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From the Shelby County Reporter -

HOOVER — Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos gave a State of the City address at the Hoover Chamber luncheon Dec. 17, speaking about advances the city has made in the past year and goals for the year to come.

One of the first things he spoke about was the quest to get a hospital located within Hoover.

“A year ago, we were working hard to get a hospital in the city of Hoover,” he said. “We are still working towards that.”

Read the entire article here.

Labels: Alabama, Hoover, Hospital

From the Shelby County Reporter:

HOOVER — Berry Middle School Teacher Dilhani Uswatte found herself pleasantly surprised Wednesday morning by a schoolwide assembly in her honor.

The Milken Family Foundation named the eighth–grade math teacher a Milken National Educator and awarded here with a $25,000 check.

Principal Kathleen Wheaton said Unswatte works to ensure her students understand math, not just memorize it.

Read the entire article here.

Labels: Alabama, Berry, Hoover

I've never been a huge fan of roasts, but I'm sure this will be a fun evening.

Read more here: Hoover mayor to be roasted

Labels: charity, fun, Hoover, things to do

From the Shelby County Reporter:

"HOOVER — The city of Hoover, along with the Hoover Fire Department, held an open house Sunday to show off the new Fire Station No. 9.

The station, located on Legacy Drive in Greystone, serves Greystone Legacy, portions of Greystone Founders and provides backup for the rest of Greystone, the U.S. 280 corridor and Inverness."

Hoover celebrates new Fire Station No. 9

Is the baby in that picture the Fire Chief or the Mayor? (cute picture)

Labels: Greystone, Highway 280, Hoover, Inverness, Shelby County

Congrats to Jeff Hager of Hoover for his ridiculously delicious sounding (and assuredly tasting) donut creation.

To find out where and how to get one, go to this article about donut award winner from Hoover.

Labels: fun, Hoover

Residents of Pelham, Hoover, and Vestavia (and anywhere else, I suppose)...

If you paid upfront money to Andrew Carlton Gannett of Gannett Tile for services that were not performed and don't know where to turn for help, please read this article:

Police looking for residents scammed by tile business

Labels: Hoover, Pelham, Vestavia Hills

Shelby County Reporter | Hoover Police looking for credit card thief (alleged)

Although I think the title of their article is legally dangerous, I wonder... do you recognize this guy?



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Labels: Hoover, Shelby County

After a three month remodeling, Walmart on 280 in Hoover has reopened, bringing it up to the standard of other more modern Walmarts.

Read about the 280 Walmart reopening here.

Labels: Highway 280, Hoover

Congratulations Connor!

Read the article here to find out his particularly impressive Wednesday round at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Nashville, Tennessee. That's good golfing.

Labels: Alabama, Hoover, Spain Park

Looks like they're going to do it again, many cities in Alabama to eliminate sales taxes August 7th through the 9th for back to school shoppers.

Read about the tax holiday here.

From the al.com blog entry:

"Some of the participants in the 2009 sales tax holiday, according to the Alabama Department of Revenue

Alabaster
Bessemer
Birmingham
Calera
Center Point
Chelsea
Columbiana
Fultondale
Gardendale
Helena
Homewood
Hoover
Hueytown
Irondale
Kimberly
Pelham
Springville
Tarrant
Trussville
Vestavia Hills
Warrior
Wilsonville
Shelby County
Jefferson County (will exempt the regular 1 percent sales tax but not the 1 percent education sales tax that took effect in 2005)"

Labels: Alabama, Alabaster, Bessemer, Birmingham, Center Point, Chelsea, Fultondale, Gardendale, Helena, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Jefferson County, Pelham, Shelby County, Trussville, Vestavia Hills

This news comes a little late, but it might save someone a trip to the post office. Most are open on Christmas Eve, but the majority are closing early. This should not come as a surprise, but you never know... after all, we're open until 6 pm. (But then we're practically always open).

Here are the hours posted:

Cahaba Heights 8:30 am - Noon
Center Point 8:30 am - Noon
Crestline Village 8:30 am - Noon
Homewood 8:30 am - Noon
South Highland 8:30 am - Noon
Eastlake 8:30 am - Noon
Ensley 8:30 am - Noon
Fairview 8:30 am - Noon
Forestdale 8:30 am - Noon
Greensprings Finance 8:30 am - Noon
Vestavia Hills Finance 8:30 am - Noon
Hoover 8:30 am - Noon
Bluff Park 8:30 am - Noon
Irondale 8:30 am - Noon
Meadowbrook 8:30 am - Noon
Midfield 8:30 am - Noon
Mountain Brook 8:30 am - Noon
Tarrant 8:30 am - Noon
North Birmingham 8:30 am - Noon
West End 8:30 am - Noon
Woodlawn 8:30 am - Noon
Main Post Office Window Unit 7:00 am – 1 pm

The Riverchase Galleria Post Office will be open until 6 pm for any late mailers out there!

Hope this helps!

Labels: Alabama, Bluff Park, Cahaba Heights, Crestline Village, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills

Service Care sends our congratulations to Hoover for bringing this event to Alabama.

The meet will be held at Veterans Park, which is near Spain Park High School, on December 11, 2010. There will be a few thousand athletes competing in this event, along with supporters and coaches.

Labels: Alabama, events, Hoover

According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, 77 percent of cities and towns with more than 20,000 people had income drops since 2000. Not so for Birmingham metro.

"None of the eight cities in metro Birmingham with populations of more than 20,000 had a decline. They saw increases between 9 percent and 26 percent, according to a Birmingham News analysis of the Census data, collected from 2005 to 2007. " These included Birmingham, Homewood, Hoover, Bessemer, Mountain Brook, Pelham and Vestavia Hills and others.

I think we're doing something right.

Labels: Alabama, Bessemer, Birmingham, Homewood, Hoover, Mountain Brook, Pelham, Vestavia Hills

Read on the internet that a big amount of electronics were found to be missing or stolen from Bluff Park Elementary school. Apparently this happened in the night between November 4th and 5th, and employees found the doors still locked the next day.

Some of the items indicated to be missing were 19 laptop computers, 9 video cameras, 4 projectors (film, I guess) and 2 speaker systems.

According to Hoover police, the items can be identified if found, but I don't think there are any leads.

This is a darn shame, and pretty low. These electronics items were most likely used for the education and improvement of Hoover area school kids and someone has taken them for personal gain. I hope they recover the items and get them back to Bluff Park soon.

Labels: Bluff Park, electronics, Hoover