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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Frugal Families

Border's Going Out of Business Sales Leads This Weekend's Deals

Other deals on sandwiches, car items and bowling last until the end of the month.

Borders Bookstores 25 S County Center Way and 10990 Sunset Hills Plz, Both in St. Louis Blimpie’s 2201 Michigan Avenue Batteries Plus 3567 Ritz Center, Mehlville Easton Adams Tire and Auto 3623 Lemay Ferry Road, Mehlville Du Bowl Lanes 2711 Lemay Ferry Road, Mehlville

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Grab & Go: Lock-ins, CANstruction and the Circus

From a teen lock-in to girls' night out, the circus to canned food sculptures, take your pick of things to do and see with the family this week.

This weekend, drop your teens off at the YMCA overnight to give yourself a night off, or make some quality bonding time with a girls' night out. If you don't mind going out of town, catch the Moolay Shrine Circus up in St. Charles, or go to the St. Louis Science Center to see canned food scupltures. Have a better idea for family fun this week? We'd love to hear about it—leave a comment for everyone to see.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Comments in Patchland

Patch Reader Asks: Where the is the Spoiler Alert?

Patch readers bless us every week with smart, informative comments online, on the Patch websites. Take a read here this week.

The Rep's 'Macbeth': Why do reviewers insist on RUINING all possibility of surprise by giving a complete summary of a play without warning readers of SPOILERS? How will a person who has never read or seen this piece of theatre get the experience of it with all of the details printed in black and white? ARGH. - Tristan, Kirkwood-Webster Groves Patch Upgrading Plaza Madrid in Florissant: Tear it all down and plant trees. It is disgusting. - B. Burns, Florissant Patch  Ritz-Carlton Fined on Smoking Ban: Second-hand smoke is harmful to the health of others. There is no safe level of second-hand smoke. Setting aside areas for smokers has been proved ineffective. This should be a no-brainer. Whole countries in Europe are going smoke-free. Why is…

Thursday, February 17, 2011

PatchCast: Patch News Video

PatchCast: Two Suspects Arrested for Area Copper Thefts

Also, Borders bookstores in Chesterfield and Ballwin are closing and Arnold residents discuss the red light camera ban.

Chesterfield Borders Will Close by End of April: The Borders in Chesterfield Mall will close as part of the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reoganization. The store will continue to recognize gift cards and its rewards program.  Pet-Saving Technology Comes to Kitty’s Rescue: A family cat is expected to make a full recovery following a basement fire thanks to oxygen mask kits recently donated to the the Webster Groves Fire Department in memory of city employee Steve Sawers. Police Arrest Two Suspects in Connection With Copper Thefts: Police say the suspects entered vacant Brentwood and Sunset Hills homes over the past several weeks and stole copper pipes from inside. Every home had a "For Sale" sign in the yard. The suspects also stole …

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