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Instagram users have posted photos of the new ‘Schnucks’ sign in Maplewood. Also, Thai Table restaurant, in the 7400 block of Manchester, posts that it’s “opening very soon.”
Saint Louis county and the cities it encompasses is going through a tough time with trash. Despite residents’ concerns that almost 59 city garbage trucks are out of service, representing 75 percent of the total fleet, tax hikes have been maintained. The council has confirmed plans to raise waste management taxes by 1c on the dollar, bringing the yearly spend up to $100.
From a photo taken recently and shared by MRH, it looks like about 72 students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights class of 2022. That’s up from the approximately 63 counted in last year’s class of 2021 photo, also taken at the start of the year.
Brentwood School District is ranked 18th in the state, and Maplewood Richmond Heights District is 30th in the 2019 survey. The survey also ranks each school individually in the state.
Traffic was delayed during Monday morning rush hour when a temporary traffic light over Manchester Road at Big Bend sagged into traffic.
The developer of the proposed Boland Place apartments, Joseph Cyr, had agreed with the city to level and seed the vacant property on Saturday, a source said. The work didn’t happen.
Lyndover Elementary, Maplewood, MO
In 1939, our English teacher was brilliant. He taught us creative writing when we did not know what the term meant. He began with the short story and had us bring our favorite short story to class and read it aloud. I used the Mark Twain/Tom Sawyer tale of “Whitewashing the Board Fence” and the class enjoyed my reading.
The closing (for now) of Wong’s Inn, what’s for lease in Maplewood, and ‘in the press’ — (Lisa Clancy, Del Pietro’s, Vitality Bowls) were the most popular posts last week. Here’s the top 10.
Brentwood resident Maureen Wheat was diagnosed with cancer six months ago and is undergoing treatment. She has a Go Fund Me campaign, which she says is her last hope to pay for her treatment. See her campaign here.
At least a couple old maps of Maplewood are on public display. One is at city hall and another is at John Stricker Auto Repair, at 7416 Manchester Road.
Found in the press this past week: the new Schnucks, the ‘Beastwich’ at Bolyards, Rachelle L’Ecuyer’s new job, Ben Poremba’s cooking.
The Maplewood Design and Review Board met Wednesday to discuss requests for commercial alterations and new signs, and residential alterations.
Maplewood pet care supply store, Airedale Antics, will donate 25 percent of all sales this weekend to help a former employee cover her health care expenses before she could begin a new planned job. She was found unresponsive in her home.