🌱 Rev. John Fallon Reflects On 24 Years Of Service + Crash On I-65

Hello all. It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Mountain Brook Daily. Here's all the local news you need to know right now.

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Plenty of sun. High: 89 Low: 67.

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Here are the top four stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Reverend John Fallon of Prince of Peace Church in the Over The Mountain area retired in July after 24 years. Originally from Ireland, he came to the United States in 1969. In Village Living's profile of him, Fallon looks back at his years of service to the community, including building a "1,100-seat sanctuary, 13 classrooms and a 100-seat day chapel" which opened in 2000. (Village Living)
2. Ignite Cycle celebrated the grand opening of its new location in Lane Park over the weekend with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, music and exercise classes in the street. (Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce via Instagram)
3. A fatal car crash early Sunday morning in Pelham temporarily closed down I-65 South from exit 246 (Highway 119) to exit 242 (tank farm). An investigation is ongoing. (WVTM 13)
4. Birmingham's Market at Pepper Place is enjoying a steady flow of customers, potentially due to the high price of groceries in Alabama. “We’ve been very busy and due to inflation, I think we’re having a lot more shoppers here shopping and buying local because our prices are better than the grocery stores,” Torie Spinks from Spinks Farm told 6 WBRC. (6 WBRC)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Monday Matinees - Levite Jewish Community Center (1:30 p.m.)
• Filmmaking 101 - Storysmith Station - Levite Jewish Community Center (3:30 p.m.)
• Activism Art – Banned Books Week (for teenagers) – The O'Neal Library (4 p.m.)
• Board of Zoning Adjustment - City of Mountain Brook (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here are five houses that recently hit the market in and around Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Daniel Bolus, who grew up in Birmingham attending Mountain Brook High School and now lives in Seattle, shares in this opinion piece why he believes "Birmingham is positioned to be America’s leader in medical device manufacturing" and what the region needs to do to achieve that goal. (AL.com)
• Here's this week's schedule for Mountain Brook sports. First up, Tuesday the junior varsity and varsity volleyball teams take on Woodlawn. (Twitter)
• Home with Hechart and Children’s Edit recently celebrated the grand opening of the storefront in English Village. (Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday. I'll see you around!

— Dashiell Allen

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