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Nature Institute Offers Birthday Parties

2 years 3 months ago
GODFREY – The Nature Institute is now offering birthday parties to families in the Riverbend area. TNI is a favorite location for many families! Now, with the addition of staff-led birthday parties, you can even come out here to celebrate in nature. With a variety of themes to choose from, our nature-based birthday parties are sure to be a hit for your outdoorsy child. Your party will take place completely outdoors with an experienced educator to assist you. Each party consists of 1 hour of staff led activities, 1 hour of self-led time (cake, gifts, playground, etc.), lodge seating for up to 30 people, and a birthday gift from TNI for the birthday child.Themes will adjust with the seasons, with winter parties taking place in our indoor classroom. Customize your birthday party by adding on a cozy campfire or s’mores experience.Birthday parties are offered mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. You will need to check our booking calendar to find dates that are available. www.thenatureinstitute.org/book-a-birthday-party/

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Protest Targets SLU Plan to Tear Down Former Mill Creek Valley Buildings

2 years 3 months ago
In the past few years, St. Louis has finally begun reckoning with its destruction of the Black neighborhood that once filled what's now Midtown — thanks in large part to local author Vivian Gibson's luminous memoir, The Last Children of Mill Creek. An art installation near Citypark even marks the once-thriving community, razed in the name of "urban renewal." Saint Louis University apparently didn't get the memo.
Sarah Fenske

Did recalled Missouri cannabis products pose health risks? Regulators aren’t sure

2 years 3 months ago
Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults. The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer called Delta Extraction. Delta Extraction is fighting to get the Aug. 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk…
Rebecca Rivas

St. Charles County Council passes property tax freeze for seniors

2 years 3 months ago
On Monday night, the St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a property tax freeze for area seniors. It was made possible after the state legislature passed a bill last session allowing for cities and counties to help out aging homeowners on fixed incomes. This property tax freeze would start next year and would be based on those property values for all St. Charles County residents 62 and older. The St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said there has been some pushback from schools…
Laura Barczewski