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Centennial High School will perform “The Hound of the Baskervilles” later this week. BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR
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The Hugo Fire Department will host its annual Stuff the Truck food and toy drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the fire station, located at 5323 140th St. N, or at Festival Foods, located at 14775 Victor Hugo Blvd. N. The drive will benefit the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf. See page 5 for more information.
Centennial High School will take on “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Nov. 30 through Dec. 3. The show, adapted by Kent R. Brown and inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, is about Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick, Dr. John Watson, who have left on an extended holiday throughout Europe, leaving their nieces—Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson—to keep an eye on the famous flat at 221B Baker Street. Shirley and Jennie are busy preparing for upcoming exams when there’s a knock on the door. It’s Dr. Maxine Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville, who’ve SEE COMIC THRILLER, PAGE 2
2024 street project: Neighbors request wider road in the Dellwood Ridge neighborhood area. The roadway reclamation and paving will include 125th Street North from Goodview Avenue North to 122nd Street North (CSAH 7). Work on Upper Heather Avenue North from 125th Avenue North to Heather Avenue North and Heather Avenue North from 125th Avenue North to 120th Street North (CSAH 7) will involve complete reconstruction and stormwater improvements. The total estimated cost for
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Residents who live along 125th Street and in the Dellwood Ridge neighborhood are hoping the city will reconsider keeping the width of the rural residential street the same. The project is slated for construction in 2024. It consists of roadway pavement reclamation and paving of 125th Street, and complete roadway reconstruction and stormwater improvements
the project is approximately $3.93 million. Funding for the project will be provided through assessments (6%) to benefiting properties, county funds and city street funds. Total assessments are proposed to equal $258,500. Property owners will be charged $5,200 for complete reconstruction and $3,400 for roadway reclamation, per the city’s assessment policy. City Engineer Mark Erichson said they have SEE 2024 STREET PROJECT, PAGE 7
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The 2024 street project is proposed to include roadway pavement reclamation and paving of 125th Street, and complete roadway reconstruction and stormwater improvements in the Dellwood Ridge neighborhood area.
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