By Ana Good In less than a month, Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham’s newest, $280 million high-tech hospital, will open its doors. The hospital will begin caring for patients at 6 a.m. Oct. 10. Patients will be moved from Trinity Medical Center that day, and once the move is complete, Trinity will close its doors on Montclair Road. “It has been a long and protracted … [Read more...]
Family Tradition: Hoover’s Vacarella is Following His Father’s Footsteps
By Lee Davis Hoover quarterback Christopher Vacarella is in his first year as a starter, but he already has proven himself as a winner in the clutch. In the Bucs’ first two Class 7A Region Three victories, Vacarella directed his team to hard-fought fourth quarter victories. In a 21-14 win against Mountain Brook, he led a 65-yard touchdown drive. The following week, the senior … [Read more...]
Zeal for Teal: Sixth Annual Head Over Tal RAce to Include New 10K Feature
By Kaitlin Candelaria Laura Crandall Brown inspired more people in 25 years than many people do in a lifetime. When Brown passed away in 2009 of ovarian cancer, her family and friends were so inspired by her journey that they founded the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation with the mission of providing funding for early detection research of ovarian cancer while raising … [Read more...]
Rolling in the Dough: Bare Naked Noodles’ Linda Croley Has a Passion for Pasta
By Donna Cornelius Bare Naked Noodles is not your average eatery. For starters, you may think your GPS has gone bonkers when you follow its directions to the café and arrive at a sprawling office complex in Hoover. But you’re in the right place. Go into the building’s East or West entrances and, as Bare Naked Noodles owner Linda Croley says, “Just follow your nose.” From 8 … [Read more...]
Double Take: Smith Splits Her Time Between Two Schools
By Kaitlin Candelaria Jamie Smith said it’s important to her to not only learn the names of the kids at her schools, but also to learn a little bit about them. Man, does she have her work cut out for her. Smith, who just accepted the assistant principal positions at Deer Valley Elementary School and at Brock’s Gap Intermediate School in Hoover, will be working with more than … [Read more...]