🌱 Retirement Community Near Mountain Brook + MBHS Girls Win Title

Happy Tuesday, Mountain Brook! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Warm with plenty of sun. High: 86 Low: 62.

Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. A brand new retirement development for adults 55-plus is opening up in winter not far from Mountain Brook. Overture Tributary is a pet-friendly, "active adult community." The welcome center is already accepting appointments. (Bham Now)
2. The Mountain Brook Spartan girls' track and field team placed first in the Class 6A state meet in Gulf Shores last week. It's the first time they've taken that title since 2011. Congratulations! (Village Living)
3. A 41-year-old orangutan named Oliver at the Birmingham Zoo is on the path to recovery after undergoing a surgery to remove a tumor. Orangutans like Oliver are considered extremely endangered in the wild. (WBRC 6)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Senior Banquet - Mountain Brook High School (Evening)
• O'Neal Library Board - City of Mountain Brook (4:30 p.m.)
• Pickleball open play at Levite JCC Birmingham (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A 32-year-old woman was killed in a car crash on 5 Mile Road in Birmingham on Monday, and another man was taken to the hospital. (WVTM 13)
• Beautiful scenes from hiking in northern Alabama. (Instagram)
• This is the first school in Alabama that markets itself as LGBT-affirming, but it's for all students. (AL.com)

You're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.

— Dashiell Allen

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