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Recent content from Laurie Blake

• Losing trees but saving 'hoot' habitat
  Trees and owls must make way for a new natural gas pipeline that parallels one that crosses the Lake Rebecca Park Reserve.
  Nov 20, 2009
• Bending the waters of Nine Mile Creek
  Hopkins will have a prettier, cleaner creek when Nine Mile Creek is restored and rechanneled.
  Nov 19, 2009
• Getting up to speed
  To provide better police service in its parks, the Three Rivers Park District is planning to add police stations to three parks -- including one in Prior Lake -- and change the way it assigns officers throughout the 18-park system.
  Nov 18, 2009
• Plymouth pet owners no longer need licenses
  The city is looking to cut unnecessary services to save money and says most residents didn't bother to license dogs and cats.
  Nov 17, 2009
• Leo Hodroff was active in business, arts communities
  He was state's first licensed Jewish funeral home director and an avid collector of Chinese porcelain.
  Nov 11, 2009
• $8 million redo possible at Eastman Greater outdoors
  A bigger, better Eastman Nature Center is under consideration for Elm Creek preserve.
  Nov 11, 2009
• Interchange gets conditional OK from feds
  MnDOT's scaled-back design for the congested area at Hwy. 169 and I-494, initially rejected, is now eligible to compete for funding.
  Nov 11, 2009
• Taking wine before its time: U grapevines stolen
  Vines under development were cut from arboretum test fields in a trade secret type of crime, Carver County sheriff says.
  Nov 6, 2009
• Digital poll book declared a winner
  Minnetonka tested electronic registration and voter check-in at two polling places, with rave reviews; the digital method holds promise for future elections, officials say.
  Nov 4, 2009
• Hennepin County taps Route 3A for light rail
  Hennepin commissioners take "big, big step" toward linking southwest suburbs with downtown Minneapolis.
  Nov 3, 2009

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