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Florissant business supporting St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the city March 15

   

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Florissant Teams up with Citian for Infrastructure Scanning plan

City of Florissant Launches Citywide Infrastructure Scanning Initiative to Improve...

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North County Inc. to award local leaders

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KIDS NIGHT AT FABULOUS FOX THEATER (Prior to performance of STOMP at 7:30 MARCH 6)

           

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Tom Anselm Talks Gun Control

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:April 22, 2021
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Crime/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Law Enforcement/Missouri

Fear & Loathing in a Neighborhood Near You? By Tom Anselm Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more and more violent crime and illegal activity…

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Proper Footwear with Tom

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:March 9, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Florissant/Hazelwood/Health / Seniors/Missouri/Sports

A BOOMER’S JOURNAL If the Shoes Fit, Best to Go For It Consider this movie trailer for today’s discussion. “In a world of chaos, sickness, political upheaval and snow storms…

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Take the Covid Plunge

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:February 25, 2021
  • Post category:Alton, IL/BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/Health / Seniors/ILLINOIS/Missouri

Boomer's Journal IT’S JUST A SHOT AWAY So, were The Rolling Stones prescient or what? Back in 1969 when that iconic anti-Beatles rock group came out with the song “Gimme…

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A Boomer’s Journal…Let Me Be Your Servant, Too

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  • Post published:February 11, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel

A BOOMER’S JOURNAL........ Let Me Be Your Servant, Too A few months ago, I was cleaning out my top drawer, something that was sorely needed. I found a small prayerbook,…

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The Light will Guide us

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  • Post published:December 17, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists

A Boomer's Journal... Out of the Darkness There Comes a Great Light In the Creation account, the earth came first. And, on this first day, to dispel the darkness, so…

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Where has the Time Gone?

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:December 1, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Florissant

Boomer's Journal: The Older I Get, The Faster Things Go! I was filling up my medicine thingie the other day, you know, the one with SMTWThFS on it. And I…

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A Thanksgiving to Remember

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  • Post published:November 20, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Health / Seniors

A THANKSGIVING LIKE NO OTHER But We Still Have Each Other Umm, thanks. I realize that may sound a bit non-plused, but it’s the best I can do today. I…

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Enjoy October’s Traits

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  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel

A Boomer’s Journal: Awesomeness of the Tenth Month And so, October comes. Wait, WHAT!? October? Are you even kidding me? How could that be, and what happened to September? (Parenthetically,…

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The Covid-Coaster

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  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

A Hitchhikers Guide to COVID: When Will We Get the Whole Story? So here we are, you and I and the world, nearly seven months since the weirdest illness in…

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A Boomer’s Journal

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  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

PART II: Beginnings and Journeys, We Always Get Through It In the last installment for this space, talked about the history of how we got to where we are today.…

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