MOUNTAIN BROOK NEWS

Community news and updates from Mountain Brook, Alabama

Says knew of no grudge against Mountain Brook lawyer Full story »

Horn served in the Senate from 1985-94. Full story »

Cause of Bashinsky's death could come later today Full story »

No confirmed identification body is Bashinsky Full story »

Mountain Brook businessman disappeared last week Full story »

Hearing continuing this afternoon Full story »

  Brookwood Forest Elementary www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/bwf Teachers and custodial staff are not the only ones who work to make Brook­wood Forest Elementary a great place. Students also help in keeping things run­ning smoothly at the school. SPECIALMaggie Mills Rose, Elizabeth Corcoran, Lindsay Kahn and Clay Stearns prepare for duty as members of the safety patrol at Brookwood Forest Elementary School.... Full story »

  Brookwood Forest Elementary www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/bwf The entire first grade at Brookwood Forest Elemen­tary is doing a six-week study of the weather in Bir­mingham compared to the weather in Punxsutawney, Penn., the home of the groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. First-grade teacher, Mandy Boozer said students will track the weather in both cities and see if the groundhog's Feb. 2 predic­tion for... Full story »

Clinton Taylor, 16, was pronounced dead at 5 p.m. Monday at Children's Hospital Full story »

Pleasant Grove team takes sixth place in its division Full story »

Brookwood Forest Elementary www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/bwf The lunchroom at Brook­wood Forest Elementary School received a perfect 100 rating from the Jefferson County Health Department. The lunchroom has re­ceived several successive 100 ratings from the Health Department. The staff works each day to provide lunch for the ma­jority of the school's 490 students. The Mountain Brook Schools School Lunch Com­mittee, comprising adminis­­trators, lunchroom... Full story »

Cherokee Bend Elementary www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/cb Cherokee Bend Elemen­tary School held its annual spelling bee and geography bee. The spelling bee was a competition between the top 30 students in grades 4-6. Margaret Doody was the winner and Kate Lanier Carter was runner-up. Margaret then competed at the Mountain Brook dis­trict spelling bee and came in second place.                           The geography bee was... Full story »

Plaintiffs also seek refunds of all money collected Full story »

Edgewood Elementary www.homewood.k12.al.us/edgewood Edgewood Elementary School kindergarten teacher Doris Sankey started a school-wide "Capri Sun pouches" recycling program to raise environmental awareness. So far, the school has col­lected more than 1,000 pouches.  The profit from this fund­raiser will go towards pur­chasing books for the school's library.             Hall-Kent Elementary www.homewood.k12.al.us/hallkent Students in Dee Hellm­ers'... Full story »

The tax last year brought in $6.1 million for the system and comprises 13 percent of its budget.  Full story »