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Neighbors Oppose Plans For New Garage, Storage Building & Carwash

2 years 11 months ago
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Residents of Brookside Drive and Glendale Gardens Drive in Glendale are once again up in arms over plans for several additions to a neighboring car dealership. On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Glendale Plan Commission heard from a team at Glendale Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, 10070 Manchester Road. The dealership is requesting a […]
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City to South Grand Residents: We’re Working on Making the Road Safer

2 years 11 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  City officials on Monday told residents concerned about dangerous driving and deadly crashes in and around the South Grand Boulevard business district this summer that help is on the way. Police said they’ve been pulling over more people to enforce traffic laws in the past month. A city planner said his […]
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Approval of Vehicle Infrastructure Plan

2 years 11 months ago
From RiverBender:  The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that the Federal Highway Administration has approved its plan to build a reliable electric vehicle charging network throughout the state. The State of Illinois Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan addresses potential challenges and proposes locations for charging stations to ensure motorists can confidently traverse the state […]
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St. Louis Restaurant Openings and Closings: September 2022

2 years 11 months ago
In the early morning hours of September 19, Paul and Wendy Hamilton got a call that would upend not only their lives, but the lives of their staff, regular guests and the St. Louis dining scene as a whole: Their beloved mainstay, Vin De Set had caught fire, catastrophically damaging the restaurant's indoor and outdoor space, special events rooms and the pizzeria, PW Pizza, that was also located in the building. What will come of the tragedy remains unclear — will they rebuild Vin De Set as it was?
Cheryl Baehr

New Buildings, Renovations Planned For Meramec Campus

2 years 11 months ago
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  St. Louis Community College this week provided a glimpse into the future of its aging Meramec campus in Kirkwood, outlining millions of dollars in reinvestment over the next five years and highlighted by the construction of three new buildings. System wide, St. Louis Community College has budgeted for more than $400 million […]
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Shoppers are Returning to Malls

2 years 11 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  You know the cliché: Shopping malls are desolate and deserted places, inhabited only by elderly walkers and a few sad stores desperately clinging to life among the cobwebs and decay. And that is true of some malls. And it is very much not true of others. Malls have been on a […]
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Best High Schools in St. Louis Area, According to New Ranking

2 years 11 months ago
Everyone knows that St. Louisans love to ask where you went to high school. Well, now there’s a new list to pair with your high school questions. Founded in 2002, the Pittsburgh-based website, Niche, has served as a leader in school rankings from the elementary to college level.
Benjamin Simon

12-year-old girl missing from Florissant home

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - An endangered person advisory has been issued for a missing 12-year-old girl. Police said Dani Allen went missing Monday at 7 p.m. from her home in the 14000 block of Old Halls Ferry Road in Florissant. She is described as being 5'8" and 140 pounds, with black hair and brown [...]
Monica Ryan

CMT and Partners to Transform East St. Louis Transit Center

2 years 11 months ago
From Mass Transit:  On the heels of the recent opening of the “Transit Stop Transformation Project” at the Belleville Transit Center and the unveiling of the one at the North Hanley Transit Center set for mid-October – Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis, St. Clair County Transit District and Metro Transit today […]
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Developer Eying Rehab of Railway Exchange Building is Identified

2 years 11 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A New York developer is eyeing redevelopment of one of downtown St. Louis’ biggest vacant buildings. The 1.2 million-square-foot Railway Exchange Building, the former flagship location and headquarters of Famous-Barr department stores, at 615 Olive St. is being considered for a project by Brooklyn-based Carnegie Management Inc., people familiar with […]
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Community Invited To Help Plan For The Future Of Edwardsville School District #7   

2 years 11 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 is launching an effort to bring the entire D7 community together to develop goals and priorities to improve its schools. ENGAGE District 7, created as part of the implementation of District 7’s strategic plan, is a team of district employees and stakeholders. Engage District 7 is hosting a series of community engagement meetings for your input on how to meet the facility needs for all District 7 students now and in the future. The program is designed to ensure the district’s work in the future is guided by a facility improvement plan developed “ For Our Community By Our Community .” Parents, staff, and community members are encouraged to participate in ENGAGE District 7. As part of the program, a two-part series of community engagement sessions will kick off on Wednesday, Oct. 12. During these sessions, participants will learn more about planning priorities for D7 facilities and will engage wit

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