🌱Mountain Brook House Catches On Fire + Birmingham Homicide Rate Rises

Hi all. It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Mountain Brook Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening locally.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 83 Low: 64.

Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. A fire broke out at a house in Mountain Brook that was in its final stages of construction at about 3 p.m. on Thursday. It's unclear how the fire was started, and no injuries were reported. (WVTM13 Birmingham)
2. Four Mountain Brook Spartans were named in the third annual All-South Metro baseball team, which includes high school teams throughout the coverage area of Starnes Media. They are Trent Wright on first base, Walker Allen as shortstop and Charlie Berryman and Gabe Young as outfield. (Village Living)
3. Birmingham and Mobile are on track to see record high homicides this year–surpassing the previous records set in 2021. Birmingham has seen 56 thus far. (AL.com)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Community Grief Support's Loss of Adult Child Support Group (1 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• These five elegant houses are the latest properties on the market in and around Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• The Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce celebrated the ribbon cutting Thursday of HomeRN, which provides individual at-home healthcare in the community. (Facebook)
• The Mountain Brook YMCA is hosting a "Family Pool Party" Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. (Mountain Brook YMCA via Facebook)
• In honor of national zoo month staff from the Birmingham Zoo shared with the O'Neal Library their favorite animal-themed children's books featuring "A Sick Day for Amos McGee," "Curious George” and more. (The O'Neal Library via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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