Photos | Courtesy of Mobile Baykeeper
After a one-year absence in response to COVID-19, the Publix Grandman Triathlon is returning to its full glory this Saturday in Fairhope. Mayor Sherry Sullivan is scheduled to fire the starting gun at 7 a.m.
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