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, May 16th, 10:29 am

Two schools that counted and turned in the most plastic caps from October 2010through March 2011to be recycled will be awarded $1,000 each!

The announcement will be made Tuesday, May 17th at 10:45am at Huntsville Fire& Rescue Station #1.

Mayor Tommy Battle, Allied Wasted representatives and Operation Green team will be there for the announcement.

The cap collection containers are located at all Huntsville Fire stations for plastic cap recycling.

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Statement for Huntsville Utilities

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 11th, 3:28 pm

The power outage that affected a large portion of northern Madison County on Tuesday, May 10, has raised concerns by customers about the current status and stability of the electric system.

The connection to the TVA system is still fragile and will remain that way for a number of weeks. While repairs to the TVA system continue, Huntsville Utilities has no plans to schedule blackouts or rolling outages.

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Huntsville chosen one of two finalist for National Solar Observatory Headquarters

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22nd, 10:28 am

The University of Alabama in Huntsville has been selected as one of two finalists in the nationwide competition to host the Directorate Site of the National Solar Observatory Program. The NSO is the nation's premier ground-based scientific research program to study solar physics and space weather, and is operated under the auspices of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

UAHuntsville and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center were the primary developers in the community's proposal to relocate the NSO headquarters to Huntsville. Other members of Team Huntsville include the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Sci-Quest, Alabama A&M, Oakwood University, as well as other southeast regional universities, private sector companies and government laboratories.

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