Become a Master Gardener--learn by doing and by sharing the love of gardening. Training is the first step. Trainees receive 45 hours of intense training on plant growth, soils, pest management, native plants and other topics.

Rather than tossing away a natural Christmas tree after the Yuletide celebration, residents should consider recycling these evergreens. They can serve as fish habitat in area lakes, chipped wood paths along natural surface walking trails, mulch and more. 

St. Charles County Parks longtime Boone Home volunteer Colonel Robert Pecoraro of Cottleville recently received the 2018 Outstanding Interpretive Volunteer Award from the National Association of Interpretation (NAI) at the group's national workshop on Nov. 30 in New Orleans, LA. Pecoraro is only the 12^th person to be honored with this prestigious award. He also received the NAI's Region 6 2017 Outstanding Interpretive Volunteer Award last year along with fellow parks volunteer Colonel Barney Combs.  

The summer session of social dance classes is starting at St. Charles Community College the week of Jan. 13. Classes will be held in the College Center dance studio on the SCC campus, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. Classes will be held Jan. 13-Mar. 11.    

St. Charles Community College and Aerobotics LLC are offering two exciting drone workshops this spring: Introduction to Drone Ownership and Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification Prep. 

Dec. 10, 2018: Later this week crews are scheduled to open the new southbound Route 61 exit and entrance ramps at Route P/Peine Road.  Weather permitting, the ramps will open on Thursday, December 13. The exact time for the opening has not been set.  When the new exit and entrance ramps open, the turn to and from Champions Lane will be permanently closed.  

As of Dec. 3rd, 2018, the Hunt for Hunger program had raised 6,000 pounds of venison for area food pantries this year!

Daniel Boone Elementary PTO will hold a Trivia Nght on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 8 W. Hwy. D, New Melle, MO, starting at 7:00 pm.

There will be a Trivia Night to benefit Our Lady’s Inn on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Chaminade College Preparatory School, 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63131. The theme is ‘Where’d you go to High School?”, with a prize for best display of school spirit (dress and table design.) $25 per person or $200 per table of 8. Varsity and Jr. Varsity Sponsorship opportunities are $250 and $100. To register or for more info. visit www.ourladysinn.org or contact Katrina at 314.736.1544, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Attention Class of 2019! The New Melle Festival Queen Pageant program is seeking candidates for this year’s festival season. To be eligible, a candidate must be enrolled in their junior year of high school and reside within the New Melle Fire Protection District.

On Sunday, October 28, 2018, former teacher, Mabel (Freese) Busdieker, and several of the students she taught in 1948 at the Cappeln School – a one room school house located on Becker-Joerling Road – gathered for a 70th year reunion.

On Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, the day of the 6-(or so) inch snow fall, volunteers from Lake Sherwood participated in the First Annual Polar Plunge - quickly organized that day via social media - to raise money for community youth activities.