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What Madison neighbors may want to know this week: smartphone pinky, hotel tax changes and a deep lunar eclipse
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What Madison neighbors may want to know this week: smartphone pinky, hotel tax changes and a deep lunar eclipse
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Aug 23, 2026

August 23, 2026

Trivia Question❓


How many Madison Fire & Rescue stations currently serve the City of Madison?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Answer at the bottom of the newsletter

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Madison hearing-aid purchases get another local tax break September 1


Madison has approved a local sales-and-use-tax exemption for hearing instruments, including hearing aids, beginning September 1, 2026 and running through August 31, 2029. Alabama has already exempted qualifying hearing instruments from the state portion of sales tax. For Madison residents planning a hearing-aid purchase, especially retirees paying significant costs out of pocket, it may be worth asking the provider how the new city exemption will affect the final bill after September 1. [Read More]

 

 

Madison lodging tax will increase October 1


Madison City Council approved an increase in the city lodging tax from 9% plus $2 per room per night to 10% plus $2, effective October 1. The same meeting approved an agreement for an approximately 108-room Aloft hotel next to Toyota Field. This is most relevant to hotels, short-term lodging operators, businesses arranging employee travel and residents booking rooms for visiting family. The city says the additional tax revenue will go to its general fund.
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Madison gets an unusually deep partial lunar eclipse Thursday night

 

On Thursday, August 27, the Moon will pass deeply into Earth’s shadow in an eclipse visible from the Huntsville/Madison area. NASA says roughly 93% of the Moon’s diameter will be inside Earth’s dark umbral shadow at maximum, so it should look

dramatically darkened even though it is technically a partial eclipse.

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Luigi's Italian Grill

Luigi's Italian Grill is a mom-and-pop Italian restaurant on Highway 72 in Madison. The menu sticks close to classic Italian-American plates... baked pastas, spaghetti, chicken entrees, seafood pastas, appetizers, salads and desserts. For readers on the west side of Madison, it gives them a local Italian option without driving into Huntsville or settling for another chain.


The pasta menu is the center of it. Grandma's Lasagna is layered with ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella and marinara. The Baked Trio gives you lasagna, manicotti and cannelloni on one plate, which is a good first order if you want to sample the baked side of the menu. There are also familiar picks like fettuccine Alfredo, baked ziti, spaghetti with meatballs and chicken parmesan.

 

If you want something a little richer, look at the specials and seafood pastas. The menu lists cheese ravioli with truffle sauce, lobster ravioli in a pink sauce, shrimp scampi, shrimp carbonara and linguine with clams and mussels. Appetizers are familiar too, with garlic cheese bread, meatballs, fried cheese ravioli and calamari.

 

Expect a small local Italian spot with a menu built for leftovers. Lunch is available from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM and gives you smaller-price versions of several staples like lasagna, chicken parmesan, baked ziti and spaghetti. If you are taking the family, the kids menu covers butter pasta, marinara pasta, spaghetti with meatballs, baked ziti and cheese ravioli.

 

11:00 AM to 8:45 PM

 

🌐 Website

 

7559 US-72, Madison

AL 35758

 

📍Google Maps

 

(256) 715-1173

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If you have read this far, you may wonder why there isn't any news about tragic events, hate and terrible crimes and it's because there is just too much of that everywhere else. We want this newsletter to bring you kind awareness and also to help spread joy and information on your Sunday!

 

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- Robert

💡 Answer to Trivia Question:

C) 4

Madison's four stations are located at:

Station 1: 101 Mill Road
Station 2: 1115 Hughes Road
Station 3: 12266 County Line Road
Station 4: 230 Business Park
Boulevard

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