By June Mathews Life isn’t what it used to be for Paul Ware. Before having a brain hemorrhage in October 2014, Ware was a busy mergers and acquisitions attorney at Bradley, a nationwide law firm based in Birmingham. “It happened completely out of the blue one day as I was driving to work,” he said. “It was pretty close to fatal, and I spent several weeks in the hospital and … [Read more...]
Retrofitting a Neighborhood: Families Expand Homewood Houses to Fit Modern Needs or Start From Scratch
By Sarah Kuper Although space is limited, Homewood real estate is growing – in a manner of speaking. “People add on to the back, build up or start from scratch,” said Willow Design Studios’ Allison Hallman. Hallman is an owner and designer at the firm, which operates in tandem with Willow Construction Company in Homewood. She said her firm last year worked on 25 Homewood … [Read more...]
Homeward Bound: Little Professor Plans Move Back to the ‘Heart of Homewood’
By Emily Williams With the land around the Little Professor Book Center in Homewood bought by a developer, the store is planning to remain on the same street but move a little closer to its former location near The Curve. Though the space Little Professor representatives have found will be new to them, the proximity to what owner Paul Seitz calls the “heart of Homewood” is … [Read more...]
Morning Glory: Tom York Dominated Local Television
By Lee Davis Tom York didn’t start out with a vision for a local morning television show. It just happened. York, a Florence native, was working at a TV station in Memphis when he was hired away by WBRC in Birmingham in 1957. The station, a CBS affiliate at the time, was transitioning ownership to Taft Broadcasting, and major changes were in the works. One of them included … [Read more...]
Out of Africa: CBS Teacher of the Year Makes Connections from Uganda to the U.S.
By Emily Williams Cherokee Bend Elementary second- grade teacher Lauren Lunceford may have started her teaching career at the Mountain Brook school, but her experiences volunteering in Africa have shaped her approach to education. Lunceford, who recently was named the school’s Teacher of the Year, had the opportunity this past summer to volunteer with Sozo Children, a local … [Read more...]