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Huntsville projected to be largest city in Alabama in less than 10 years

Huntsville could soon pass Birmingham to become the largest city in Alabama. “We believe we will be the biggest city in the state within a decade,” predicted Dennis Madsen, long-range planner for the City of Huntsville. Right now, Huntsville is fourth. It’s the smallest of the four main cities in this state. But those cities…

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Old-style Alabama general store with trendy new gear

By Lee Roop | lroop@al.com  on November 27, 2015 at 3:24 PM, updated November 27, 2015 at 3:25 PM 0 Redit Email  Far from Huntsville’s shopping centers and big box stores, something old with a trendy new face drew hundreds of Black Friday shoppers to downtown. U.G. White Mercantile, a century-old fixture on Athens’ Courthouse…

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