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Maybe it’s that St. Albert has such a large population of young families, looking for gently-used baby gear and clothes at great prices. Maybe it’s a long winter without a garage sale, and residents are hungry for a bargain.

Here is a humble offering of interesting stories and studies that have emerged recently.

St. Albert is a city of 61,000-plus people but not one of us is an island. There is a fabric to any community, and our city has many connections that hold all of us together.

A Morinville pet-food maker has teamed up with the U of A and the federal government to bring some science to Fido's bowl.

St. Albertans can now tell city staff to clean up graffiti, fix a broken street lamp, or clear away snow, from the comfort of their cell phones and tablets. The city unveiled the Spruce It Up app at Monday’s council meeting.

St. Albert Gazette photographers received top honours and honourable mentions in the Local Media Association’s 2013 editorial competition, and the newspaper itself was ranked among the top in North America.

The town of Morinville will soon have a new mixed commercial and residential development for adult and senior living.

Morinville police are looking for suspects in connection with a stabbing late Monday night. On April 7, a 22-year-old man was attacked with a knife in the lobby of a local apartment building.

The mayor will be proposing a new downtown building that could include museum and library space and extra parking on site. “This is being driven by me and not by administration,” said mayor Nolan Crouse.

Not long ago the Captain and Tennille of Muskrat Love fame announced their divorce after 39 years of marriage.