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Veterans Day on Nov. 11
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Sai Musunuri (left) and Summer Saukko (right) rehearse a scene together. Mounds View High School theater will perform “Front” by Robert Caisley Nov. 6-9.
Students bring weighty WWII drama to the stage BY RITA LAMATSCH SPECIAL TO THE PRESS
Mounds View High School (MVHS) theater students are tackling a thought-provoking drama about war and its impact on civilians that features unforgettable characters and timeless themes. “Front,” by Robert Caisley, will be performed Nov. 6-9,
with three 7 p.m. performances and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. All shows take place in the MVHS auditorium. Set in a London neighborhood during the Blitz in World War II, “Front” explores the choices that ordinary people are forced to make when confronted with
IF YOU GO: “Front” show dates and times: • 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 • 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 • 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 • 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9
SHOREVIEW — Jonathan Weinhagen has resigned from the Mounds View school board amid allegations that he embezzled more than $200,000 from the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce when he was president. Weinhagen, of Shoreview, stepped down from the elected school board seat “effective immediately” on Friday, Oct. 24, according to a notice from the Mounds View School Board just one day after Weinhagen appeared in federal court. Charges state that Weinhagen allegedly took back $30,000 the chamber had donated to Crime Stoppers to help arrest suspects in the shootings that killed two children and critically injured one in 2021, for his personal expenses. Now, the school board will need to discuss steps to fill Weinhagen’s seat for the rest of his term, which ends on Jan. 3, 2028. Weinhagen had been a board member since June 2014. “As Board members, we have a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interests of the students, the community and the school district,” the school board said in a joint statement. “The six of us take this obligation very seriously. This former board member’s alleged actions, unrelated to serving our district, should not cast doubts on the integrity of our Board.” According to the statement, the board has asked the district’s auditing firm to review its finances
SEE WWII DRAMA, PAGE 15
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Chipotle restaurant replaces vacant Burger King SHOREVIEW — A Chipotle restaurant will be built at 3333 Rice Street after the Shoreview City Council approved a site and building plan application submitted by Capital Real Estate Inc. The Chipotle will replace the vacant Burger King building on the site. The property has been a drive-through restaurant since 1993. According to the staff report, the site and building plans for the new Chipotle restaurant would include the demoli-
tion of the existing Burger King. The new restaurant would be 2,379 square feet, with an approximately 350-foot patio and a driver through lane for online order pickup. “The project also calls for the installation of some new signage. There will be two new wall signs, one directional sign, one monument sign and one pylon sign,” said Senior Planner Allison Eddins. She added that the applicant wants to retain the three access points to the business. The access points are on North Owasso Court, North Owasso
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A Chipotle restaurant will replace the vacant Burger King located at 3333 Rice Street after council approved a site and building plan application submitted by Capital Real Estate Inc.
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Boulevard and Rice Street. The applicant also wants to retain the current parking lot. Three trees within the North Owasso right of way will be removed along with dead trees and brush present on the Ramsey County property located at 3329 Rice Street. Both the city and county have given permission. According to Eddins, the proposed development is within a C1 zoning district. She explained that the maximum permitted lot coverage within this
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