🌱 Amtrak Service Returns To Mobile + Museum Of Art Re-Accreditation

Good morning, Mobile! Like many of you, the Patch staff will be taking some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, so you won’t see a newsletter from me for the next few days. We’ll be back bright and early Monday morning, but for now, here’s all the most important things happening in the community.

But first, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 73 Low: 56.

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Here are the top three stories in Mobile today:

1. According to a Tuesday announcement, Amtrak passenger service will be returning to Mobile. Amtrak, the freight operators, and the Alabama State Port Authority struck an agreement allowing the passenger rail to service the Gulf Coast corridor. According to Knox Ross of the Southern Rail Commission, the service will include a connection from New Orleans to Mobile, with four stops likely in coastal Mississippi. On Dec. 9, the Southern Rail Commission will host a meeting in Mobile. (AL.com)
2. On Monday, the Mobile Police Department honored victims lost to violent crimes, as well as the families left behind. The department honored those lost during the second annual lighting of “The Giving Tree,” an event meant to show these families that their loved ones have not been forgotten. Dozens of community members were in attendance to pay tribute during the event at the MPD headquarters. (Fox 10 News)
3. Mobile Museum Of Art has been awarded re-accreditation from the American Alliance Of Museums. The accreditation is the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums and signifies excellence to the museum community, governments, funders, outside agencies, and the museum-going public. Only 1,094 of the nation's roughly 33,000 museums are accredited; the Mobile Museum Of Art is one of seven accredited in the state. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Mobile:

• Good Listeners Storytime At Semmes!, At Mobile Public Library (9:30 AM)
• LEGO Challenge At Theodore Oaks, At Mobile Public Library (3:00 PM)
• Drinksgiving, At O'Daly's Irish Pub (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• An ordinance to allow medical cannabis dispensing sites throughout the city appeared on Tuesday's City Council agenda. (NBC 15 WPMI)
• Are you in the market for a new home? Check out these homes for sale in the Mobile area. (Mobile Patch)
• The city of Mobile has started a grassroots effort to push for a new Trader Joe’s location. (AL.com)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.