Crime and Safety
Starting off 2016 in Montgomery
Regular readers of MML know that we love to do the classic “annual review,” sometimes jamming it together with forecasts, wishes and resolutions about the coming year. It’s fun to think back over the previous year, while throwing out some guesses about what may be in store. Several years ago, we were ambitious and did […]
Emergencies in Montgomery: Dialing 911
The ability of the government to respond to an emergency is one of the most important reasons we pay taxes. But theoretical talk about the “common good” can quickly fade away when there’s a emergency threatening the security of your loved ones or those around you. In those kinds of crises, you want to summon […]
Home Safety & Security Tips
A quick once-over of the items on this list may improve the safety and security of your home and could protect your family and friends. It is important to periodically pay attention to these things because things change over time. Security Does each exterior door have a deadbolt? Does the lock on each window work? […]
National Night Out
I hate to state the obvious about August being hot, but it’s an important element in my blog post topic. I’m looking ahead to the yearly “National Night Out” on August 7. Obviously, whoever scheduled this event does not live in the Deep South. Regardless of the usual tropical temperatures, neighborhoods in Midtown will be […]
When Bad Things Happen in Good Places
I’m smart, I’m aware, and I’m cautious but I still became a victim of a “smash and grab” recently. After attending a regular exercise class at a local midtown gym late one chilly afternoon, I returned to my car, parked underneath a street light in full view of the front door of the gym, to […]
National Night Out
Garden District neighbor Brandon Brazil said it best: “Whoever established National Night Out was a northerner and did not live in our typical summer heat!” Still, a good idea is a good idea, even if the heat makes you wonder sometimes. So we decided that we were going to once again participate in the national […]
A Half Century Ago At the Bus Station
Fifty years ago last Friday, a group of brave young souls arrived on a bus to test the integration of our Greyhound station and others along the route. Discrimination had, after all, been outlawed in the Boynton v. Virginia Supreme Court decision 6 months earlier. To retell the tragic events of that day, after all […]
Todd Strange Speaks to Emerge
We first heard about the “Future of Montgomery” program by way of Facebook. Hey, we live in Montgomery! We think about the future! Perfect! The Facebook event told us that the program would be put on by a group called Emerge Montgomery, which we were unfamiliar with, and would be held at a center of […]
The Ghost of Martha Manor
We were used to them, in a sad kind of way. The Martha Manor Apartments on Wilmington were a kind of neighborhood landmark. And not in a good way. The apartments were long-abandoned, desolate, scary and certainly not the kind of place you’d want to be walking near at night. The words “NO COPPER” were […]
Old House Expo Opens Some Eyes
It happens every year. Folks see the Old House Expo ad in the newspaper or find the site on the Internet and show up to see what it’s all about. They oooh and aaah with just a tinge of sadness, then confess they didn’t even know that our residential historic districts existed. Many have moved […]
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