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VOLUME 9 | ISSUE 2 | NOVEMBER 2020
OF GREYSTONE
Mary Sue Ludwig moved to the community in 1992 to be a young socialite, but ‘it didn’t work out that way’ By JON ANDERSON
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he’s never been elected to municipal office, but that has never stopped people from calling Mary Sue Ludwig the “mayor” of Greystone. The 82-year-old woman has lived in the Greystone community for 28 years and is often one of the first people called upon when important issues arise that affect the affluent community. If a developer wants to build a new subdivision or business near Greystone, she’s usually in the loop. If the state wants to make changes to U.S. 280 or Alabama 119 in that vicinity, Ludwig will know about it. If there are issues with taxes, sewer fees or fire dues, people will call her. And Ludwig is almost always at any public meeting that involves the Greystone community, speaking out on behalf of residents,
See LUDWIG | page A20 Mary Sue Ludwig, the “mayor” of Greystone, stands in the foyer of her home. Ludwig has been a resident of the Greystone community for 28 years. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Family, friendships, blessings
Hoover resident Bob Harrison sits with his Gibson guitar outside his home office in the Shades Mountain community Oct. 6. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Hoover residents find ways to be thankful amid 2020 pandemic
By JON ANDERSON When 2020 began, no one had a clue that a pandemic would cover the globe, infecting more than 40 million people with a novel coronavirus and taking the lives of more than 1.1 million people. Or that as a result of that pandemic, governors and health officers across the
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country would shut down businesses in a multitude of industries, putting more than 14 million additional people out of work and raising the national unemployment rate to 14.4%. The pandemic wreaked temporary havoc on the economy, shut down schools, churches and sporting events, and forced people to isolate themselves from family, friends, coworkers and neighbors.
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The year also brought a wave of social and racial unrest as protesters, rioters and looters took to the streets in cities across America, upset about police treatment of minorities. Communities, including Hoover, became hotbeds of debate over subjects ranging from law enforcement
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Moss Magic
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The Moss Rock Festival will look different for its 15th year — with an alternate location and a touch of “magic.”
Hoover schools Superintendent Kathy Murphy has accepted a new job as president of Gadsden State Community College.
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