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Walmart’s Plan for Water Detention Is a Concern of Residents, Council Members

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By Samantha Sonderen   Discussion of plans for a new Walmart dominated the Florissant City Council meeting on March 12. Members spent more than an hour purposing questions to Jeff…

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McCluer North Repeats As Class 5 State Boys Basketball Champions

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  • Post published:March 13, 2012
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By Jim Wieners McCluer North Boys Basketball Head Coach Randy Reed has taken the Stars to the Class Five State Tournament at Mizzou Arena, on the University of Missouri campus…

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Nominees Sought for NCI Annual Awards; Breakfast is May 18

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  • Post published:March 7, 2012
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North County Incorporated (NCI) will celebrate 35 years of service to the North County community at our Annual Breakfast on Friday, May 18 at the St. Louis Airport Marriott at…

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Hazelwood Skate/BMX Park at White Birch Park Opens March 17

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Opening Day for the 2012 season at Hazelwood Skate/BMX Park in White Birch Park is set for Saturday, March 17, from noon to 5.  Everyone who comes out and uses…

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Nixon appoints Lawson School Interpreter to State Board

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  • Post published:March 7, 2012
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently appointed Geneva Shearburn to the Board of Certification of Interpreters (BCI). Shearburn works for Special School District (SSD) as an educational interpreter for the deaf…

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Middle School Student Wins Design Contest

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Sanket Patel, a seventh-grade student at Hazelwood Central Middle School, is the winner of the Hazelwood School District PTA Council’s annual T-shirt design contest for the PTA Council Scholarship Run-Walk.…

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Ferguson-Florissant Names RaShawn Johnson the 2012 Teacher of the Year

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RaShawn Johnson, a reading teacher at Berkeley Middle School, is the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Teacher of the Year. A small cadre of administrators gathered together this afternoon to make the…

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Hazelwood Middle, High School Students Perform at Des Lee Music Festivals

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Almost 150 middle and high school students from the Hazelwood School District took part in the 2012 Des Lee Middle and High School Music Festivals at the University of Missouri-St.…

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Annual St. Pat’s Day Dinner Will be served at Shrine Mar. 17

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Old St. Ferdinand Shrine will be hosting its annual St. Patrick's Lunch/Dinner from 11 to 6  (unless the food is gone earlier) on Saturday, March 17, Home-cooked corned beef, potatoes,…

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Ferg-Flor. Free Preschool Enrollment Now Open

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Ferg-Flor. Free Preschool Enrollment Now Open Enrollment is now open for the Ferguson-Florissant School District free half-day preschool for children who live in the District.  Classes are held in ten…

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