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Walk in the Garden series offered at Bunker Hills

By Community Contributor on May 23, 2013 at 7:02 am

The University of Minnesota Extension - Anoka County Master Gardener volunteer program is sponsoring A Walk in the Garden educational series of gardening classes at the Bunker Hills Activities Center, 550 Bunker Lake Blvd. N.W.

 
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Blaine Just For Kix performs at Radio Disney event

By Community Contributor on May 23, 2013 at 7:01 am

The Blaine-area Just For Kix program participated in Feed the Need, an event organized by Radio Disney and the Girl Scouts of River Valleys at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds May 4.

 
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New Horizon Academy partners with MacPhail Center for Music

By Community Contributor on May 23, 2013 at 7:00 am

New Horizon Academy has selected MacPhail Center for Music as the primary music provider for New Horizon’s learning enrichment program.

 
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Page and Stage set for June 9

By Community Contributor on May 22, 2013 at 4:19 pm

Anoka County Library, in partnership with the Lyric Arts Theater, will present a Page and Stage performance of Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” Sunday, June 9, noon, at the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage.

 
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Volunteers needed at homeless shelter

By Community Contributor on May 22, 2013 at 4:17 pm

Volunteers are needed by Stepping Stone Emergency Housing, the only homeless shelter in Anoka County that accepts single homeless adults.

 
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Union Looking Back for May 24, 2013

By Kelly Johnson on May 22, 2013 at 1:25 pm

Union Looking Back for May 24, 2013

 
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Life Looking Back for May 24, 2013

By Kelly Johnson on May 22, 2013 at 1:24 pm

Life Looking Back for May 24, 2013

 
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Twins Hall of Famer Rod Carew to headline chamber luncheon

By Community Contributor on May 21, 2013 at 7:00 am

It has been an Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce tradition to bring in former Minnesota Twins greats whose number have been retired by the team.

 
Legacy Christian Academy senior Renee Scheil made the transition from shortstop to outfielder after breaking her left wrist during the season opener. Photo by Bill Jones

Photos of the Week for May 17

By ABC Newspapers on May 20, 2013 at 12:52 pm

Photos of the Week for May 17, 2013

 
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Click It or Ticket seat belt effort

By Community Contributor on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 am

Motorists and passengers should make sure they are buckled up as extra Click It or Ticket seat belt patrols take place not only in Anoka County, but statewide May 20-June 2.

 
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ABCs of fitness for seniors

By Community Contributor on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 am

Seniors centers from Anoka, Blaine and Coon Rapids are joining together for a National Fitness Day event this month.

 
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Master gardeners’ fundraising plant sale set

By Community Contributor on May 18, 2013 at 7:00 am

The University of Minnesota Extension - Anoka County Master Gardener volunteers will have their annual fundraising plant sale Wednesday, May 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Anoka Armory, 408 E. Main St., Anoka.

 
Residents of Golden Living Center Twin Rivers in Anoka celebrate the facility’s recent five-star rating. Photo submitted

Five stars for Anoka’s GLC-Twin Rivers

By Community Contributor on May 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Golden Living Centers (GLC) Twin Rivers has been included in the five-star category for skilled nursing facilities.

 
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Anoka County history: Biggest golf event at Greenhaven

By Tom Ward on May 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

Kiwanis Meetings, club meetings, dances, political meetings, conventions, charity events, class reunions, wedding receptions, Junior Chamber Christmas time fund raisers for the needy, and so many more, plus all the golf events.

 
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Free memory screening May 18

By Community Contributor on May 16, 2013 at 7:00 am

First Lutheran Church, the Faith Community Nurse Program of Mercy and Unity Hospitals - part of Allina Health - and Anoka County Family Caregiver Connection are hosting a free memory screening, in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association of America at First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, S...

 
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Life Looking Back for May 17, 2013

By Kelly Johnson on May 16, 2013 at 7:00 am

Life Looking Back for May 17, 2013

 
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Foxes topic of Tea Talk

By Community Contributor on May 16, 2013 at 7:00 am

Foxes are the topic of Coon Rapids Senior Services’ May Tea Talk program, titled “Foxy Lady,” which will be presented Wednesday, May 22, 1:30 p.m., at the Coon Rapids Civic Center.

 
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Book Report: Thoughtful, deep book about living, dying

By Dave Wood on May 16, 2013 at 7:00 am

I’m a big cemetery guy. Whenever my wife and I travel to Europe we look in a cemeteries, like Pere La Chaise in Paris, where we spent hours trying to find Edith Piaf’s grave or when we went to the incredibly moving cemetery at Ste-Maire Eglise where the D-Day troops are buried.

 
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Union Looking Back for May 17, 2013

By Kelly Johnson on May 15, 2013 at 2:43 pm

Union Looking Back for May 17, 2013

 
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Blaine car show to raise awareness about relationship violence

By Community Contributor on May 15, 2013 at 2:13 pm

Fans of classic and antique cars, trucks, and motorcycles are invited to attend the Bumpers to Bikes Car Show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the National Sports Center in Blaine.

 
Anoka County Veteran Services Director John Kriesel watches as Myron Laine uses the new automated check-in system at the Anoka County Veteran Services Office in the Anoka County Government Center.

New check-in system for veterans office

By Community Contributor on May 15, 2013 at 2:11 pm

The number of veterans seeking assistance at the Anoka County Veteran Services Office has risen steadily over the past five years, reaching a record 7,100 in 2012.

 
State Reps. Jim Abeler (left) and Jerry Newton discuss veterans legislation on the Minnesota House floor. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota House of Representatives Photography

Newton, Abeler are named to vets housing committee

By Community Contributor on May 14, 2013 at 7:00 am

Rep. Jerry Newton, DFL-Coon Rapids, has been selected by Minnesota House Speaker Paul Thissen to chair the Select Committee on Veterans Housing.

 

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