Newsbriefs - Oakdale - Lake Elmo Review

Washington County Parks will begin taking reservations for campsites and park pavilions for 2017 beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Crushing has been the task of the day for several days this fall, as Dresel Contracting, Inc., crushes roadway materials that will be recycled for Washington County roadwork. The work is conducted at the county’s gravel pit in May Township.

The Rush Line Corridor is an 80-mile travel corridor between St. Paul and Hinckley. A transit study is underway to analyze bus and rail transit alternatives between Forest Lake and Union Depot in St. Paul. 

Now that the trick-or-treaters have come and gone, Ramsey County residents can drop off their pumpkins, hay bales or cornstalks for free at Ramsey County yard waste sites.

You might not know their names but you certainly know their work. And it’s that work that recently led the St.

Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office would not stand by helplessly if they were to come upon a vehicle crash – they would assist the victims in whatever way that they could.

On Oct. 17, the Maplewood city council approved an agreement with the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities that states the YMCA will formally assume operations of the Maplewood Community Center beginning Nov. 1. 

North St. Paul has been named one of four Minnesota communities to receive a 2017 educational solar installation by the city’s wholesale electrical supplier, the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency under its Hometown Solar Grant Program. 

The Washington County Board of Commissioners received a Pollinator Community Award in early September for its Pollinator Friendly Resolution passed in February 2016.

Washington County commissioners are striving to find a happy medium – preserve the treasure that is the Historic Courthouse, while making the building available for community events and touring visitors.