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Athena Foundation honors Alessi This year’s winner of the Athena Leadership Award is St. Charles attorney Deborah Alessi. The Athena Leadership Foundation of St. Charles County presented the award to Alessi during a luncheon last month at the Foundry Art ...

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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri has announced the winners of its annual equal access to justice awards. “All the people and law firms we are honoring have been tremendously supportive of Legal Services over the years and have shown a ...

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St. Charles-based Payne Homes names Kenneth Kruse president Payne Family Homes has appointed Kenneth R. Kruse president of the St. Charles-based homebuilding company. Kruse, a Wildwood resident, previously worked as controller, CFO and president of The Jones Co., a one-time ...

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Demand for building permits in St. Charles County remains low The demand for residential building permits in St. Charles County remains low, another indication that the homebuilding industry here won’t grow any time soon. A total of 97 permits for ...

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Robert A. Barnes Sr. of St. Charles pleaded guilty to one felony count of Social Security fraud last week before U.S. District Judge Charles A. Shaw. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael W. Reap said the total improperly paid to Barnes was ...

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The board of directors of the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce has come out in support of continued congressional funding of two Boeing Co. defense projects that employ thousands of local residents. Boeing recently approached the chamber about lobbying Congress ...

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The St. Louis metropolitan area lost approximately 3,900 jobs in April, according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The department estimates some 242,900 Missouri residents were unemployed last month, resulting in a statewide jobless rate of 8.1 percent. The ...

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The following businesses applied in April for licenses to operate in St. Charles City: Autoplex of St. Louis, located at 3690 W. Clay St. Telephone: 636-946-9900; Consolidated Fence/Budget Fence, located at 7 Governor Place. Telephone: 636-946-6666; CTX Auto Specialty, located ...

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The St. Charles County Auditor’s Office says its new Taxpayer Advocate Program starts this Wednesday. Taxpayer advocates are independent contractors hired by the county to assist residents who are considering appeals of the recent reassessments of their properties. The program ...

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Baue Funeral Homes, Crematory and Memorial Gardens and Synergetics USA have joined Partners for Progress, the St. Charles County civic organization that includes many of the area’s major employers. Baue President and CEO Lisa Baue and Synergetics President and CEO ...

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On Tuesday, May 26, the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and the Friends of Greenwood Cemetery Association will dedicate “Harriet’s Hill” in honor of Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott and co-plaintiff in the historic 1857 case. Harriet’s Hill is located in Greenwood ...

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