🌱 Mountain Brook Wellness, Fitness Ideas + O'Neal Library Trivia

Hello, everybody. It's Thursday in Mountain Brook and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening locally, including updates on...

• 💪 Wellness and fitness in and around Mountain Brook
• 😢 Birmingham among the "loneliest" U.S. cities
• 📍 Trivia from the O'Neal Library

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 60 Low: 37.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Experience the new Fitness Formula, join Iron Tribe or bounce into fitness at Trifusion in Mountain Brook this January. Those are just some of the local suggestions brought to you in Patch's latest local health and wellness guide from Laura Greene Silsbee, the founder of What’s Happening in Mountain Brook and Mountain Brook Trading community groups. (Patch)
2. Single-person households made up 44 percent of the population in Birmingham, according to a U.S. Census analysis, making the Magic City among the top 10 "loneliest" cities in the United States. Mobile, Alabama also made the list. (CBS 42)
3. A body was discovered off Shades Crest Road in Hoover on Wednesday afternoon. Police said foul play is not suspected. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Editorial Board — City of Mountain Brook (8:15 a.m.)
• All Together Storytime — O'Neal Library (10:30 a.m.)
• Boys JV Basketball vs McAdory — Spartan Arena (4:30 p.m.)
• Southern Jewish Voices — Levite Jewish Community Center (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out an early look at the spring tennis schedule at Mountain Brook High School. (MB Athletics via Twitter)
• Which ancient city had the most libraries? What's the largest library in the world? Answer these questions and more in the O'Neal Library's trivia challenge, answers should be posted soon. (O'Neal Library via Instagram)
• Here's some scenes from the first days back at school this semester. (Mountain Brook Schools via Twitter)

That's it for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Mountain Brook Daily? Contact me at mountainbrook@patch.com