🎃 Mountain Brook Halloween Parade + Council Members To Be Sworn In

Happy Halloween, Mountain Brook! 🎃👻

• Council Members-elect will be sworn in next week.
• The Mountain Brook Halloween parade is this afternoon.
• A man is dead after a weekend shooting in Homewood.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 73 Low: 54.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Mountain Brook Council Members-elect like Graham Smith will be sworn in at a ceremony on Nov. 7, the first Monday of the month, after which the council is set to make a series of appointments. (Village Living)
2. Mark your calendars! The Sam Lapidus Montclair Run to benefit the Levite Jewish Community Center is coming back this year on Thanksgiving Day. Five dollars from each runner's registration will go to the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders. (Village Living)
3. A shooting in the parking lot of a Homewood CVS left one man dead on Saturday evening, according to police. This marks Homewood's third homicide of the year. (AL.com)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Called Board Meeting - 32 Vine Street/Charles Mason Building (7:30 a.m.)
• 20th Annual Halloween Parade in Crestline Village - Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (4 p.m.)
• Horror Noir: A History of Black Horror - Levite Jewish Center (6 p.m.)
• Trick or treat at O'Neal Library (all day)

From my notebook:

• Here's a few Halloween night safety tips from the Mountain Brook Fire Department. (Mountain Brook Fire Department via Facebook)
• Both the Mountain Brook boys and girls cross country teams will be competing at state championships on Nov. 5. (MB Athletics via Twitter)
• After the team's win over Baker last week, Mountain Brook football player John Colvin is a nominee for Vote for "the Hollis Wright Birmingham area top football performance for Week 11." (AL.com)
• The latest episode of the Mountain Brook Schools podcast is a conversation with Dr. Dicky Barlow, who was recently named Alabama Superintendent of the Year. (Mountain Brook Schools via Twitter)

Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Dashiell Allen

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Mountain Brook Daily? Contact me at mountainbrook@patch.com