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The Art House Coffee off the grid coffee cart was given it’s maiden voyage Wednesday at the Schlafly Farmers Market.
The Brentwood Michaels store found itself in a backlash of mothers who breastfeed their children when a mother asked store employees for a place in the store to breastfeed her daughter, and the employees didn’t follow company policy, at first telling her to go outside. Continue Reading →
That the historic fabric of our community is shrinking is not news. It is inevitable. In the next few blog posts, I’d like to take a look back at some of the buildings we have just recently lost. Continue Reading →
An 18-year-old woman who reportedly had a seizure while driving north on Big Bend Boulevard crashed her pickup truck through a fence and into a backyard in the 7400 block of Gayola Place, in Maplewood, while a father, his two children, and their grandmother watched from the yard, a few feet away. Continue Reading →
Last week, Maplewood Police Chief Steve Kruse, Accreditation Manager Sergeant Michael Martin, Mayor James White and City Manager Marty Corcoran traveled to Schaumburg, IL, to seek accreditation for the Maplewood Police Department from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), Maplewood Chief of Police Steve Kruse reports. Continue Reading →
A Missouri state law establishes the Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday during a three-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on the following Sunday. This year it’s August 1, 2, and 3. Continue Reading →
Employees of the Michaels store in Brentwood told a mother to go outside to breastfeed her daughter, which didn’t sit well with the mother and was against company policy. This all unfolded on Facebook in the past few days. Continue Reading →
Brentwood Chief of Police Dan Fitzgerald made these posts on his informational department website, The Chief’s Desk. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The Maplewood Richmond Heights Board of Education on Monday elected Maplewood resident Wes Robb, 50, to replace Dawn Medina, who resigned from the board in May. Continue Reading →
Following an accident that damaged the former Applegate’s, at 1910 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Brentwood city staff is reviewing proposed work to convert the space into an Einstein Bros. Bagels. Continue Reading →
Chris Bolyard, currently the chef de cuisine at Sidney Street Cafe, Monday signed a lease for 2810 Sutton Boulevard to open a butcher shop called Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions. Continue Reading →
Zillow.com lists homes for sale by price as well as days on the market. These are currently the most expensive listings in our area, according to Zillow. Continue Reading →
Ted Kalb, the third generation to own Kalb Electric, has retired, one of the the new owners said in the shop Friday. Continue Reading →
The Sierra Club Eastern Missouri Group will soon make its move from 7164 Manchester Avenue to 2818 Sutton Boulevard. Continue Reading →
In boats made only of corrugated cardboard, glue and rolls and rolls of duct tape, competitors raced down and back in the Maplewood Aquatic Center Pool Saturday. If they were lucky they didn’t sink. All competitors wore life jackets. Continue Reading →
Pink flamingos in Richmond Heights led all posts the past seven days. More on the McDonald’s closing, a new coach at MRH and aerial photos of the new QuikTrip were also at the top. Continue Reading →