Dr. Bill Cleveland, Homewood City Schools’ longest-serving superintendent with 12 years in that job, is retiring June 30. “I chose education as my career in large part because of the positive experiences I enjoyed as a student in Homewood City Schools,” Cleveland said in a statement from the school system. “It has been a privilege and honor to serve a school system that I … [Read more...]
New Resident Is Loving Life at The Eastbury
Phyllis Beshany says it over and over: she “fell in love” with The Eastbury. After spending 30 years living in a two-bedroom condominium in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Beshany decided to make a move. “I grew up down there, but I reached an age where I wanted to be around a lot of people, especially my family,” she said. She decided to join her son’s family in Homewood, but there … [Read more...]
Climb Every Mountain: Vestavia Hills Couple’s Home Atop Shades Mountain Serves a Free Summer Camp Experience for Low-Income Children
By Emily Williams For many children living in affluent Over the Mountain communities, summertime is a time to have fun, leave school days behind and, most importantly, camp. There are day camps for seemingly every hobby or interest. But for kids living with significant financial need, spending days filled with fun, exciting activities and experiences at summer camp … [Read more...]
OTM Boys, Girls Basketball Teams Advance to AHSAA Class 7A Semifinals
Girls Regional Final Roundup Spain Park 42, Vestavia Hills 37 Sarah Ashlee Barker scored 21 of Spain Park’s 23 second-half points to lift the Jags to a 42-37 victory over Vestavia Hills in the Class 7A girls Northwest Regional final Tuesday morning at Wallace State-Hanceville’s Tom Drake Coliseum. Barker finished with 25 points, six rebounds, four steals and five … [Read more...]
The Gift of Life: Woman Who Had Heart Transplant at 19 Being Honored as a Survivor at Heart Ball
By Sam Prickett Megan Gagliardi Hilt was 18 years old, on the cusp of graduating from Mountain Brook High School and starting college at Samford University, when she noticed that something was wrong. “I was having shortness of breath, a really severe cough when I would go to lay down for bed each night, and I just felt really lethargic,” she said. “I thought I was sick with … [Read more...]