Sports and Recreation

Playing together, staying together: Three generations of Webers use weekly hockey game to stay in touch

Simply put, Helena resident Bud Weber loves hockey. It takes a special kind of love to have played ...

Home and Food

Neighborhood Pies: Baker’s Famous Pizza is a Bluff Park Favorite

Baker’s Famous Pizza packs a lot of personality for a small space. Located in Shades Mountain Plaza in ...

Home and Food

Suite Retreat: Harding-Smith attic is modern family space

It used to be that attics were dumping grounds for the family Christmas tree, off-season clothing and outdated ...

Health and Beauty

‘Biggest Loser’s’ Gina McDonald to share casting tips at St. Vincent’s East April 8

Gina McDonald of Hoover, former contestant and at-home winner of the NBC weight loss series “The Biggest Loser,” ...

Home and Food

Classroom cafe: Culinary students hone skills at bistro proVare

It’s the calm before the storm at bistro proVare on this particular Wednesday as award winning chef Jason ...

Home and Food

In Grand Style: 2014 Decorators’ ShowHouse returns to Hoover

The 2014 Decorators’ ShowHouse, an annual fundraiser benefitting the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, returns to Hoover this year at ...

Arts and Culture

The composer: Hoover High student immersed in music

Reading Tyler S. Grant’s biographical information is impressive. He’s a renowned composer, Guest Conductor, member of ASCAP (American ...

Locations

Brand New Ballgame: Hoover Met not slowing down after Barons leave stadium

A favorite American pastime, baseball has a way of bringing people together. However, the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium is ...

Home and Food

Ugly duckling no more: Riverchase home undergoes facelift

It’s hard to believe that Mike and Kim Gedgoudas’ Riverchase home was once the ugly duckling of the ...

Arts and Culture

Sew Modern

Stitching together a story with threads of memories and colorful imagery has evolved since older generations created quilts. ...

Home and Food

View from the Top: Bluff Park’s Tip Top Grill steeped in Americana

John Morris was once a frequent customer at Tip Top Grill, the full-service gas station-turned-restaurant perched atop Shades ...

Arts and Culture

From Trash to Treasures: Artist transforms bottle caps and other recycled scraps into one-of-a-kind creations

While a bottle cap may be something to throw out after opening a drink for some, this colorful ...

Home and Food

Gourmet To Go: Ashley Mac’s serves up homestyle favorites

It was Valentine’s Day, and Ashley Deaton McMakin decided to prepare a home-cooked meal for two special people ...

Home and Food

Community building: New Lake Cyrus homes foster neighborly spirit

On Park Side Circle, nestled inside Hoover’s Lake Cyrus community, sits Colleen, one of six single-family home floor ...

Sports and Recreation

Mission accomplished: Hoover High football takes back-to-back state titles

They did it. Again. The 2013 Hoover Bucs captured their second-straight AHSAA Class 6A football state championship with ...

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