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Homemade decorations can help make downtown dazzle
Farmington residents can help make decorations for the community Christmas tree at an event Saturday at the Dakota County Farmington Library.
Thursday, November, 17, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Farmington residents can help make decorations for the community Christmas tree at an event Saturday at the Dakota County Farmington Library.
Thursday, November, 17, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Finally, progress for downtown lot
The Farmington Business Association is going to have to find another place to put up its community Christmas tree. The vacant lot on Third Street, where the tree has been placed for the past few years, won’t be vacant much longer. By this fall, a 3,000-square-foot building will be taking up the space.
Saturday, July, 23, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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The Farmington Business Association is going to have to find another place to put up its community Christmas tree. The vacant lot on Third Street, where the tree has been placed for the past few years, won’t be vacant much longer. By this fall, a 3,000-square-foot building will be taking up the space.
Saturday, July, 23, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Your weekend: Farmington’s Dazzle Day is Saturday
It's a full weekend of activity in Farmington, with opportunities to help the community, help yourself and have a little fun. Start Thursday with a Red Cross blood drive at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Then check out some live music, get some deals at Farmington's Dazzle Day celebration and eat some pancakes at a benefit breakfast to help a Farmington family that lost its home to fire. If you haven't picked up a Christmas tree, you've got one more weekend to stop by the Boy Scouts' lot on Akin Road.
Thursday, December, 01, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Community
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It's a full weekend of activity in Farmington, with opportunities to help the community, help yourself and have a little fun. Start Thursday with a Red Cross blood drive at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Then check out some live music, get some deals at Farmington's Dazzle Day celebration and eat some pancakes at a benefit breakfast to help a Farmington family that lost its home to fire. If you haven't picked up a Christmas tree, you've got one more weekend to stop by the Boy Scouts' lot on Akin Road.
Thursday, December, 01, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Community
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Snow falls on Farmington's Dazzle Day
It took its time getting here, but snow fell Saturday afternoon and evening to bring a distinct Christmas feel to Farmington's annual Dazzle Day celebration.
Sunday, December, 04, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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It took its time getting here, but snow fell Saturday afternoon and evening to bring a distinct Christmas feel to Farmington's annual Dazzle Day celebration.
Sunday, December, 04, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Editorial: Progress in sight downtown
For more than two decades the property known to many as the McVicker lot has sat vacant in a prime spot downtown Farmington. For many of those years maintenance on the property was minimal. The grass got mowed, but that was about it. Except for a colorful mural on its south side, there was little reason to pay attention to it.
Thursday, July, 21, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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For more than two decades the property known to many as the McVicker lot has sat vacant in a prime spot downtown Farmington. For many of those years maintenance on the property was minimal. The grass got mowed, but that was about it. Except for a colorful mural on its south side, there was little reason to pay attention to it.
Thursday, July, 21, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Dazzle Day returns this weekend, with or without snow
The lack of snow might make a snow sculpture contest a little harder, but Dazzle Day organizer David Hartnett is far from disheartened. In fact, it’s kind of getting his creative juices flowing. Farmington’s Dazzle Day committee has looked at several options for making the sculpture contest happen — from transporting ice shavings from the Schmitz-Maki Arena to downtown to using marshmallows. There are a lot of silly ideas out there, but then again, that’s kind of what getting in the spirit of things is all about.
Thursday, December, 01, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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The lack of snow might make a snow sculpture contest a little harder, but Dazzle Day organizer David Hartnett is far from disheartened. In fact, it’s kind of getting his creative juices flowing. Farmington’s Dazzle Day committee has looked at several options for making the sculpture contest happen — from transporting ice shavings from the Schmitz-Maki Arena to downtown to using marshmallows. There are a lot of silly ideas out there, but then again, that’s kind of what getting in the spirit of things is all about.
