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Patch Announces Wins $100 Mall Gift Card, Back to School Contest
Congratulations to Kim Kelly Smith for winning our Back to School photo contest!

Gabrielle Biondo is the Local Editor for the Town and Country - Manchester Patch website. She's also a St. Louis native with more than a decade of news experience. Immediately out of college she worked in advertising and marketing in St. Louis. Her passion for news then took her to Central Illinois and Idaho before she made it back to her hometown in 2006. Biondo began her news career by moving across the country to take a broadcasting job with the NBC affiliate in Pocatello, Idaho in 2000 where she was a news anchor and reporter. In 2002, Biondo returned to the Midwest, taking a position with the ABC/NBC affiliate in central Illinois. There she was a reporter and news anchor where she created, produced and anchored a daily morning and noon newscast. In 2006 Biondo returned to St. Louis as an online news producer, on-air reporter and part-time anchor for KPLR News. She continued her online news producing as the Senior Online News Editor for St. Louis' Globe-Democrat.com where she helped build the company newsroom and website. She joined Patch.com in September 2010 and is excited about the concept of hyper-local news. She's thrilled to be working where she lived as a child and is eager to meet and work with the people who make Town and Country and Manchester two very unique and amazing communities.
Congratulations to Kim Kelly Smith for winning our Back to School photo contest!

The festival runs all weekend and the Manchester Homecoming Parade is Saturday. Check out festival times, events and the parade route here.
A new neighborhood is being built on Sulphur Spring Road, but more homes won't likely go up until there are buyers.
Town & Country police report recent thefts led to arrests at Whole Foods and Delmar Gardens in this most recent police blotter.
Some Town and Country residents do not want a new school moving in on Mason Road. They said it will create a traffic hazard, they were not properly notified of the plan and they don't want a commercial property in a residential area.
Thieves reportedly targeted items in cars on one Manchester street in this latest edition of police blotter.
The Saint Louis County Department of Health is increasing its mosquito spraying efforts to prevent the spread of the West Nile Virus.
Nordstrom Rack is set to open Sept. 13 in Manchester. It's the second St. Louis location. Are you excited about the new addition?
Take a look at the Manchester Police Department's calls for the month of January.
Harassment, solar panels and more set to be addressed at Monday's Town and Country Board of Aldermen meeting.
Take a look at just some of what you'll find on Town and Country - Manchester Patch this week.
How well do you know your Patch area? See if you can identify the weekly Patch Pic.
This week, local parents share their thoughts on an appropriate age to allow children to have a cell phone. We want Patch readers to share their thoughts, too.
Town and Country Police Cpt. Gary Hoelzer feels that a recent column misrepresented and skewed traffic statistics. Cpt. Hoelzer wrote this Letter to the Editor about traffic crashes, enforcement and data analysis, in response to the Feb. 7 column.
MoDOT plans to close portions of Highway 40 in Town and Country starting at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Senior citizens from Family Partners Adult Day Services delivered valentines to Covenant Christian School Students in Town and Country.
Voting on a 2011 city budget, city pool repairs and a street salt shortage were just some of the issues addressed at the Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night.
Town and Country police said a man caught on surveillance video is a 'person of interest' in connection to recent home burglaries, and they need help identifying him.
Fraud and property damage top the Manchester Police Department's crime blotter this week.
Missouri Department of Transportation employees took steps yesterday and this morning to brace for today's heavy traffic.