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Events 📆

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NATURAL EVENTS CALENDAR 50% OFF at nature centers and online. More at https://t.co/mxk7BFdGFU pic.twitter.com/CSd6sDP1MD

— MO Conservation (@MDC_online) December 29, 2020

BuySTL 👜

• Added Velvet Freeze | stLouIST
• Hunker down and light these locally poured candles - St. Louis Magazine
• St. Louis nonprofit Grind + Growth to launch new business development program, pitch contest targeting minority entrepreneurs - KSDK

If you know... you know. #stl #delicious pic.twitter.com/LErWYLsK36

— Gioia's Deli (@GioiasDeli) December 29, 2020

STLfood 🍲

• Added 🍦 Ice Cream
• Restored ‘Good Burger’ car from ’90s Nickelodeon movie unveiled at St. Louis burger spot - stltoday.com
• St. Louis restaurants offering expanded curbside pickup and delivery options - feastmagazine.com - RSS Results
• David Choi of Seoul Taco on cooking with Korean pantry staples - feastmagazine.com
• 2021 is a new start. These rising stars are leading the way to a brighter and tastier future - feastmagazine.com
• St. Louis County restauranteurs hopeful about reopening - FOX 2
• These St. Louis restaurants closed for good in 2020 - KSDK
• St. Ann-based Save A Lot sells 51 grocery stores in Florida - stltoday.com
• Save A Lot sells 51 stores to Florida partner as part of company strategy - St. Louis Business Journal
• GreenLeaf Market closes after several employees test positive for COVID-19 - stltoday.com
• The Best and Worst of St. Louis’ Dining Scene in 2020 - Riverfront Times
• Armando Pasetti, CEO and ‘master salumiere’ of St. Louis’ Volpi Foods, dies at age 96 - feastmagazine.com

Oh hey. #STLmade 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 https://t.co/EZeQBRlVJa pic.twitter.com/1BHL2Dshvf

— Steve's Hot Dogs - St. Louis (@steveshotdogs) December 29, 2020

STLwx 🌦️

• Let it snow: Chance of falling flurries in days before the new year, weather service says - stltoday.com

A storm system and trailing cold front will shift from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes overnight into Wednesday. Areas of heavy snow and ice will be found from west Texas into the Great Lakes. pic.twitter.com/6IXnwqfOok

— National Weather Service (@NWS) December 30, 2020

Neighborhood News 🏘

• Soulard Mardi Gras Pet Parade goes virtual, share a pic of your pet for the party - FOX 2

History 🦖

• Dec. 29, 1922: William Lemp Jr. dies by suicide at his family mansion - stltoday.com
• A Look Back • Returning WWII vets picketed City Hall to protest the tight housing market - stltoday.com
• What happened to Carr Square? Part Two - St. Louis Magazine

It's a rare example of a hipped roof half flounder, one of only a handful left in the City of St. Louis of that type! 😂

— naffziger (@naffziger) December 29, 2020

Surveillance 👁‍🗨

• Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibisNBC News

If the surveillance plane operator just wants to practice on St Louis, why not help find all the missing pets?

— Richard Callow (@publiceyestl) December 29, 2020

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— Marquis Govan (@MarquisGovan1) December 27, 2020

Education 📓

• How to Begin: Your Programming Journey - St. Louis Public Library
• Union representing St. Louis public school teachers calls for ‘Education Summit’ as district considers school closures - The Labor Tribune
• University of Missouri system settles patent lawsuit - FOX 2
• Missouri’s top school districts of 2021 - FOX 2

by the way, this Barney Graham guy, who designed one of the covid vaccines *in a single weekend,* works for NIH and thus got no IP rights or revenues whatsoever from it. he's fine with that https://t.co/8UFbq1XQUB pic.twitter.com/DJNbAn6kHt

— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) December 28, 2020

Covid19 Info 🦠

• COVID is five times deadlier than the flu, local researchers say - FOX 2
• Missouri reports 117 new COVID deaths, 2,479 additional cases - FOX 2
• Missouri reports 1,522 new cases, 4 COVID deaths - FOX 2
• Missouri hospitals see glimmer of hope in COVID-19 stats - MetroSTL.com

COVID-19 in Missouri and Illinois: By the numbers https://t.co/d8CLTt0EBP pic.twitter.com/Pcw6bdB3wo

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) December 29, 2020

STLhelp ☎️

• Illinois minimum wage to $11 Jan. 1; check your check - The Labor Tribune
• First Labor Food Drive collects 10 tons of food, enough for 15,959 meals - The Labor Tribune

😭

Widowed penguins hug in award-winning photo
https://t.co/L7acdZN5m6

— Madam Charcuterie (@mcharcuterie) December 29, 2020

LocalGov 🏛

• Restaurant owner Dana Kelly files for St. Louis mayor - stltoday.com
• Andrew Jones is in, Gregory F.X. Daly out in St. Louis mayor’s race - stltoday.com
• $81 million development will boost O’Fallon, other areas, Muhammad says - MetroSTL.com
• Former top city finance official alleges discrimination - KSDK

Wed. 12/30 at 11 a.m.
Board of Standardization Meeting for @STLcitygov. Review of bids for items including "Civil Disobedience, Bus Services"
No Zoom ID provided.
FYI: any votes by the board must be taken in open session. #SunshineSTLhttps://t.co/UKxEMG8p9i

— Sounds the Alarm in Silver Bullet City of St Louis (@GConnolly314) December 29, 2020

MoGov 🏛

• Food stamp applicants struggle to get through Missouri call center line - Missouri Independent
• Messenger: Head of Missouri Veterans Commission won’t release full report on COVID-19 deaths - stltoday.com
• GOP lawmaker’s ‘free market’ marijuana legalization push targets Missouri’s license caps - stltoday.com

FedGov 🏛

Thanks for this explanation Dr. Wen! I made a tool on @observablehq that shows this math and lets you adjust the inputs to see how much faster we need to be vaccinating. https://t.co/SzWxX1lfoz pic.twitter.com/novskYG35W

— Harry Stevens (@Harry_Stevens) December 29, 2020

STL99 😱

• Jarred by potholes? Frustrated by road construction? Ask the Road Crew your questions, 1 p.m. Wednesday - stltoday.com
• Hartmann: Michael Neidorff Snags the Kroenke - Riverfront Times
• Three Killed in Separate Shootings Sunday in St. Louis, Homicide Count Hits 261 - News Blog, Riverfront Times
• MERS Goodwill quest for workers’ trust fails miserably - The Labor Tribune
• Police search for St. Louis catalytic converter thief who targeted a bus - FOX 2
• Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell minority stake in its U.S. can plants to Apollo Global group - St. Louis Business Journal
• Man shot and killed on Metro bus in Bellefontaine Neighbors - stltoday.com
• Police ask for help identifying suspect in Shell Gas Station assault - FOX 2
• Southwest CEO Gary Kelly takes a ride in Boeing 737 Max in show of confidence - St. Louis Business Journal
• Pandemic panic to perseverance: Covering the 2020 music scene in St. Louis - stltoday.com
• Child labor in Southeast Asian palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies - FOX 2

With three days left to go in 2020, the Post-Dispatch staff reported on 433 homicides in the year. They're all here on the 2020 homicide map https://t.co/dwbout61ui

— Janelle O'Night 👻 (@jayohday) December 29, 2020