Crafting Success in Alabaster City Schools

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

Alabaster City Schools to open Champions Craft Academy in Fall 2025. By Barry Wise Smith For many years, before the Alabaster City School System was established, Alabaster students interested in pursuing technical education traveled to Columbiana to the Career Technical Educational Center. When Alabaster broke away from Shelby County and founded its own school system … Read More

Alabaster CityFest 2025

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

This year’s 23rd annual festival promises to be the biggest and best ever It’s summer so it must be time for Alabaster CityFest.   To help celebrate, we’ve compiled information on the festival including interviews with two headliners along with sponsors, bios, schedules, and an FAQ, all to whet your appetite for the real thing on … Read More

Meet Fifth Generation Thompson Grad Ulysses Samson Eddings

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

Local family set to celebrate fifth-generation Thompson grad. By June Mathews On May 25, 1925, a young man named Ulysses Samson Eddings graduated from Thompson High School (THS). The school, only four years old at the time, was built to accommodate students in and around Siluria, a cotton mill town with a company village, later … Read More

Color Our World: 2025 Summer Reading Challenge

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

The Albert L. Scott Library’s 2025 Color Our World™ Summer Challenge is set to bring a rainbow of reading and programming starting in June! Art and literature have the power to transform, uplift, and connect us. They offer new perspectives while fostering empathy and understanding. This summer, we invite you to embrace the beauty of … Read More

Safe Space: Family Connection

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

From left to right – Whitney Palmer (Director of Business and Finance), Jennifer Ellison (Executive Director), and Jeremy Raines (Director of Programs) Family Connection offers shelter, safety, counseling, and hope By Carmen Shea Brown Photos by Jeremy Raines Many people drive by Family Connection’s campus at 2 Walker Way in Alabaster, possibly curious of the … Read More

May/June 2025 Beautification Board Winners + Arbor Day

May 10, 2025By Alabaster Connection

Residential Winner—May The May Beautification Board residential winner is the home of Harry and Martha Cobb at 540 Ramsgate Drive   Residential Winner—June The June Beautification Board residential winner is the home of Amber and Christin Cox at 204 Wagon Trail.   Arbor Day Arbor Day 2025 was a great success. Coordinated between the Alabaster … Read More

Play Ball! Opening day of Parade of Teams

March 13, 2025By Alabaster Connection

Alabaster Parks & Recreation Department hosts opening day Parade of Teams. On Saturday, April 5th at Veterans Park, dozens of young athletes will parade around the fields with their teammates and coaches during Alabaster’s annual opening day Parade of Teams. The parade, which begins at 10 a.m., officially kicks off the spring seasons of recreational … Read More

Spring is in the Air at the Library

March 13, 2025By Alabaster Connection

New Community Garden and Garden Club in full swing!  Spring is here! Along with warmer weather, calling birds, and budding trees comes the urge to participate in the earth’s annual renewal by planting a garden and watching it grow. Join us as we learn about building, growing, and tending a garden at our Garden Club … Read More

A Blessed Life: Meet Katie Hill

March 13, 2025By Alabaster Connection

For this Alabaster woman, faith and family are the keys to good living. By June Mathews When Katie and Kenneth Hill moved to Alabaster with their preschool son in 1956, a sign proclaiming “Population 750” greeted them at the city limits. Incorporated a mere three years before, the city was still in its infancy. One … Read More