🌱 Otey's To Open Second Location + Vestavia Hills Honors Cancer Victim

Good morning, Mountain Brook. I'm here in your inbox this morning to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Hope you all have a great day. Here goes.

First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 94 Low: 72.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook's popular Otey's Tavern is opening a second location in Homewood's Edgewood. It's opening up next to Frothy Monkey, a new coffee shop serving alcohol. Construction will begin in late July. (Bham Now)
2. A new local app called BUZD now offers same-day delivery of alcohol and other products top Mountain Brook in less than 30 minutes. It takes advantage of a bill signed by Governor Kay Ivey last year allowing for "the delivery of sealed beer, wine and liquor from licensed retailers to homes in Alabama." (Bham Now)
3. John Michael Pierce, from Vestavia Hills, passed away last year from esophageal cancer at only 25 years old. Now, he's being honored by family and friends through the creation of the John Michael Pierce Foundation, which will hold its first golf tournament on August 1. The foundation's goal is to raise awareness about the form of cancer that took his life. (WVTM 13)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Outdoor Pool family swim time with lifeguards (10 a.m.)
• Improv with Red Mountain Theater Company at The O'Neal Library (1 p.m.)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Red Mountain Theater Arts Campus (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Mountain Brook children who saved their father from drowning in his backyard pool were presented with medals from the Police Department. (Twitter)
• Check out these photos from the World Games opening ceremony. (Village Living)
• The United States softball team beat Japan for a gold medal in Hoover on Wednesday night –a little "redemption" for the American team. (AL.com)
• Watch out dog owners–an outbreak of "kennel cough" has been reported in the Birmingham region. Symptoms include "hacking cough, runny nose, sneezing, loss of energy or appetite, fever and spitting up white foam." Call your vet if your dog experiences any of them. (CBS 42)

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

— Dashiell Allen

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