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New Valley Hotel Includes Three Eateries

January 12, 2021

By Sam Prickett Homewood’s much-anticipated Valley Hotel will be opening in a few weeks, and it will bring with it a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop. The Valley Hotel has been in development since 2016, when Capstone Companies founder Michael Mouron bought the property that formerly housed Hatfield Auto and Little Professor Bookstore. A year later, it was announced that … [Read more...]

Developers Envision a New Brookwood Village

January 12, 2021

By Sam Prickett Late last year, Colliers International and Arlington Properties conducted a series of listening sessions around Homewood about the future of the Brookwood Village Mall. The two companies had just signed a contract to redevelop the flagging mall but wanted to get feedback from the community before moving forward. Colliers and Arlington already had some idea of … [Read more...]

OTMJ’s Rubin E. Grant Earns ASHOF 2021 Mel Allen Media Award

December 21, 2020

The Over The Mountain Journal’s very own Rubin Grant is being given the 2021 Mel Allen Media Award for his lifetime contribution to sports as a journalist. Grant will join previous winners Paul Finebaum, Cecil Hurt, Ron Ingram, Tom Roberts, George Smith and John Pruett who hold the award from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. The award is named for Mell Allen of Birmingham, … [Read more...]

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

December 16, 2020

During a virtual press conference on Dec. 15, the United Way of Central Alabama announced that its 2020 fundraising campaign has reached a total of $36 million. The total amount thus far is $1.5 million over the organization's fundraising goal for this year, according to officials.  The total reflects pledge estimates and not the final results of companies still … [Read more...]

Good Vibrations: ASO Musicians Perform Concerts to Tame the COVID-19 Beast in Critically Ill Patients at UAB Hospital

December 8, 2020

By Shannon Thomason Music has the power to transport listeners, even when heard through computer speakers, protective equipment and hospital walls. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the sickest patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital have had their troubles eased, however briefly, through an innovative musical project. Helping those patients … [Read more...]

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