Hundreds of shoppers lined up for the grand opening of the new Sunflower Farmers Market in Land Park Center on May 16. Some shoppers arrived as early as 3:30 a.m. to be among the first 50 customers to tour the store, purchase items and receive a bag of free groceries.
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Food, music and fun was had at the May Festival, which included a preschool open house, a preschool puppet show, maypole festivities and a K-8 open house. The school is located at 5701 Freeport Blvd., www.camelliawaldorf.org, 427-5022
An observant Curtis Park resident was briskly walking the track around William Curtis Park when she witnessed a man backing his Ford Ranger up to a huge pile of shredded bark meant for the children’s playground. She thought to herself, “What a shame to steal from the City and the children of our community.”
She dialed [...]
Architectural design is a subject I don’t know a whole lot about. I ain’t gonna lie. But I know cool Mid-Century Modern when I see it. “Hey, look at that cool building!” I always just called it “retro” or “old school”.
I decided to get schooled on everything Mid-Century Modern by local MCM enthusiast Gretchen Steinberg. [...]
When Capitol Nursery, the popular fixture on Freeport Blvd since 1931, vacated their property last August they left a deserted lot with gobs of property. The land was scooped up by Raley’s Supermarket and that’s when the rumors started to fly. Some folks in the neighborhood as well as some Raley’s employees were pontificating that [...]
