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Resale Store Fights Learning Disabilities
Miriam Switching Post opens in Hanley Industrial Court By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit Email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net Anne Carr manages an 8,000-square-foot resale store in Brentwood so she gets to see a lot of cool, offbeat items every day. This week it’s a 1940s, art deco-style hair dryer that’s been converted into a lamp. A 1920s dentist chair with black […]
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Small-Business Tax Service Opens Here
Block Advisors is new division of H&R Block By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit Email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net A new tax consulting service for small businesses opened March 14 in front of the soon-to-open Menard’s store on Hanley Road. Though Block Advisors is located in Richmond Heights, it has a Brentwood mailing address and is also a stone’s throw from Maplewood. […]
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Local Studio Is Resource for Photographers
Studio Altius run by former Wash U basketball player By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit Email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net There’s a huge banner showing a tournament bracket that hangs in the lobby at Studio Altius, a photography business in Hanley Industrial Park. At first glance you might think the employees there are following March madness, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. […]
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Board Okays New Façade for Pasta House
But some residents want dumpster area fenced By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit Email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net The Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Monday approved a site plan for construction of a new façade and other improvements to the building on Brentwood Boulevard that contains the Pasta House Pronto, Clockmasters and two other businesses. For about 35 minutes the board […]
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Great Southern Bank Opens in Brentwood
Fifth Third Bank in Brentwood was converted to Great Southern Bank last month, one of 12 St. Louis area Fifth Third branches and related deposits and loans Great Southern acquired last September. According to a company press release, customers were converted to Great Southern Bank’s system at the end of January and “can expect to see the same familiar faces […]
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As Feb. 14 Approaches, Love Is in the Air
Whether you shop in Brentwood for groceries, clothes, antiques or even bundt cakes, it’s hard to ignore that Valentine’s Day is approaching. Here are some items that remind us Feb. 14 is right around the corner.
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Nothing Bundt Cake Opens on Manchester
Phoenix couple moves here to start business with daughter By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit Email: bowmansj@sbcglobal.net “Cake is a powerful food. Cake can actually bring people together.” — Comedian Jim Gaffigan It’s true: From birthdays to weddings to bridal and baby showers, cake has a way of bringing people together. It might even have had something to do […]
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Local Dance School Performs ‘Nutcracker’
More than 70 dancers from The Studio Inc. performed the Brentwood dance school’s annual holiday show on Dec. 20 in the Brentwood High School auditorium. The students did dance routines to music from a children’s length version of “The Nutcracker.” One change this year was the incorporation of many styles of dance into the Nutcracker — not just ballet but […]