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Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

Walmart, Cold Water School Teamup for Wellnss Festival at the...

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“The Heidi Chronicles” coming to town

NJT Presents the Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ May 29-June...

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Tony Award for the Muny; New seasons Opens June 16 with “Bring It On”

The Muny Will Receive the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award...

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A 2021-2022 School Year Poem for the Children

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  • Post published:September 2, 2021
  • Post category:Alton, IL/Arts/BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Education/Entertainment / Travel/Events/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/Health / Seniors/Historic/ILLINOIS/Missouri/School News

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Olympic Perspectives……. ……… Plus & Not So Plus

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  • Post published:August 19, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Events/Sports

Olympic Perspectives....... ......... Plus & Not So Plus By Tom Anselm Did you watch the Olympics a few weeks ago? Jill and I got in some couch time as these…

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Florissant City Council Aug. 9, 2021

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  • Post published:August 13, 2021
  • Post category:City Government/Columnists/Florissant/Missouri

Importing Cars, Electric Car Charging, 2 Separate Public Hearings Held in Florissant By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council met in the council chambers last week for their first August…

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Dining Divas

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  • Post published:August 6, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel

Southern Boy Meets Local Girl and Opens Who Dat’s   By Lisa Kampeter Fun. That’s what the latest Dining Divas outing was. All around fun. From the car ride to…

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The Muny Opens 2021 Season

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  • Post published:July 27, 2021
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Smokey Joe's Cafe' Returns Love To the St. Louis Neighborhood By Pat Lindsey After an intermission that lasted 714 nights, The Muny finally reopened with the show that is perfect…

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Virtual People Facing A Brave New World

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  • Post published:July 23, 2021
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Virtual People Facing A Brave New World Lots has been studied and written about the after-effects of the last two years as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and the…

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Dining Divas Visit Napoli III

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  • Post published:July 6, 2021
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The Dining Divas Hit the Streets of St. Charles   By Lisa Kampeter   It has been quite some time since I’d been to Café Napoli in Clayton, but I…

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Time to Consider Other Options To Curb Increasing Gun Violence

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  • Post published:June 24, 2021
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Time to Consider Other Options To Curb Increasing Gun Violence By Rance Thomas As I stated in an article a few weeks ago, something needs to be done about gun…

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Before Trinity, State Boys Soccer Ruled Aquinas, Rosary

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  • Post published:June 24, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Features/FloValley Sports/Historic/School News/Sports

Before Trinity, State Boys Soccer Ruled Aquinas, Rosary By Jim Wieners While Trinity Catholic won four state sports titles in the final three years of the now closed high school’s…

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Dining Divas Enjoy Dining, Dancing at El Mezon

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  • Post published:June 3, 2021
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The Dining Divas Add Singing, Dancing, Comradery to the Menu It was really enjoyable meeting up with the Dining Divas in person once again, and because it was May, keeping…

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