By Emily Williams Schools have struggled throughout the late summer, creating plans that allow their doors to reopen and education leaders to welcome children back to classrooms for the first time since early March. At Creative Montessori School in Homewood - which serves kids from 18 months to eighth grade - school faculty and staff spent a portion of their summer … [Read more...]
A Place to Play: Vestavia Hills Officially Opens Cahaba Heights Park as Construction of New Merkel House Begins
By Emily Williams In early 2019, the site that is now Cahaba Heights Park was simply a space to play baseball, a couple of fields in need of repair. This summer, the space has been redesigned and reopened to serve as a multi-faceted park for people across age groups and interests. The city of Vestavia Hills had been planning to breathe new life into the athletic facility for … [Read more...]
Hoover’s First Game Against Dothan Canceled
Hoover’s season-opening game Friday against Dothan at the Hoover Met has been canceled because Dothan’s football team is being quarantined because of COVID-19.The Bucs are searching for another opponent to play. If they are unable to schedule a game this week, they will open the season next week at home against Bessemer City. Hoover had scheduled Dothan … [Read more...]
Homewood Schools Names New Superintendent
The Homewood Board of Education recently announced that Dr. Justin Hefner will serve as superintendent of Homewood City Schools. Heftern, a Homewood resident, will step into the role beginning Aug. 17. He will replace Dr. Bill Cleveland who announced his retirement in February after 29 years in education. “For 10 years my wife and I have lived and raised our children … [Read more...]
Good Move: Homewood Couple Donates House to Build UP
By Rubin E. Grant When Matt and Angela Leigh got married in 2012, they bought a three-bedroom house in the Edgewood community of Homewood across the street from Gianmarco’s Restaurant. Matt Leigh described the house as perfect, since they didn’t have any children. But after the birth of their daughters, Emery and Frances, now ages 5 and 3, the house quickly became too … [Read more...]