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Finally a mayor for Newbern: Down in Alabama
A United States district judge signed off on a settlement this week that’ll put the winner of a mayoral election into the mayor’s office after he was kept out of the office for four years, reports AL.com’s Alaina Bookman. The lawsuit at hand said the town of...
Newbern to swear in new mayor after four-year legal battle
Patrick Braxton is officially the mayor-elect of Newbern, Alabama and will be sworn in as mayor in a ceremony next month. U.S. District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose accepted a memorandum of understanding Tuesday arranged between Braxton; those he appointed to the town council and former town officials, formally designating him as mayor of the […]
Locked out of town hall, 1st Black mayor of a small Alabama town returns to office
The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who had been locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. Mayor Patrick Braxton is being recognized as the mayor of the town of Newbern, under a lawsuit settlement ending a long-running dispute over control of the town government. U.S. District […]
Newbern Library offering hands-on cyanotype art event this weekend
In celebration of the conclusion of its 2024 Summer Reading & Enrichment Program, the Newbern Library will feature a hands-on art activity for both children and adults on Saturday, July 27, from 1000 am- noon. The event will show participants how to make their own cyanotype, or sun print, using special paper that produces a picture when its surface chemicals react with sunlight. The cyanotype process was used by an English illustrator and botanist named Anna Atkins to produce the very first book of photography in 1843. It is also the process used by architects and builders to produce blueprints.
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