By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times It’s a Monday morning and Antoinette “Toni” Vines is surveying the rooms of the new office space for Mercy Deliverance Ministries (MDM), which she has been operating out of her home since 2019. Vines now has a 5,300-square-foot space in Hoover, Alabama’s, Riverchase neighborhood, where she can […]
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mercydm.org After being asked to serve as the American Heart Association’s 2021 Heart Ball Honorees, Toni and Tim Vines, both of whom serve as Mercy Deliverance Ministries board members, chose the American Heart Association’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Scholars Program as their platform for the year. The decision was made to expand the […]
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birminghamal.gov The City of Birmingham is launching a uniform garbage cart system for all its residential homes. Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin recommended, and the Birmingham City Council approved $6.5 million to purchase, assemble and distribute 100,000 large trash bins. “This is a very progressive step forward,” Woodfin said. “Birmingham will now be aligned with best […]
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By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Samantha Williams knows a little something about what educational opportunities can mean in the life of a student – hers and others. Williams grew up in a house her father Roy built in Montrose, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Baldwin County which lies along the eastern portion of Mobile […]
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By Jasmine Phillips For Birmingham Times The Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival return Saturday, August 27, in Birmingham’s Historic 4th Avenue District Downtown from noon – 8 pm. The annual one-day music festival has been presented annually since 2003. It has been two years since the jazz festival took place in the district due […]
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