🌱Mtn. Brook Player On Starnes Metro Football Team + Holiday Cocktails

Hi all! Dashiell Allen here with your fresh copy of the Mountain Brook Daily, full of all the community information you need to know right now. Today you'll find news about these stories and more:

• 🏈 Cole Gamble is named offensive high school football player of the year by Starnes Media.
• 🔌 Another rate hike announced by Alabama Power.
• 🍸 Holiday cocktails you won't want to miss in and around Mountain Brook.

But first, today's weather:

Cloudy, showers around; warm. High: 75 Low: 60.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook running back Cole Gamble is the offensive player of the year in the Starnes Media All-South Metro Football Team. Homewood's senior quarterback Woods Ray won the title of overall best player of the year. (Village Living)
2. Alabama Power has announced it is planning another rate hike of $7 in January 2023, in addition to the $10 per month increase already implemented this December. The company said the increases are due to costs associated with compliance to federal requirements, as well as inflation. (WVTM 13)
3. The Community Food Bank of Central Alabama is planning a holiday food distribution to 1,000 families in the Birmingham area next Wednesday, Dec. 14. (6 WBRC)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Circle of Friends Breakfast Social — Mountain Brook High School (7:30 a.m.)
• Wellness Clinic — Mountain Brook High School (9 a.m.)
• Winecraft: Holiday wineglass crafts — O'Neal Library (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• If you're in the mood for a holiday cocktail look no further than the Peppermint Mocha Russian at Vino on Cahaba Road in Mountain Brook. Here's 10 other local holiday drinks. (Bham Now)
• Here's a real estate roundup for the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Meet Mountain Brook Fire Department's Engine 2/Transport 2, C-Shift firefighters. (Mountain Brook Fire Department via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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