🌱 Hoover Ribbon-Cutting + Veterans Park Free Friday Flicks

Hello again, Hoover! It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town...

First, today's weather:

A stray afternoon t-storm. High: 85 Low: 64.

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Here are the top three stories today in Hoover:

1. Are you in the market for a new home? If so, you won't want to miss these five Hoover area open houses that are coming up. Patch and Redfin have teamed up to curate a list with addresses, photos, prices, and bedroom/bath information for each property. (Hoover Patch)
2. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is taking place today, Jun. 9, for Urgent Care for Children-Brock's Gap. The new pediatric urgent care facility is meeting the needs of many in the community, opening at the Village at Brock’s Gap in Hoover. The clinic will offer weekend and late weekday hours, and has an on-site lab that performs blood tests, urine analysis, and rapid COVID, flu, strep, and RSV testing, while an in-house pharmacy will handle common prescriptions. (Burbio)
3. This Friday, don't miss Free Friday Flicks at Veterans Park. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Jun. 10, the event will feature a free kids' zone, as well as food and dessert trucks. This week's movie will be Raya And The Last Dragon, which will start at dusk. (Hoover AL)

Today in Hoover:

• June Coffee & Contacts, At Hoover Area Chamber Of Commerce (7:30 AM)
• Mt Laurel Watercolor Painting, At Mt Laurel Public Library (9:00 AM)
• American Red Cross Blood Drive, At Hoover Chamber Of Commerce (10:30 AM)

From my notebook:

• Need a hand doing work around the house? Call in one of the Hoover area's top-rated home professionals to help shorten your to-do list. (Patch)
• Hear a story of love in the magic city. Marilyn, who works as an underwriter assistant for Sheffield Fund in Hoover, and her husband Ted, have been married since 1976. (Birmingham Times)
• Don't miss the annual Hydrangeas Under the Stars at the Aldridge Gardens on Saturday, Jun. 11. (Hoover AL)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— 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.