Shoreview

The Tropics Indoor Water park, closed since early April as part of the Shoreview Community Center expansion, reopened with newly renovated locker rooms June 2. 

Dr. Michael Kurkowski of Shoreview received the Minnesota Dental Association’s Outstanding Service Award. Kurkowski, retired since 2015, has been actively involved in organized dentistry.

The Shoreview and Falcon Heights city councils both voted to raise the legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21. 

The aim of the age change is to make it harder for teens to have access to tobacco products.

The roughly $15.6 million expansion of the Shoreview Community Center is nearing its halfway point. 

Eugene Nichols, a resident of Shoreview, is the recipient of a 2018 Public Health Award from Ramsey County.

A public forum about Roseville transportation issues — including a new weekly bus loop on Tuesdays — will be the topic of a public forum from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at the Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave. N.

The Roseville City Council enthusiastically directed city staff March 26 to put together a draft ordinance raising the age to purchase tobacco products in the city to 21.

Residents initially balk at cost

At its March 19 meeting following a public hearing, the Shoreview City Council passed a resolution making plans to extend the city water system to Dale Courts North and South. 

Writing is no new hobby for Tom Murray, a newly retired special education teacher and 30-year Shoreview resident. 

He says he’s been writing his whole life. But once, long ago, he asked someone if they would read a manuscript of his. 

This year, the Shoreview Human Rights Commission’s 25th annual art poster contest commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day.