🌱 Hoover To Host Baseball Tournament + Book Lovers Love Hoover

Good day, neighbors! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Hoover Daily.

First, today's weather:

Rather cloudy. High: 83 Low: 64.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Hoover:

1. The regular college baseball season is coming to an end. Regular-season play will finish on Saturday ahead of the 2022 SEC Tournament, which will take place May 24-29 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The top 12 teams in the conference standings will take the field. (Vols Wire)
2. A study ranked the top U.S. cities for book lovers based on their libraries, and Hoover made the list! Hoover, which landed fourth on the list, is home to the Hoover Public Library, which is more than its name suggests. The library includes a professional theater that hosts live performances, a technology training center, family activities, and a café. (Fox News)
3. If you are looking for a home in the Hoover area, this is the list you need. Check out five of the newest homes to hit the market. (Hoover Patch)

Today in Hoover:

• Happy Hour - Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A Hoover Fire Department paramedic is headed for retirement! After 30 years with the department, David Von Hagel can now enjoy a well-deserved rest. (Facebook)
• Yikes! Local news anchor Sarah Verser recently spotted a copperhead snake stretched across a Hoover sidewalk while out walking. Now, with summer approaching and more snakes coming out, she wants people to be educated on how to handle encounters with the reptiles. (WBRC)

Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you soon!

— 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.