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Man charged in connection to SLP drug deal gone bad

By Tammy Sakry on May 17, 2013 at 7:05 am

The Anoka County Attorney’s Office has charged a 34-year-old Fridley man with two felony counts after a drug deal went bad in Spring Lake Park.

 
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Kraus-Hartig VFW to celebrate new look

By Tammy Sakry on May 15, 2013 at 1:12 pm

The Kraus-Hartig VFW Post has a new look and will celebrate its makeover with a re-grand opening May 18.

 
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SLP council adds second citizens comment period to the agenda

By Tammy Sakry on May 13, 2013 at 7:00 am

To allow citizens to talk more freely about issues that concern them, the Spring Lake Park City Council considered replacing its “discussion from the floor” with an non-televised comment period prior to the meeting.

 
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SLP Planning Commission to be reduced

By Tammy Sakry on May 11, 2013 at 7:02 am

Next year the Spring Lake Park Planning Commission will be shrinking.

 
Jim Kusler gives a tour of the antique outboard motor collection of his grandfather Leonard Pangburn, a longtime Spring Lake Park resident until his death last year. Some of the motors date back to the early 1900s.Photo by Tammy Sakry

Restored outboard motors mark late SLP man’s passion

By Tammy Sakry on May 11, 2013 at 7:00 am

Leonard Pangburn could not be at the annual Antique Outboard Motor Club meeting, so his fellow club members decided to have the meeting at the late Spring Lake Park man’s home on Laddie Lake May 4.

 
Eighty senior citizens attended the 12th annual senior safety and wellness fair May 2 at the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View (SBM) Fire Station No. 3 in Blaine. One session led by Kelly Lindell, owner of Active Aging, taught various exercises seniors could do throughout the day when they have a few minutes to spare. Photo by Eric Hagen

Senior citizens learn safety and wellness tips

By Eric Hagen on May 10, 2013 at 7:03 am

Local senior citizens were able to refresh their memory or learn valuable safety lessons they never thought of at the 12th annual senior safety and wellness fair in Blaine.

 
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Spring Lake Park plan to update technology in council chambers

By Tammy Sakry on May 9, 2013 at 7:05 am

Spring Lake Park is moving into the modern age with technology updates.

 
No matter what people are hungry for, The Fast Food Guy Mike Frank is ready to deliver. Photo by Tammy Sakry

Delivering on fast food cravings

By Tammy Sakry on May 7, 2013 at 7:00 am

Hungry for a White Castle slider or a McDonald’s egg muffin, but don’t want to leave the house or office? Mike Frank has a solution.

 
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Watershed board takes over ditch jurisdiction

By Peter Bodley on May 3, 2013 at 7:03 am

The Coon Creek Watershed District now has jurisdiction over a county ditch that covers 4.94 miles and is the principal storm water outlet for some 2,900 acres (5.4 miles) of residential, commercial and industrial land in Blaine, Coon Rapids, Fridley and Spring Lake Park.

 
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Work begins on Spring Lake Park pedestrian bridge May 6

By Tammy Sakry on May 2, 2013 at 3:16 pm

The Monday morning commute on Highway 65 could be slow as the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) begins rehabilitating a Spring Lake Park pedestrian bridge.

 
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Organizations that help vets, families recognized

By Eric Hagen on May 1, 2013 at 9:12 am

For the past 16 years, an organization of people who live and work in the communities of Blaine, Ham Lake or Spring Lake Park have been recognizing people who make a difference in these communities.

 
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SLP awards contract for sewer lining

By Tammy Sakry on April 29, 2013 at 7:00 am

The contract to reline three sections of Spring Lake Park’s sewer lines has been awarded.

 
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New dangerous dog ordinance added in SLP

By Tammy Sakry on April 22, 2013 at 7:00 am

The Spring Lake Park City Council is making changes to its ordinance regulating animals kept in the city.

 
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Spring Lake Park changes how it handles false alarms

By Tammy Sakry on April 17, 2013 at 1:28 pm

As a means to save the city money, the city of Spring Lake Park has change its ordinance covering false fire alarms and police calls.

 
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SLP approves purchase of boom truck

By Tammy Sakry on April 15, 2013 at 7:00 am

Spring Lake Park is adding an aerial truck to its fleet.

 
Soon-to-be Lion James Jessen (left) makes the pancakes for the annual Lions Pancake Breakfast April 7 as Lions Eppie Dorsey and Lee Videen make French toast as Leo Katherine Ha waits to take the pancakes and toast to the serving line. Photo by Tammy Sakry

Spring Lake Park Lions serve pancakes to the community

By Tammy Sakry on April 13, 2013 at 7:06 am

The Spring Lake Park Lions Club spent Sunday serving up breakfast to a hungry crowd.

 
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No bids for Spring Lake Park lots

By Tammy Sakry on April 9, 2013 at 7:00 am

The deadline has come and gone with no bids for the four McKinley Street properties that the city of Spring Lake Park was trying to sell.

 
The Patriot Ride is one of three veterans services organizations that will be honored at the April 23 banquet. The ride has been around for seven years with the home base being at Ham Lake Lions Park the last three years. File photo by Eric Hagen

Veterans service organizations to be recognized

By Eric Hagen on April 8, 2013 at 7:00 am

Veterans and the service organizations that help them will be honored at the 16th annual Community Heroes Celebration and Awards Banquet Tuesday, April 23.

 
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Spring Lake Park man remembered in a documentary

By Tammy Sakry on March 27, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Nearly seven months after UPS Driver Keith Basinski was killed in a work place shooting, the story of how he impacted a neighborhood was told.

 
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Special Easter parking approved

By Tammy Sakry on March 25, 2013 at 7:00 am

There will be more parking for people attending Emmanuel Christian Center Easter services.

 
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Guilty plea in SLP road rage incident

By Peter Bodley on March 22, 2013 at 7:01 am

A Coon Rapids man has pleaded guilty in Anoka County District Court to a felony charge following a road rage incident in Spring Lake Park last year.

 
Larry Raymond. File photo

Raymond to fill Spring Lake Park council vacancy

By Tammy Sakry on March 18, 2013 at 11:28 am

Although Larry Raymond only received 7.7 percent of the vote in the last election, he ranked higher with the Spring Lake Park City Council.

 

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