August 2023 | Volume 11 | Issue 10
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School days return Hoover students to see new faces, capital improvements, academic focus for 2023-24 school year By JON ANDERSON
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s the summer break comes to a close and students head back to Hoover public schools on Aug. 10, they’ll see some new faces in leadership positions and find some changes to their physical surroundings. One of the most visible changes in leadership is at Hoover High School, which has a new principal. Jennifer Hogan has taken the helm of the Buccaneer ship, following the retirement of John Montgomery. Hogan is a familiar face to many in the Hoover community, having worked at Hoover High for 12 years, including 10 as assistant principal, before “retiring” in 2021. She is the first person to take the principal job who has a history as a Buccaneer student.
See BACK TO SCHOOL | page 30 Jennifer Hogan, the newly appointed principal at Hoover High School, stands in the school’s courtyard. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Church at Ross Bridge ready to break ground for relocation
The Rev. Nathan Carden walks through the partial clearing of where the new Church at Ross Bridge will be built. Photo by Erin Nelson.
By JON ANDERSON The Church at Ross Bridge has been meeting in the Ross Bridge community for 11 years since relocating from Lakeshore Drive and changing its name from Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Now the congregation is preparing for another move. Only this time, the church isn’t going far — just down the street by the Sawyer Trail sector of Ross Bridge. In 2012, the Church at Ross Bridge started
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renting space in the Ross Bridge Welcome Center in the commercial section of the community. Shortly after former Lead Pastor John Mount retired from his role in 2017, the church decided to buy the welcome center and renovated the roughly 8,800-square-foot space to better suit the church’s needs, current Pastor Nathan Carden said. That facility functions very well, but they’re running out of space, Carden said.
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Library Theatre
Football Preview
See the Hoover Library Theatre’s 2023-24 lineup.
Bucs, Jaguars gear up for the 2023 season.
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