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While there is nothing like a gorgeous winter day in Minnesota, it’s this time of year when I find myself daydreaming of sunny spring days spent in the garden. Thankfully, that daydreaming also acts as a perfect time to accomplish spring planning.

With a year of leadership under his belt, East Ridge High School Principal Jim Smokrovich is looking forward to another great school year.

Studies have shown that an introduction to music education during early childhood can boost social, cognitive and mental abilities throughout a child’s developmental years. Lucky for members of the Woodbury community, we have two wonderful music studios right in our own backyard.

“Everbrook Academy is a 21st century preschool that’s designed to prepare today’s young learners for the world of tomorrow, ensuring they’re ready for school and ready for life,” says Erika Riesinger, principal of Everbrook Academy, which is set to open later this month in Woodbury.

Stillwater Area Public Schools broke ground on its latest addition last April—Brookview Elementary School.

Living in Woodbury offers many convenient amenities. For these two local families, having their own backyard pool is the big splash.

Regular listeners to 1500 ESPN’s Mackey & Judd show have undoubtedly come to know and love it for its conversational style, goofy personalities and lighthearted sense of humor.

Most of us can vaguely remember the first time we picked up an instrument as a child—whether for school or for lessons our parents dragged us to. But for the Menken Brothers Jazz Trio—twins Harry and Charley, and younger brother Billy—they can’t remember a time when they didn’t play music.

Forget farm to table. At the Fahey house, it’s common practice to just pick the food and eat it immediately…no preparation required. That’s easy to do when the garden is inside the kitchen, central to everything, and everyone, in the house.

The City of Woodbury invites residents to bring their friends, family and lawn chairs to Bielenberg Sports Center outdoor fields to enjoy the Fourth of July holiday. “We keep it pretty simple,” says recreation specialist and facility coordinator Chris Fleck of the free event.

Woodbury Flats is a new apartment development set to be built within Woodbury’s Urban Village, a large master plan created by the city of Woodbury mapping out the land parcel at the southwest corner of Bailey Road and Radio Drive.

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