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Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

In election filing trend so far, incumbents declining to run for election

By Staff Report January 11, 2021

Candidate filing closes Tuesday, Jan. 19 for a number of governmental positions that are up for election April 6. Filing began at 8 a.m. Dec. 15, and ends at 5 p.m. Jan. 19. Judging by candidates who...

The city of Sunset Hills campus.

Sunset Hills holds special Board of Aldermen meeting tonight

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 22, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will meet in a special meeting tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via teleconferencing. The special meeting was called by Mayor Pat Fribis,...

A rendering of the proposed layout and location of the St. Louis Bombers rugby park.

Sunset Hills rugby site vetoed by Mayor Fribis

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 15, 2020

The future of the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club facility in Sunset Hills is uncertain after the mayor vetoed an ordinance last week that would have lifted the traffic study rating requirement for the Bombers...

Contentious new ethics code passes in 2020

Contentious new ethics code passes in 2020

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 11, 2020

One of the most contentious bills passed by the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen this year instituted a code of ethics that applies to all elected and appointed officials, and uses the board itself as the...

Joe Stewart

Stewart is appointed to Sunset Hills board

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 11, 2020

Sunset Hills has a new alderman after Mayor Pat Fribis appointed Bank Star owner Joe Stewart to fill the seat vacated by Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler when she moved out of the city in September. Stewart...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Helen Fitzgerald’s, hotel sales tax plan is withdrawn in Sunset Hills

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 10, 2020

A proposal for tax incentives at the Helen Fitzgerald’s and Comfort Suites hotel property in Sunset Hills has been scrapped for now. If the developers bring it back, they will have to start over. Comfort...

The proposed location of the St. Louis Bombers rugby park.

Sunset Hills board may not require rugby traffic rating

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 18, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen might lift a traffic study rating required for the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club to lease the former Sunset Hills Golf Course for a rugby facility, revisiting the project...

Sunset Hills will hold special meeting Wednesday

Sunset Hills will hold special meeting Wednesday

September 29, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting Wednesday to vote on a resolution accepting COVID-19 relief funds from St. Louis County. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept....

Dee Baebler

Baebler resigns as alderman after move

September 26, 2020

Longtime Sunset Hills Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler will no longer serve in her post after she and her husband moved this month to the city of St. Louis. Baebler was the longest-serving alderman on the...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Developers question why aldermen don’t OK Helen’s/hotel plan

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 23, 2020

A Sunset Hills bill that would establish a new sales tax at Helen Fitzgerald’s and the neighboring hotel to fund parking has been postponed for months after city officials said they would drop a related...

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