🌱 Mountain Brook Jr. High Gets New Building + 'Top Dog' Stella

Hello, Mountain Brook. I'm here in your inbox this morning to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Today we'll cover these stories and more:

• A new building for Mountain Brook Junior High
• A trend of sadness in Central Alabama teen girls
• Crestline's "top dog" Stella

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Mountain Brook Junior High School has a new three-story building on its campus that's opening this week, with "state-of-the-art" classrooms. Check out this time-lapse video of it being constructed. (Mountain Brook Junior High via Twitter)
2. Central Alabama therapist Crystal Mullen-Johnson said they are seeing levels of sadness in girls similar to the rate nationally, which was highlighted in a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control. It found that "nearly 3 in 5 U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless." (WVTM 13)
3. Stroll Crestline has a new top dog — Stella — owned by Davis and Ellie Priester. An English lab, she was initially intended by her breeder to be a "bird dog." (STROLL Crestline)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• O'Neal Library Board Meeting (8:30 a.m.)
• Girls Varsity Tennis vs Shades Valley High School — MBHS (3 p.m.)
• Board of Zoning Adjustment meeting (5 p.m.)
• Boys Freshman Soccer at Hoover HS — Hoover HS (5 p.m.)
• Boys Varsity Soccer at Pell City HS — Pell City HS-Pell City HS (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out these five homes to buy on the market in and nearby Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• In the latest installment of his column, "Comeback Town," Vestavia Hills resident David Sher talks about the many online rankings that make the Birmingham area sound like an unappealing place to live. He writes that many people think all the different towns in Jefferson County — like Mountain Brook — are part of Birmingham, when in reality they've each got their own unique characteristics. (AL.com)
• Mountain Brook's City Manager Sam Gaston is also one of the founding board members of the Chamber of Commerce. Check out this post to learn more about him. (Mountain Brook Chamber via Instagram)
• The O'Neal Library staff picked which fictional pet they would choose to have as their own in honor of National Pet Day. (The O'Neal Library via Facebook)

That's it for today. I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update!

— Dashiell Allen

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