What's up Mountain Brook! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
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Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills fire departments raise joint live-fire training building (villagelivingonline.com) — Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills firefighters are opening a new four-story live-fire training building at their shared Over the Mountain Regional Training Center, designed to simulate everything from houses to commercial structures. Funded by both city councils, the facility will boost recruit training, ongoing drills, and insurance ratings, strengthening emergency response for Mountain Brook residents.
2. Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation approves $723,000 grant, welcomes new leaders (villagelivingonline.com) — Mountain Brook families are being asked to support a newly approved $723,198 grant that will fund teacher training, math labs, and coaching across Mountain Brook Schools this year. The City Schools Foundation has new board leaders and is relaunching its Give180 campaign, encouraging donations of at least $1 per school day, with options to give by mail or online.
3. Mountain Brook studying proposed closure of Round Forest Drive after Irondale shooting (abc3340.com) — Mountain Brook officials are weighing whether to close Round Forest Drive's connection to an Irondale block after a July shooting, and have ordered a $9,000 traffic study before deciding. Some Mountain Brook residents want the link cut for safety, while Irondale's mayor questions closing a public road over a single incident and is asking for hard crime data.
4. Mary Raines Alexander Receives Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2026-2027 (otmj.com) — A Mountain Brook High School alum is headed to Taiwan after earning a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2026-2027. Recent Northeastern graduate Mary Raines Alexander will teach English in Taichung while pursuing journalism-related community work, deepening her Mandarin skills, and preparing for graduate studies in international affairs or journalism.
5. Nathan Goldman Discusses Hope Florida-SuperPAC Connection with the Miami Herald (ncsu.edu) — Financial records for the embattled Hope Florida Foundation, under grand jury investigation over a Medicaid-funded donation to a conservative super PAC, were recently moved from Tallahassee to an accounting firm office in Mountain Brook. An accounting professor interviewed by the Miami Herald raises ethical concerns about the relocation and potential overlap between foundation and super PAC staff.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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