Clear skies and warm temperatures set the perfect scene for the inaugural Pink up the Pace 5K run, hosted by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama’s junior board April 28 at Crestline Field in Mountain Brook. Pink powder filled the air as runners took off for the 5K color run and returned to the finish line with clothes covered in pink pigment. A Dolly Dash, … [Read more...]
Serve You Please: Mountain Brook Restaurant Trail Ambassadors Boost Competition and Patronage
Since its kick-off Jan. 1, the 2018 Mountain Brook Restaurant Trail Challenge has been gaining momentum.The challenge encourages community members to patronize each of the 49 participating restaurants and document their experience on Instagram and Facebook with the hashtag #i8mb. To boost participation, the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce has recognized “ambassadors” who … [Read more...]
A Thanksgiving to Remember: A Trip to Disney is Just One More Way the Area is Supporting Mountain Brook Cancer Patient “Super Sam”
By Sarah Kuper For more than a year, the Over the Mountain community has been rallying around 5-year-old cancer patient Sam Hodnett, more affectionately known as “Super Sam.” Now, after months of support from family, friends and people he doesn’t even know, Sam and his family are getting a Thanksgiving to remember at Disney World from one Alabama organization. The Crestline … [Read more...]
A Brief History: Local WWII Veteran Joins in on Crestline’s Annual Veterans Day Ceremony
By Emily WilliamsCrestline Elementary School Counselor Bonnie Lorino is charged with organizing the school’s Veterans Day program, an event that she dubs close to her heart. Each year, the school invites its faculty, staff and students to invite veterans to attend a program featuring fifth graders and for the past four years, Bonnie Lorino has invited her father-in-law, … [Read more...]
Jerome is the Man: Crestline Custodian Named Janitor of the Year
By Emily Williams The student body of Crestline Elementary school gathered May 2 to hear the news that custodial staff member Jerome Lewis had won first place in the nationwide Janitor of the Year competition. The news was presented as the finale of a half-hour program that began and ended with performances by second- and third-graders of an original song, "Jerome is the … [Read more...]