Fridley Week in Review

Three weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike, 13-year-old Roman Kotas talks through insert in tracheotomy and has surgery to replace parts of his removed skull.

Board votes to spearhead movement to shed wastefulness with a menu trimmed to avoid waste; decides to donate 50 percent cut in critical yearly fundraiser ticket sales to famine relief.

Police returned a 2-year-old to their parents after they were seen swimming in the LiveInn Suites swimming alone after wandering from  the room.

Was it postpartum depression or something else? It didn't matter, all I knew is I couldn't wait for it to just "go away" anymore.

Members of the Fridley Police Department took on other public safety teams from the area to raise money for charity.

Some were bigger, multi-block affairs. Crime prevention and knowing your neighbors, along with food and fun, were themes at more than 90 block parties in Fridley Tuesday night.