Thursday, December, 01, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Shidor will expand its downtown Farmington location
Sometime between now and the first week of June, Shidor, a secondhand store located at the corner of Third and Oak streets, will move half a block south to a new location. The new spot, a former Dueber’s department store most recently occupied by a pair of churches, is twice the store’s current size.
Sunday, May, 20, 2012 - The Farmington Independent - Business
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Sometime between now and the first week of June, Shidor, a secondhand store located at the corner of Third and Oak streets, will move half a block south to a new location. The new spot, a former Dueber’s department store most recently occupied by a pair of churches, is twice the store’s current size.
Sunday, May, 20, 2012 - The Farmington Independent - Business
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For Pellicci, moving to a new location feels like leaving home
After 18 years in nearly the same location, Mark Pellicci has mixed feelings about the changes taking shape for his family’s hardware store. He’s excited to have a new space, excited to finally own his own building. But he also feels a little bit like a college student packing up and moving away from home.
Friday, September, 16, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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After 18 years in nearly the same location, Mark Pellicci has mixed feelings about the changes taking shape for his family’s hardware store. He’s excited to have a new space, excited to finally own his own building. But he also feels a little bit like a college student packing up and moving away from home.
Friday, September, 16, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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New business provides a place just for Christmas
It’s been less than a week since kids in Farmington went door to door in search of Halloween candy, but in retail terms that means we’re deep into the heart of the Christmas season. Stores all around the area are putting out Christmas displays. And in Farmington, one new store is dedicating itself entirely to the most wonderful time of the year.
Saturday, November, 05, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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It’s been less than a week since kids in Farmington went door to door in search of Halloween candy, but in retail terms that means we’re deep into the heart of the Christmas season. Stores all around the area are putting out Christmas displays. And in Farmington, one new store is dedicating itself entirely to the most wonderful time of the year.
Saturday, November, 05, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - News
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Thursday night is Ladies Night at Farmington businesses
Farmington women looking for a night out can take advantage of specials at several downtown businesses Thursday night. Downtown stores will have sales and special features like spa services, and several restaurants will have food and drink specials. The event takes place from 5 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, November, 17, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Community
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Farmington women looking for a night out can take advantage of specials at several downtown businesses Thursday night. Downtown stores will have sales and special features like spa services, and several restaurants will have food and drink specials. The event takes place from 5 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, November, 17, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Community
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Column: Giving helps others celebrate
Like many Minnesotans, I am a proud and grateful grandparent. Whether I am hunting and fishing with my grandkids or playing games and helping them with homework when Vicky and I visit, we cherish the memories with all four family blessings.
Sunday, December, 11, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Like many Minnesotans, I am a proud and grateful grandparent. Whether I am hunting and fishing with my grandkids or playing games and helping them with homework when Vicky and I visit, we cherish the memories with all four family blessings.
Sunday, December, 11, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Column: The newspaper gods are on my side
Here’s the thing about holiday weeks: there is usually far too much to do, in far too little time. Don’t get me wrong. I’m gearing up for a nice, long four-day weekend with family and a couple hundred of my closest Black Friday shopping friends, just like anybody else.
Friday, November, 25, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Here’s the thing about holiday weeks: there is usually far too much to do, in far too little time. Don’t get me wrong. I’m gearing up for a nice, long four-day weekend with family and a couple hundred of my closest Black Friday shopping friends, just like anybody else.
Friday, November, 25, 2011 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Column: Gardening challenges await
Well, it’s that time of the year again: time to square off with the yard. When I moved to St. Paul a year ago, I was thrilled I was going to have a yard for the first time. To be able to plant a garden. To buy pretty flowers and make flower beds outside the house.
Saturday, March, 31, 2012 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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Well, it’s that time of the year again: time to square off with the yard. When I moved to St. Paul a year ago, I was thrilled I was going to have a yard for the first time. To be able to plant a garden. To buy pretty flowers and make flower beds outside the house.
Saturday, March, 31, 2012 - The Farmington Independent - Opinion
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