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New Year’s Celebrated half-Day Earlier at Florissant’s Annual Senior Party Our New Year’s celebration always includes the New Year’s Eve Party at the Florissant Civic Center. The party begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. with a toast at noon. It’s a good time had by all with dancing to The St. Charles […]

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Despite Flooding, Contamination ConcernsResidents Celebrated with Local Events By Bob Lindsey 2022 marked a year of change and adjustments in the Florissant Valley area. Better results with COVID vaccines resulted in fewer business restrictions and event cancellations. Residents had to deal with more highway and road construction with the I-270 North Project infrastructure upgrades and […]

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Florissant Council Honors Tim Lee By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council met for its only December meeting this week after the Dec. 26 meeting was cancelled. The council had two public hearings scheduled, but both were postponed. The council paused for a moment to remember former councilman Tim Lee, who died recently. Several council […]

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The Dining Divas Check Out a “Dive” in Clayton Just because I couldn’t remember the name of the last Dining Diva’s restaurant a week after we’d visited shouldn’t mean that it was forgettable. It’s more about my “plate being too full” (see what I did there?). And any place with the word “dive” in it […]

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New Joint Venture at old St. Louis Mills will Include both Sports Complex plus Office Park A real estate developer from Ohio , Industrial Commercial Properties has purchased the former St. Louis Mills Mall and plans to turn it into an industrial office park while continuing to develop PowerPlex sports complex at the Hazelwood complex. […]

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City Not Expecting Any Trouble with New Business                        By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council met for the second November meeting Monday at City Hall and held one public hearing about a proposal to open a billiard parlor at 1165 N. Highway 67.  Darryl Wallace, the owner of the business, spoke to the council […]

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2nd Annual Miracle on St. Francois Street Nov. 26 Includes Kids Events, Santa, Live Music & More Mayor Tim Lowery along with the Florissant Valley of Flowers, Florissant Old Town Partners and Old St. Ferdinand Shrine have announced the 2nd Annual Miracle on St. Francois Street will be held Saturday, Nov. 26 from noon to […]

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Thomas O’Donnell Takes Pat Mulcahy’s Position on the Florissant City Council   Mayor Tim Lowery has appointed Thomas O’Donnell as councilman for Ward 6 and will represent the people of Ward 6 until the April 2023 election when Thomas will have the opportunity to run for Ward 6 Councilman. The position became vacant after Pat […]

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Councilman Steps Down to Take City Economic Director Job By Carol Arnett Council 6 Councilman Patrick Mulcahy has resigned from the city council to take a job with the city as Economic Director. Mayor Timothy Lowery asked the council to approve Tom O’Donnell as the councilman until the April 2023 election. O’Donnell ran O’Donnell Pharmacy […]

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Greater North County Chamber to Celebrate The 2023 Business Person of the Year Dec.2 2023 Zykan Family Legacy Winner will be Awarded The Greater North County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the 2023 Business Person of the Year and the 2023 Zykan Family Legacy Award Winner at Nite of Stars on Friday, Dec. 2 at […]

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MoDOT to Completely Close New Florissant Rd. Between Dunn and Pershall Roads, Nov. 18-20 Drivers who regularly use New Florissant Road (Route N) at I-270 should be aware of this upcoming weekend closure. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will completely close New Florissant Road between Dunn Road and Pershall Road in both directions and […]

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Army Corps of Engineers Holding Town Hall on Radiation Findings at Jana School New information from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding their testing at Jana Elementary was scheduled to be heard Tuesday night (Nov. 15) at the Hazelwood School Board meeting. (Prior to The Independent News print deadline.) USACE will also hold a […]

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Florissant Performing Arts Center Presents Hawthorne Player’s 75th Anniversary Finale          by Pat Lindsey The Hawthorne Players is currently presenting its final main show of its 75th season with the award-winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” It’s an excellent choice to showcase the recently renamed Florissant Performing Arts Center’s new […]

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Corps of Engineers Continue to Sample Soil Around Jana School The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District mobilized contractor, Leidos, was still sampling both inside and outside Jana Elementary School in Florissant over the weekend and into this week. See picture. “We are in the process of collecting samples throughout the entire property […]

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Florissant OKs Cooking Area For Restaurant; Denies Liquor License to Lounge By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council met for the second October meeting recently in council chambers and issued three proclamations at the meeting. The first declared the city a Purple Heart City.  The second was for domestic violence awareness, and the third for […]

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Hazelwood School District Bond Issue Gets Endorsement from GNC Chamber The Greater North County Chamber endorses Hazelwood School District Proposition H (Prop H) initiative on the Nov. 8 2022 ballot. The bond issue if approved would: fund safety and security improvements; updates and renovations to athletic/activity facilities; classroom technology and network upgrades; purchase new school […]

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The Dining Divas Roll the Dice with A New Restaurant…. It Paid Off By Lisa Kampeter    It was a lucky guess on where to go for this month’s Dining Divas. Usually we go with recommendations from people, but as we struggled to agree on a place, I decided to let google come through for […]

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Florissant Truck or Treat Locations for 2022 Florissant Elks 2316 annual Trunk-or-Treat, 16400 New Halls Ferry Rd., will happen on Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. Cross Keys Baptist Church Trunk-orTreat, 14255 New Halls Ferry Rd., will happen on Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. Saint Andrew United Methodist Church, 3975 US-67 (in Old Jamestown) will hold […]

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Jane School To Close After New Report of Radioactive Contamination   The Hazelwood School District announced Tuesday night at its board meeting that Jana Elementary School will close. Students will switch to virtual learning for the remainder of the current semester Remote learning will start on Oct. 24. The decision was announced following a report stating […]

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                    Florissant City Budget For 2023 at $43 Million; $17.1  Million in Reserve     By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council’s first October meeting (Oct. 10) was a short one, but the council did issue a proclamation and hold a public hearing. On the 2023 city budget The Council issued a proclamation for Hispanic Heritage […]

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