🌱 Patch AM: Why Jefferson County planners rejected a big new Fenton-area apartment project

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• Why Jefferson County planners rejected a big new Fenton-area apartment project

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 28 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 43, low: 26.
• Thursday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 37 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• P and Z recommends denial of proposed Fenton apartment complex (myleaderpaper.com) — A 184-unit apartment complex proposed off East Lark Drive near Fenton has been recommended for denial by Jefferson County’s Planning and Zoning Commission over traffic and road-maintenance concerns. Nearby Fenton-area residents argued the single access point and dangerous connections to New Sugar Creek Road and Hwy. 30 make the site unsafe, while the County Council will make the final rezoning decision next month.
   

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Tuesday January 6

• Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting
  City of Fenton Calendar , 625 New Smizer Mill Road , Fenton
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Wednesday December 31

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Thursday January 1

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• Public Works Committee
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Kirkwood's Greg Warren Makes 'Tonight Show' Debut (timesnewspapers.com)
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