Tim Simonson shared his photo on the Fridley Patch Facebook page: "The Fridley Fire Department was conducting some ice rescue training on East Moore Lake today. All of the ducks had to move out of their open water space for a while." Update: Fridley Fire Chief John Berg explained in an email Monday: Fridley conducted training for recruit firefighters on ice rescue and will be running scenario based training for everyone tonight and tomorrow morning.
... it's not Pickle Park. Noah Theis posted his photo on Twitter with the title "Meanwhile in Fridley ..." You can post photos (and videos) directly to Fridley Patch at our Pics and Clips page.
Q. What's green and isn't a valet ready to park your car? A. The critter Michelle Taylor of Columbia Heights saw when she pulled into the parking lot at the LivInn Suites hotel in Fridley. "At my delivery but scared to get out of the car," confessed the Jimmy Johns delivery driver on Facebook.
Billy Anstett provides you with an on-the-ground forecast from Fridley: Chillier. See his original tweet here and see our Storify of it here (for mobile users and any others who can't see the Storify embedded above).
Here's a photo of a car in Fridley whose driver is texting behind the wheel, according to the person who posted it on Twitter. Do you ever text and drive? Check out this poll from last winter.
Here's a photo from Fridley resident Jeff Thompson that put the cap on an Independence Day conversation on Twitter that started with a question about watering bans in Fridley. His caption: "Just when you get in the mood for scything, it always seems to be hotter than hell." Foilow Fridley Patch on Twitter and Like Fridley Patch on Facebook!
Chuck Olsen, a Fridley High School graduate himself, was back this weekend for a party celebrating his cousin Kevin Daugherty's graduation from FHS.
Thanks to Noel Thompson for sharing this image of Rice Creek, taken along the Rice Creek Trail West path east of Old Central Avenue NE. You can add your Fridley photos from the beautiful June weekend just past by uploading to this post. Or you can upload Fridley photos or videos any time the spirit moves you at the Fridley Patch "Pics and Clips" section.
Spotted from the warmth of the Fridley Dunn Bros. coffeeshop: It was rough going for one person crossing Hwy. 47 at lunchtime Friday when the wind whipped up. It was snowing fat flakes outside of Fridley City Hall, from the looks of this photo from the Parks and Recreation Department. Will the snow accumulate enough for the outside activities at Winterfest Saturday afternoon? The sledding hill at Commons Park had a bit of snow Friday afternoon, the dogsled area outside Fridley Community Center not as much. But Winterfest goes on whatever the weather, so come down for some fun from 1–4 p.m. …
People were on Moore Lake in the early afternoon on Thursday.
Julie Horak sent this photo from Arthur Street as the fat flakes began to fall Wednesday afternoon. Upload your photo or video to show what it looks like on your street.
What are the buoys floating in Moore Lake for? Dave Lindquist, Fridley parks division supervisor, explained in an email: The buoys in Moore Lake have thin ice signs mounted on them and are delineating the area where the lake ice typically remains open because of the aeration system that is used to add oxygen to the lake water to help with water quality. The buoys freeze in place and are a warning to people who might venture out onto the winter ice that there is open water. We came up with the idea of the floats about 10 years ago. It’s a much safer way of putting out the thin ice signs. …
Upload your photo of an autumn sky over Fridley.
Unusually hot, dry weather has withered most unwatered grass in Fridley to a crisp brown. At Commons Park, rotating sprinklers are keeping circles of grass green, creating round oases of lively turf.
