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Remember Memorial Day and all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for Our Freedom

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St. Louis Zoo Reopened Monday

Extensive tree damage at St. Louis Zoo after Storm, Still...

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Ferguson Twilight Run is Saturday May 17

Runners and walkers will enjoy one mile, 5K (3.1 miles)...

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Pond and Water Garden on June 21,22

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Hotel Transylvania: Reservations

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By Sandra Olmsted It would seem that one can never escape the Twilight saga, and director Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania provides another riff on vampires and humans coexisting. After his…

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Mark Your Calendar

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Friday, October 5 Rummage Sale at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 33 N. Clay (at Darst) in Ferguson. 5 - 7:30 p.m. Also Saturday, Oct. 6, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.…

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Mayor Schneider’s Budget Includes 2% Wage Hike For Full-time City Employees

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By Carol Arnett Florissant Mayor Thom Schneider presented his proposed 2013 budget to the Florissant City Council, which dips into the reserves in order to balance the budge.  The city’s…

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Rotary Club Gives Over 625 Dictionaries to HSD 3rd Graders

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More than 625 third grade students in the Hazelwood School District have new dictionaries donated by the Rotary Club of Florissant. For the second year, the Rotary Club was awarded…

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Hazelwood West High Inducts 3 Into Its Hall of Fame Including NY Yankees Pitcher

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The Hazelwood West High School athletics department inducted three new members into the Hall of Fame on  Sept. 22. The new class includes Daniel Callahan, class of 1991; Linda (Ferder)…

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Florissant Girl Advances in All-American Miss Competition

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Florissant's six-year-old Marysa Louise Reed became a National Finalist last month when she won two prestigious titles in the "Miss Missouri" State Pageant, hosted by National American Miss (NAM) in…

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City Attorney John Hessel Named ‘Municipal Lawyer of the Year’

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Florissant City Attorney John Hessel has been named as "St. Louis' Best Municipal Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer review publications…

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Hawthorne Players Again Present ‘Voices of Valhalla’

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“Voices of Valhalla”  will be heard again this year when Hawthorne Players and Valhalla Cemetery and Chapel present a “Hayride Through Time” at Valhalla Cemetery on St. Charles Rock Road. …

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Hazelwood Outlines Area Tax Rate; Looks to Improve Summer School

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By Jeremy Thomas At a meeting that lasted just over an hour, the Hazelwood School District Board of Education heard several topics that were presented in front of a fairly…

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Ferguson-Florissant Students Eat Healthy with New Salad Bar

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One way schools can make sure that students have access to healthy food options is to implement the use of salad bars in school cafeterias. The United Research and Education…

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