Crestline Village will be hopping July 15 as Otey’s Fest Shindig returns for its 14th year. The location for the event has been changed slightly to allow the event to grow. It will be held in the green space between the Otey’s Tavern parking lot and O’Neal Library. Headlining this year's festival will be the Robert Randolph Band, with Will Stewart, Gri Cashio … [Read more...]
Sue Murphy’s First Column, Sept. 13, 1990: I Fought the Lawn, the Lawn Won
Editor's note: Longtime OTMJ columnist Sue Murphy is stepping down this week for health reasons. We look back at her very first column and what was the beginning of a very special relationship with our readers over the last 32 plus years. See her last column in the June 1 print edition of Over The Mountain Journal and online.My husband, Harold, has been sitting in his … [Read more...]
Homewood Patriot Band Celebrates 50 Years with Reunion
The state’s largest high school marching band will host their 50th Anniversary Reunion during the Homewood High School football game vs. Pinson Valley at Waldrop Stadium tonight.The Homewood Patriot Band is celebrating 50 years and inviting alumni to bring their instruments and gear to perform in a pregame alumni performance. So far, 285 HHS alumni have … [Read more...]
Bucs, Jags Square Off In 2022 Hunger Challenge
Hoover Helps, a non-profit that battles food insecurity in the Hoover community, is inviting all Hoover Bucs and Spain Park Jags football fans to “help beat hunger” in the 8th annual Hunger Challenge.The Hunger Challenge will once again take place in conjunction with the annual football matchup between the city’s two high schools. The game … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook City Council Election Results
By Anne RuisiMountain Brook voters returned two incumbents to the City Council and elected a member of the city’s Planning Commission to replace Councilwoman Alice Womack, who did not run for another term.Graham Smith defeated Christopher Powanda for Womack’s Place 1 seat, 5,530 votes to 1,990 according to unofficial results from the city’s website, www.mtnbrook.org. … [Read more...]