🌱 Mountain Brook HS Wins Over Parker + Historic Flooding Anniversary

Hi all. I'm back in your inbox this morning with your new edition of the Mountain Brook Daily, fresh off the presses. Here's what you need to know about what's happening these days in town. Today's briefing includes updates on...

• Mountain Brook High School wins over Parker.
• The one-year anniversary of historic flooding.
• Mountain Brook home values are the highest in the state.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and nice. High: 75 Low: 44.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. The Mountain Brook High School football team beat Parker High School 35-6 on Thursday night in region play. Next week they will play Mortimer Jordan. Cole Gamble scored 3 of the Spartan's 5 touchdowns. (AL.com)
2. Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of historic flooding in Alabama, which hit the Hoover and Over The Mountain area particularly severely, taking two people's lives in the town. Hoover is now finishing an application to FEMA for people who have repeatedly experienced flooding. (CBS 42)
3. Mountain Brook had the highest typical home values in Alabama at $937,346, as of August 2022, according to the Zillow Home Values. That represents a 15 percent increase over the past year and a 46.5 percent in 5 years. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Saturday: 'Crafternoon' at the O'Neal Library (2 p.m.)
• Sunday: Long Live Folk Horror! — an Under the Mountain celebration (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mountain Brook Schools Athletics is alerting the community to be aware of false links offering a livestream of sports competitions. (Mountain Brook Schools via Facebook)
• Here's the members of the Mountain Brook 2023 varsity boys tennis team. (MB Athletics via Twitter)
• Here's a bird's eye view of an obstacle course at Brookwood Elementary School earlier this week! (Brookwood Elementary School via Twitter)

Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll be back in your inbox next week with another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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