Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr. James Andrews has been selected for induction into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Horatio Alger Award is given each year to people who have succeeded despite facing adversities and remained committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their communities, according to the … [Read more...]
Homewood Residents and Business Owners Oppose New Zoning Rules in Unruly Hearing
By Sam Prickett The Homewood City Council spent three hours during its Monday night meeting fielding questions and concerns from residents over proposed changes to the city’s zoning ordinance. Though the council rebuffed requests to postpone a vote on the changes until the new year, councilors assured residents that their complaints had been heard and that they were going to … [Read more...]
‘Bond and Love’: Community Mourns Death of Aniah Blanchard
By Ingrid Schnader After a month of searching for missing teen Aniah Blanchard, residents of Homewood and the surrounding communities were devastated to hear that Blanchard’s body had been found in Shorter on Nov. 25. “Right now, nothing makes sense and I’m so lost,” Walt Harris, Blanchard’s stepfather, wrote in a Nov. 28 Instagram post. “I just want you back. I hope I … [Read more...]
Layers of Flour and Butter: New Bandit Patisserie, Coffee Shop and Café Opens in Homewood
By Sam Prickett According to Kristen Farmer Hall, “the Bandit journey” started in October 2013, when she and her daughters came up with the idea to bake and deliver pastries to their neighbors. “We’d ring the doorbell and run away, so we became known as ‘the Baking Bandits,’” Hall said. Now, with the just-opened Bandit Patisserie, Hall has brought her pastries out into the … [Read more...]
Honeybee Wing Statue on Rotary Trail Honors Frank Stitt
By Ingrid Schnader “There is little that separates the culinary arts from the fine arts. One provides a feast for the stomach; the other a feast for the eyes,” Graham Boettcher, the R. Hugh Daniel director at the Birmingham Museum of Art, said in welcoming the crowd at the unveiling of a new sculpture on the Birmingham Rotary Trail. The sculpture, called Frank’s Table, honors … [Read more...]