🌱Mountain Brook Local Worries For Family In Ukraine + Gas Prices Rise

Welcome back, Mountain Brook! I'm here in your inbox today to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and beautiful. High: 81 Low: 61.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Yakov Lyublinskiy, a fitness instructor at the Levite Jewish Community Center in Mountain Brook since 2004, is concerned for his family back in Ukraine, with Russia's ongoing invasion. Lyublinsky immigrated to the United States in 1997 due to anti-semitism. His wife's sister recently fled from Kyiv. (Village Living)
2. WVTM 13, reporting from Mountain Brook, says that gas prices this holiday weekend in Central Alabama are at an average of $4.30 per gallon. That's $1.50 more than they were at the same time last year. Prices may decrease following Memorial Day, but are expected to rise again closer to July 4th. (WVTM13 Birmingham)
3. The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (known as WISE) is moving to a permanent location in the Meadowbrook area. It had previously operated out of churches in Mountain Brook. The nonprofit WISE provides therapy services for children that are hard of hearing, deaf, or blind. (280 Living)

This Weekend in Mountain Brook:

• Saturday: The Magic City Smoke & Boil (1 p.m.)

• Monday: 4-week beginner yoga series - Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (4:45 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Always Best Care Senior Services will be distributing up to 4 free COVID-19 tests to every individual that requests them, due to a recent rise in cases. (Instagram)
• The Mountain Brook YMCA will be open this Monday (Memorial Day) from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Facebook)
• There's still time to sign-up for Mountain Brook basketball DBS summer camp before June 7. (Twitter)

Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you around.

— Dashiell Allen

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