Newsbriefs - Ramsey Co. Maplewood

Friends of Lake Elmo Library donated $1,500 to Lake Elmo Elementary School to develop a library, or “biblioteca” of both fiction and nonfiction books in Spanish to support the school’s Spanish Language Immersion program that is being offered to ki

E-cigarettes, which have surged in popularity among Minnesota youth, will soon carry a federal warning. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires warning labels on e-cigarettes and certain other tobacco products, a change initiated Aug.

Roseville Area Meals on Wheels delivers 19,000 meals per year, and you can be part of the team.

Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf will launch a new program on Aug. 15 to provide access to the community’s excess food. 

A new law that went into effect Aug.

Washington County Parks is offering a program called “Passport to Parks” to add fun to this summer’s parks visits.

With support from McKnight Foundation, the Minnesota Sinfonia has announced a call for new and unpublished chamber orchestral scores. The deadline to submit original work is Sept. 1.

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new initiative that will provide the nearly 1,500 people who are homeless and released from the county detention center each year with a “Care on the Go” pack containing basic necessities and a pam

The Washington County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is celebrating Minnesota Breastfeeding Awareness Month in August and World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1-7. This year’s theme focuses on “Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life.”

According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the summer has entered the second half of the 100 deadliest days (Memorial Day weekend– Labor Day) on Minnesota roads, and the tragedies so far mean Minnesotans must recommit to making safe c