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In your face, Scrooge
Trying to watch your spare change over the holidays? During these tough economic times, most folks are.
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County sends out tax notices for coming year
For the county overall, the numbers will increase only slightly, but some individual cities will see some major jolts.
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Afton's gas lamps on for the holidays
The streets of Afton will be a-glow once again through New Year. A request from the Afton Area Business Association to switch on the citya TMs gas lamps was approved at the city council meeting on Nov.
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Trout stream's makeover will cut erosion's toll
It's a cold morning, crisp with the breath of impending winter, but Valley Creek defies ice and gurgles on.
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Woman defies church to follow conscience
Life for Linda Wilcox was, in her own words, relatively simple until she hit her late 40s.
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Recount confirms Palmquist wins Afton ward
It was only six votes that separated them, but those six votes stood up to scrutiny.
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Recount doesn't change result in Afton
Gazette photo by Andrew Wallmeyer Bill Palmquist narrowly edged out Ken Knutson for the Ward 1 seat on the Afton City Council.
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Afton recount confirms Palmquist the winner by 6 votes
In the Afton City Council's 1st Ward race, it's the same result, different day. A recount completed this morning at the Washington County Elections Office in the Valley Ridge Mall in Stillwater showed the same ...
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Afton ward race will see recount
State-wide, the talk may be of the Coleman-Franken recount, but in Afton, ita s all about the Knutson-Palmquist race.
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County board split over support for expanding transit taxing district
Should every one of Washington County's communities join the Metropolitan Council's transit taxing district, even if they don't want to? Washington County Commissioners were split on that question at their Nov.
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East Ridge High: New-school spirit
East Ridge High School staff and community members walked through the a oegymnatics rooma in the new school, which will cost the school district $80 million.
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2008 Election: Buchholz, Dierberger, Ptacek win in ISD 834
Gazette photo by Andrew Wallmeyer Gus Wilks loads the last of the 137,318 ballots that were counted in Washington County yesterday in to the sealed room where they will be kept until results are finalized.
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Snyder is Afton Mayor; Ward race may see re-count
Taking almost half the votes in Afton, Pat Snyder has been named as the new Mayor of Afton.
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Lake St. Croix Beach City Hall purchase fuels lively mayor, City Councl races
Lake St. Croix Beach officials voted this summer to move forward with a controversial plan to convert the former Deluxe Decorators building on 20th Street into a city hall.
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Residents may register for Holiday Bureau
For more than 40 years Community Volunteer Service and Senior Centers has been providing a little bit of help during the holidays through its Holiday Bureau program.
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Local campaign spending returns to normal in 2008
Now that candidates have filed their last required campaign finance reports before the Nov.
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Afton / Plans for deluxe storage dashed
Jim Zeller dreamed of developing upscale storage units for car aficionados - condos for Corvettes, if you will.
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Sewing the seeds of restoration
More than a century ago, farmers worked to convert the area's natural prairies to productive cropland.
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District 3 hopefuls share thoughts on critical issues
Two Stillwater men are vying for the District 3 seat on the Washington County Board of Commissioners.
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Vote 2008 Afton / Mayoral candidates denying feud amid write-in campaign
The Hatfield-McCoy references are flying around Afton this week. After a surprise write-in candidate joined the race for Afton mayor, candidate Bob Dickie fired the first shot.
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