Ferguson Farmers Market named #1 in Missouri (again)
More than 50,000 people nationwide cast a vote in the American Farmland Trust’s 2010 America’s Favorite Farmers Market contest, and finally the results are in. The Ferguson Farmers Market has been named the #1 market in the state of Missouri, as well as the #18 medium-sized market in the entire country!! As you may know, [...]
Financial Talk with Thomas: home loan modification
With North County in the midst of a foreclosure crisis and much of the country treading water during this dismal economy, I thought it might be empowering to start exploring possible solutions. A few months back, I happened to meet financial counselor Thomas Nitzsche through UMSL’s Neighborhood Leadership Academy, and he has graciously offered to [...]
Pat Liston performing in Ferguson this Friday
Back in 1975, a local rock band called Mama’s Pride soared to national fame, leaving St. Louis behind to tour with big-name acts like the Allman Brothers, Bob Seger and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Guitarist Pat Liston had founded the band with his brother Danny and four other members in the early 70s, and together they ended [...]
Local homes needed for foreign exchange students
If you can’t travel the world, why not bring to the world to you? The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) is looking to find North County host families for foreign exchange students…but you only have until the end of August to sign up! Two students, one from Mexico and one from Germany, have already [...]
Two fun food events coming up in Ferguson
Good food for a great cause – that’s what you’ll get at Hill Brewing Company on September 2, when the brewpub opens up its Sky Room for a benefit Beer Dinner. For $30, you’ll get a four-course meal and four accompanying beers. And wow, the menu sounds awesome! Appetizers will be made fresh by guest [...]
Rock On! Treasures of the Earth returns to Bridgeton
This may surprise some of you who know me, but I am a total rock hound. Though my creative brain tends to repel anything dealing with science, I’ve always loved collecting unusual stones. And when I attended my first gem and mineral show several years ago, I was hooked! The Machinists Hall in Bridgeton hosts [...]
My NoCo Neighborhood: Spanish Lake
Spanish Lake, the historic North County community bounded by the Missouri River and the great Mississippi, is probably one of the most interesting areas in St. Louis County. Parts of it feel almost unchanged from decades past, with wide, rolling farm fields and quaint old storefronts. Other parts, especially the classic mid-century subdivisions and the [...]
Florissant’s Gittemeier House celebrates 150 years
In 1860, fresh from seven years of mining gold dust in California, Franz Gittemeier returned to St. Louis and built his wife, Gertrude, a stately home. The red brick two-story sat on 50 acres of rich Florissant farmland, and for decades it served as a comfortable residence for the German-born Gittemeiers, their 10 children and [...]
Ferguson Cycling Club hosting local garden tour
After years of being involved in the Ferguson community, I guess you could say I’m a familiar face around town. But for many people, my husband, Keith, is a total mystery. A broadcast engineer for KTVI, he works odd hours and often misses our local meetings and events, but without him I promise you NOCO [...]
Can you bake the perfect All-American Pie?
On a steamy July day four years ago, I saw one of the most magical things ever: a line of 30 people each bringing me a delicious home-baked pie! It was the Ferguson Farmers Market’s first All-American Pie contest, and these ambitious chefs had stopped at nothing to create the perfect sweet-tooth masterpiece for our [...]
423 Tiffin: one crazy cheap Ferguson Victorian
Given the blood, sweat and tears I’ve put into my own house, I can’t imagine someone simply packing up and abandoning their home. But that’s what thousands of Americans are doing these days, faced with rising debts and declining property values. In 2009, nearly one-third of those who faced foreclosure simply walked away. I know, [...]
Tickets go on sale for the Touhill’s fall season
Seven years ago this fall, the Touhill Performing Arts Center opened its doors amid a wee bit of controversy. “Not in North County!” the theater crowd gasped back then. But today, even the NoCo naysayers have come to love this world-class opera house, which once again is rolling out a jam-packed schedule featuring a little [...]
Germanfest returns to the Ferguson Farmers Market!
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from. This Saturday at the Ferguson Farmers Market, everybody will enjoy a little slice of German culture! From 9-11am, the wonderfully quirky Waterloo German Band will set the mood with some rousing oom-pah-pah music, featuring Swiss bells, a 10-foot alpine horn and loads of sweet, [...]
News Clips: 8/4/2010
It’s all about the money in today’s News Clips… • What began as a quiet fundraising effort in 2005 has turned into a $100 million windfall for the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Campus officials announced last week that their Gateway for Greatness campaign has reached its goal two years ahead of schedule, drawing [...]
Where is North County: redefining the NOCO coverage area
A few years ago, a local company drummed up tons of faux controversy when it printed t-shirts that read, “North County is Dangerous.” Hands were wrung. Fingers were wagged. Politicians made the news. But for those of us who actually know North County (unlike the shirt printers), the whole thing was really pretty silly. Because [...]
Healthy Living with Blue: the World is my Gym
The World is my Gym! How a Trip to Walgreens Changed My Life by Blue Tapp Scheffer Who needs to pay for an expensive gym membership and then find time to drive there to work out several times a week? Not me! Last month I described my quest to incorporate fitness into a frenetically busy [...]
Introducing “My NoCo Neighborhood”
As the bad news about foreclosures continues to roll in, and I watch helplessly as my own neighborhood fills up with vacant houses, I can’t help but wonder, “Isn’t there something we can do?” Most of us played no role in creating this mortgage mess, but that doesn’t mean we have to sit by and [...]
Locations in Florissant,
Chesterfield & West Port
Sept 4 "R" Pizza Farm Grilled Pizza Demo 10am, Buy a Bag For the Hungry Day 8am - 12pm, to benefit Operation Food Search, a St. Louis food bank that distributes food to poor & hungry. While you're shopping, buy an extra bag for this worthy cause. Live Music - Dixie Rhythm Kings 9-11am. ALSO 45+ vendors!
Saturdays 8am-2pm in the 2500 block of Woodson Road