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Pond and Water Garden on June 21,22

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May & June events around Town

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Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

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Enough to Make A Horse Laugh

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(Special to the Independent News) There’s an old Texas saying, “If ya’ done it, it ain’t braggin.” When seven-year-old Josh successfully guided his horse over the summit of the ‘mountain’…

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Hazelwood’s Snow Plow Operators Keep Roads Passable During Big Storm

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(special to the Independent News) Hazelwood’s snow removal operation kicked into gear and provided 32 hours of continuous snow plowing during the onset of the area’s worst winter storm in…

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Jamestown Mall: Thanks for 40 Years of Memories

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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm For most of my adult life, and certainly all of my married life, Jamestown Mall has always been there. It originally opened in 1973,…

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Sunday’s After Game Sherman Antics Help Manning & Broncos

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  • Post published:January 22, 2014
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Well, the big game is set. It’s the Broncos and the Seahawks as you well know. Going into the games last week there were so many story lines that I…

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SL Black Film Festival Pays Homage to Sidney Poitier

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February is Black History Month, and to help celebrate, The St. Louis Black Film Festival will be presenting a Tribute to the 86-year old Sidney Poitier at their Classic Black Film Festival.…

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Nut Job: Fun, But Politically Uneven

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By Sandra Olmsted In director Peter Lepeniotis’ Nut Job, an ambitious extension of his 2005 animated short, “Surly Squirrel,” Surly (voice of Will Arnett), a lazy, reckless, and self-centered individual,…

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Hazelwood Central Boys Basketball Takes 10-1 Record To Busy Weekend

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By Jim Wieners Despite starting 2014 very slowly Hazelwood Central Boys Basketball is enjoying a 10-1 start to the season after ending 2013 with an 8-1 record and winning two…

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Incarnate Word Continues Girl Hoop Dominance, Win Streak Hits 46

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By Jim Wieners In Missouri High School Girls Basketball There is Incarnate Word Academy and there is everybody else. Incarnate Word Academy, a school that currently holds a Missouri State…

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After Several Delays, CVS Pharmacy Gets Florissant Nod

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By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council has approved the bill that authorizing a CVS Pharmacy at the corner of New Florissant Rd. and Dunn Rd., near I-270. There is…

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‘Flat Louis’ Visits Meetings

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The St. Louis Archdiocese is celebrating the City of St. Louis' 250th birthday by celebrating the city's patron saint: St. Louis IX, King of France.  A cartoon representation of St.…

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