🌱Mountain Brook Lacrosse Victorious + Alabama Unemployment Rate Drops

Happy Saturday, Mountain Brook! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warm. High: 90 Low: 72.

Here are the top four stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Both the Mountain Brook boys and girls lacrosse teams won the state championship over their "archrival" Vestavia Hills this year. The boys team won in a close and heated 13-12 game, while the girls defeated the hills by 15-11. (Over the Mountain Journal)
2. Spire is set to begin construction work at the intersection of Montevallo Road and Church Street Thursday. The work should last until the end of the summer. At least one lane of traffic is expected to remain open in both directions. (Instagram)
3. Steinway Piano Gallery is the latest small business to move into English Village. The Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Thursday. According to the website, it is the fourth-generation of an more than 90-year-old family business that operates in Alabama and Tennessee, selling pianos and offering tune-ups. (Facebook)
4. Alabama's unemployment rate was at an all-time low of 2.8% last month. That's significantly lower than the overall U.S. April jobless rate of 3.6%. The unemployment rate in Jefferson County was 2.1%, down from 3.6% in April of last year. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Mountain Brook Village 2 Village run, starting and ending at the Grand Bohemian Hotel (7:30 a.m.)
• The Levite Jewish Community Center's outdoor pool is opening for the summer season today. Meanwhile, the indoor pool will close for maintenance work until the end of June. (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Mountain Brook YMCA has a "Summer Bucket List Challenge" that's starting on June 13. You can register by texting 'SUMMER' to 844-889-6222. (Facebook)
• Staff from the O'Neal Library will be on ABC 33/40 at 9 a.m. this morning to share information about their Summer Reading Carnival. The summer kickoff event will take place at the library Sunday at 3 p.m. (Facebook)
• See clips from Mountain Brook High School's graduation ceremony here. (Twitter)
• Lynzie Liddell is the winner of Congressman Gary Palmer's student art competition. Her piece “Golden Growth" will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Check out all of the art submissions here. (Twitter)

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

— Dashiell Allen

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