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News Clips: 7/22/10
• Looking to beat the heat at a local community pool? Season passes for Ferguson’s Splash at Wabash and Hazelwood’s White Birch Bay Aquatic Center are now bargain priced! In Hazelwood, the cost of resident passes has dropped to $50 for individuals and $110 for families of four. Non-residents pay just $95 and $180. In [...]
Help keep our rivers clean at Confluence Trash Bash 2010
During 2009, volunteers for the organization Missouri River Relief removed an astounding 57 tons of trash from the Missouri River and her tributaries. That included 636 tires, 370 bags of recyclables, 11 refrigerators and a very long list of other items that have absolutely no business being in our waterways. When you consider that North [...]
Council approves new casino zoning
At last night’s St. Louis County Council meeting, the council voted 4-3 to approve zoning changes for the proposed Riverview Casino at Columbia Bottom. At least twenty people, many representing larger groups, spoke in opposition to the casino. Two people, both representing unions, spoke in favor. Many local residents also called the council prior to [...]
Council votes tomorrow on NoCo casino
I wrote about the proposed Riverview Casino a few weeks ago, and how I and many others believe it’s a bad idea for North County. Well, it all comes down to Tuesday night, when the St. Louis County Council votes on whether to approve the casino’s zoning amendments. In recent years, both the state of [...]
A view of NoCo from the Confluence
In my opinion, St. Louis has done a dreadful job of showcasing one of its finest features: the mighty Mississippi River. Approach the river on 90% of the local shoreline and you’ll find a dismal, dirty view of factories and other commercial operations. That’s if you can even get near the water. St. Louis has [...]
Riverview Casino: a bad idea for NoCo
One of North County’s greatest assets is its natural beauty, and few areas of NoCo are more lovely than the sprawling river bottoms bordering the Mississippi River, not far from Spanish Lake. A development company calling itself North County LLC would like to take these enchanting wetlands, a haven for migratory birds and other wildlife, [...]
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