🌱'The Cut' Residents' Flooding Concerns + MB Student Wins Scholarship

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• Residents' concerns over flooding.
• A Mountain Brook High School senior wins a scholarship.
• Rep. David Faulkner passes a bill.

But first, today's weather: Not as warm with a t-storm. High: 70 Low: 59.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Mountain Brook residents that live in the vicinity of an area known as The Cut, a small part of street between Mountain Avenue and Richmar Drive, expressed concerns over flooding during the latest City Council meeting. The meeting also included a general conversation about reviewing the city's "codes and ordinances regarding storm water management." (Village Living)
2. High school senior Jack Heaps has been named the 2023 Class 6A winner of the Larry Striplin Jr. Scholar-Athlete Award, which earns him a $6,500 scholarship. He's a member of the varsity soccer team and also joined the football team late last season. (Village Living)
3. A bill sponsored by Mountain Brook's Rep. David Faulkner unanimously passed the Alabama House of Representatives this week. It would "stipulate that liability for an alcohol-serving establishment would only exist if a worker served a patron 'who was visibly intoxicated.'" It's intended to serve as incentive to servers to not over-serve patrons and to lower the price of liquor liability insurance. (Alabama Daily News)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Washington Update Luncheon — Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (11:30 a.m.)
• Girls Varsity Tennis vs GPS/Chattanooga — MBHS (3 p.m.)
• Girls Varsity Softball at Hueytown — Mountain Brook High School (5 p.m.)
• Writing Workshop with Miriam Calleja — O'Neal Library (5:30 p.m.)
• Boys Varsity Soccer Home vs Indian Springs (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mountain Brook's Ty Davis is on the roster for the 27th annual Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game. (AL.com)
• Mountain Brook Schools is holding its annual student showcase on Oak Street on April 24. (Mountain Brook Schools via Facebook)
• The Chamber of Commerce is celebrating local artist Kim Eriksson with a ribbon cutting on April 17. (Mountain Brook Chamber via Facebook)

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