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Over the Mountain Journal

The suburban newspaper for Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover and north shelby county

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2021 OTMJ Camp Guide
Re-structuring Summer Camp
Camp Officials Discuss How They Will Adapt to Ongoing Pandemic Effects
Taking Aim
Oak Mountain Makes Another Run at Final Four Berth
‘Near-flawless Fashion’
Mountain Brook Defies COVID, Ends Year With a Surplus
‘Slow Design’
Landscape Garden Professionals to Speak at Upcoming Birmingham Botanical Gardens Native Plant Conference

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JLB Virtual Anti-human Trafficking Awareness Month Event Series to Begin Jan. 7

In recognition of Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Junior League of Birmingham will be hosting several … [Read More...]

United Way of Central Alabama 2020 Campaign Raises $1.5 Million over Goal

During a virtual press conference on Dec. 15, the United Way of Central Alabama announced that its 2020 fundraising … [Read More...]

Latest OTMJ Sports

900 and Counting: Spain Park Softball Coach Urse Hawkins Reaches Milestone for Victories

February 23, 2021

By Rubin E. Grant Finally! Spain Park softball coach Urse Hawkins finally got to celebrate her milestone 900th … [Read More...]

Crowning Achievement: Vestavia Hills Claims Record 16th State Wrestling Championship; Flurry Finishes Unbeaten

February 23, 2021

By Rubin E. Grant Vestavia Hills junior wrestler Zach Flurry was determined that things would be different this … [Read More...]

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Murphy’s Law

Murphy’s Law: Curbside Chic

February 23, 2021

By Sue Murphy Experts say you should dress for the life you want to live. If that is so, I should be wearing a … [Read More...]

Murphy’s Law: Injection Connection

February 9, 2021

By Sue Murphy I don’t know about you, but I could really use a hug.   I came to hugging late in life. I hail … [Read More...]

Latest Posts

Re-structuring Summer Camp: Camp Officials Discuss How They Will Adapt to Ongoing Pandemic Effects

The 2020 summer camp season was colored with questions as camps scrambled to regroup and reframe the ways in which … [Read More...]

900 and Counting: Spain Park Softball Coach Urse Hawkins Reaches Milestone for Victories

By Rubin E. Grant Finally! Spain Park softball coach Urse Hawkins finally got to celebrate her milestone 900th … [Read More...]

Crowning Achievement: Vestavia Hills Claims Record 16th State Wrestling Championship; Flurry Finishes Unbeaten

By Rubin E. Grant Vestavia Hills junior wrestler Zach Flurry was determined that things would be different this … [Read More...]

Health Checkup: Vestavia Hills TrustCare’s Dr. David Hardin 
Discusses Primary Care and Heart Health

By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Since the Vestavia Hills location of TrustCare opened on Jan. 4, Dr. David Hardin has … [Read More...]

‘Slow Design’: Landscape Garden Professionals to Speak at Upcoming Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Native Plant Conference

By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Looking back on pandemic closures that began nearly a year ago, Friends of Birmingham … [Read More...]

‘Near-flawless Fashion’: Mountain Brook Defies COVID, Ends Year With a Surplus

By Sam Prickett COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the finances of many cities across the country – but not … [Read More...]

Power of Pink: Cobb Has Fun Wearing Pink While Participating in Real Men Wear Pink Breast Cancer Fundraiser

By Rubin E. Grant Trip Cobb didn’t have much pink in his wardrobe before this month. But this month, he has been … [Read More...]

Murphy’s Law: Curbside Chic

By Sue Murphy Experts say you should dress for the life you want to live. If that is so, I should be wearing a … [Read More...]

Taking Aim: Oak Mountain Makes Another Run at Final Four Berth

By Rubin E. Grant Until 2020, the Oak Mountain boys basketball team had never been to the Alabama High School … [Read More...]

Experience Mars Rover Landing Live in McWane’s IMAX Dome

On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is making its final descent to Mars, and McWane Science Center … [Read More...]

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