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OTMJ is a newspaper for Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia, Hoover and North Shelby County
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Over the Mountain Journal is the suburban newspaper covering the Alabama communities of Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover and North Shelby County.

25/07/2025

https://www.otmj.com/etiquette-for-all-seasons-amy-rainer-helps-children-develop-leadership-skills-through-etiquette-respect-and-kindness/

What do Birmingham-area children, participants on the reality television show The Bachelor and the governor of Arkansas all have in common?

By Cathy DeLozier What do Birmingham-area children, participants on the reality television show The Bachelor and the governor of Arkansas all have in common? They’ve participated in etiquette classes taught by Amy Rainer. A former Crestline Elementary school teacher, Amy helps children develop lea...

03/07/2025

https://www.otmj.com/remembering-rubin/

Rubin Earl Grant 1957-2025 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. Rubin Earl Grant was the very embodiment of letting his light shine. Rubin’s stories about high school sports graced th...

16/06/2025

https://www.otmj.com/homewood-claims-second-consecutive-class-6a-boys-golf-title/

By Rubin E. Grant As Homewood was capturing the 2024 AHSAA Class 6A boys golf state championship, the Patriots didn’t include the scores of Alex Wahl. But that wasn’t the case this spring. Homewood needed Wahl’s contributions and he delivered. Wahl fired rounds of 70 and 69 to finish fourth am...

10/04/2025

https://www.otmj.com/the-cook-store-turns-50-an-interview-with-proprietor-wesley-lassen/

By Lee Hurley It’s official, The Cook Store is now qualified to join AARP. Opened by Sam Franks in 1975, he later sold it to Betty Knight who changed the name to The Cook Store and, in 1999, sold it to Wesley Lassen, where our story begins. Wesley was born and raised in Mountain Brook, […]

06/02/2025

https://www.otmj.com/legendary-mountain-brook-city-manager-sam-gaston-announces-his-retirement/

Growing up in Russellville, Alabama, the son of a Baptist minister, Sam Gaston knew he wanted to do something in service to people. “I didn’t hear the scripture call,” Gaston says, “but I knew I wanted to serve in some way.”

Growing up in Russellville, Alabama, the son of a Baptist minister, Sam Gaston knew he wanted to do something in service to people. “I didn’t hear the scripture call,” Gaston says, “but I knew I wanted to serve in some way.” Now almost 32 years after coming to Mountain Brook as the city’...

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