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The Green Park Board of Aldermen spent part of its June 20 meeting discussing city police services and the hours the city currently has contracted. The patrol hours in the city have been brought up often at recent meetings, with some aldermen pushing for another police officer or to change current hours to include weekend...

A special meeting was held May 5 by the Green Park Board of Aldermen to address policing in the city and the potential to increase contracted police coverage. The meeting was called for by Ward 1 Alderman Carol Hamilton, who reasoned that with shortages in the St. Louis County Police Department — where Green Park...

Each year, Green Park provides its 987 homes with trash service through American Eagle Waste, including homes owned and not occupied by landlords. Ward 1 Alderman Michael Broughton contended Oct. 18 that homes occupied by renters should count as private businesses and be charged for trash service at the end of the year. Green Park...

The Green Park Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a final development plan for updates to Suntrup Hyundai Nov. 15.  Mayor Tim Thuston said he appreciates the business Suntrup has brought to the city and how it has provided a recognizable location in the area. The plan was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission earlier...

The Green Park Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to renew its contract with the St. Louis County Police Department to continue providing police services to the city at its meeting Nov. 15. Green Park currently features two officers, contracted from the St. Louis County Police Department, and 24/7 service from the county for calls.  The...

The city of Green Park will be getting a new website this year, as well as moving to a cloud-based server for city documents.  At the January Board of Aldermen meeting, City Administrator James Mello told aldermen that the city is working with Revize, a website development company for governments and other municipalities, to revamp...

Green Park got a familiar face as a “new” aldermen this week after Ward 1 Alderman Esad Softic resigned last month. Former Ward 1 Alderman Michael Broughton was appointed by Mayor Tim Thuston to replace Softic, who resigned as alderman after moving out of Green Park. Broughton will finish out the rest of Softic’s term through next April, when he is up for re-election. Broughton joins a long list of aldermen who have been appointed by Thuston to fill vacancies left on the board due to resi...

Green Park Mayor Tim Thuston, whose first term in office was anything but normal because of the COVID-19 pandemic, asked voters for another term in office as mayor in the municipal election last month —  and they answered. “This last year has been pretty strange and unusual. I didn’t have the opportunity to do the...

These are final unofficial election results for South County, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Look for continuing coverage this week online and in print. ‘The Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue passed with 80 percent of the vote, as did Hancock Place School District’s Proposition R bond issue. For Mehlville, this marked the first time voters passed a bond issue since 1992. The district had been the only one in St. Louis County without a bond issue to fund facili...

To find your polling place and a sample ballot, click here. But who will you vote for? Local candidates have answered our comprehensive candidate questionnaires, which cover every topic you could possibly want to know in each race. See below for links to races, their questionnaires and endorsements and then information on the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s bond issue and charter changes. You can also read our bonus letters to the editor we received about the candidates. MSD Real...