🌱Mountain Brook Man's Home Vandalized + Birmingham Shop Save & Share

Hey, everybody! It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Mountain Brook Daily. Let's get this Wednesday started off right with a quick review of the most important things happening in town, including updates on...

• A Mountain Brook man's property was vandalized recently by activists.
• Mountain Brook's Hannah Parant is a contender for top volleyball player this week.
• The Junior League of Birmingham’s Shop Save & Share 2022 starts today.

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Nice with plenty of sun. High: 75 Low: 50.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. The home of construction executive and Mountain Brook local M. Miller Gorrie, the chairman of Brasfield & Gorrie, was vandalized last Friday by a group of Atlanta-based activists, according to Mountain Brook police. The activists are opposed to a fire and police training center in Atlanta's suburbs that would be built by Gorrie's company. (Subscription/The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
2. The City of Hoover is offering 170 spots of free RV parking near I-65 for people that are being evacuated from the path of Hurricane Ian, which is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday night. (6 WBRC)
3. During last Friday's football game between Mountain Brook and Homewood it was announced that Homewood's marching band will be traveling in the next school year to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in the city's St. Patrick's Day parade. (CBS 42)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Vinyasa Yoga in the Gardens — Birmingham Botanical Gardens (8:30 a.m.)
• 9th grade football game at Hoover (5:30 p.m.)
• Trivia Night at Greenwise — Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (6:30 p.m.)
• Shop Save & Share Kick Off Party 2022 (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Junior League of Birmingham’s Shop Save & Share 2022 starts today, running through Oct. 9. (Village Living)
• There's time until Thursday at 11 p.m. to vote for Mountain Brook's own Hannah Parant as top volleyball player of the week. In a recent tournament she "had 130 assists, 7 aces and 30 digs in nine matches and helped the Spartans to the HeffStrong title." (AL.com)
• US 280 has reopened after a crash took place yesterday. (Mountain Brook Police via Twitter)

You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you soon!

— Dashiell Allen

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