By Lenore Vickrey David Azbell’s fascination with the world of political campaigns started about 40 years ago when the then 16-year-old discovered a box of buttons his dad kept in a storage room in their Montgomery home. Not buttons you’d fasten a coat or shirt...
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By Aaron Tanner “Other cities have a skyline, but Huntsville has a space-line,” is how the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) describes the numerous spacecraft displayed at one of Alabama’s top attractions. Since opening in 1970, visitors from all 50 states and around the...
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State senator reflects on God’s hand in his life as he looks to future State Sen. Garlan Gudger knows a thing or two about doors. His business, Southern Accents Architectural Antiques in Cullman, specializes in salvaging solid wood doors, mantels, trim, and wrought iron from...
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