Free Curling Classes Start Tuesday in Blaine

Try it out at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. with Four Seasons Curling Club at Fogerty Arena.

VIDEO: Blaine Apartment Unit Burns

Mutual aid requested from Fridley and Coon Rapids fire departments.

An apartment building in the 9400 block of Polk Street NE in Blaine was showing flames when the call went out for help Friday night. Fire fighters were dispatched at about 8:45 p.m. (the time of our tweet on the Fridley Patch twitter feed). On the Fridley Patch Facebook page, one commenter recognized the apartment unit as one where the commenter used to live. See photos and read more about the fire at the Twin Cities Fire Wire webpage.

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LINK: 3-vehicle Crash in Blaine Injures 7, 5 Critically; 1 at Unity

It happened about 2:30 p.m. about 7 miles north of Fridley at Radisson Road NE and Tournament Players Parkway, KARE 11 reported.

PHOTO: Bombers in Blaine

'Wings of Freedom' tour brings World War II planes close to home.

A four-day festival offering closeup looks at World War II era aircraft was set to start Friday at Key Air, 9877 N. Airport Road NE, according to ABC Newspapers. Callie Bush posted this photo on Twitter. If you go, add your photos or video to this post!

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PHOTOS: Rollover Crash near Northtown Mall

It happened next to The Home Depot.

Avonna Starck sent these photos of a rollover crash Thursday morning just north of Fridley in Blaine. Look for an update with more details on the incident from authorities.

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Church Youth Worker Acquitted of Sex Assaults on Girl from Fridley

Trial was in Washington County due to conflict of interest concerns.

A jury has acquitted a man of six counts of criminal sexual conducts for alleged sexual assaulting a teenaged girl from Fridley in 2010, according to a statement from the Washington County Attorney's Office. Last year prosecutors alleged Damian Blake Burkhalter of Blaine of assaulting the then-14-year-old girl at the Glen Cary Lutheran Church in Ham Lake where he served as youth director, on church trips, at his home and in a car. The girl later moved from Fridley, according to ABC Newspapers, which also said that the Anoka County Attorney's Office asked Washington County prosecutors to take the case because of "a real or perceived conflict of interest." Here is the Washington County Attorney's statement: The Washington County Attorney’s …

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Timothy LaMere Sentenced to 10 Years in OD Death

Trevor Robinson died at Fridley's Unity Hospital after taking the synthetic drug 2C-E at a 2011 Blaine house party.

A judge sentenced Timothy LaMere to nearly 10 years in prison Tuesday for his role in the 2011 death of his friend Trevor Robinson, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "I am sorry with all my heart," LaMere told an Anoka County court, according to tweets from Pioneer Press reporter Sarah Horner Tuesday afternoon. LaMere said wished he could turn back the clock, the Star Tribune reported. The sentence is 117 months behind bars, the Pioneer Press reported, with credit for the 441 days he already served. The judge also ordered LaMere to pay a $1,000 fine and $1,765 for funeral costs as restitution, KSTP reported.  LaMere brought the synthetic drug 2C-E to a house party in Blaine in 2011 , leading to a mass-overdose and one death at Unity…

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Man Pleads Guilty in OD Death at Fridley Hospital

Timothy LaMere supplied the synthetic drug 2C-E at a 2011 Blaine party that led to Trevor Robinson dying at Unity.

The man who brought the synthetic drug 2C-E to a Blaine house party last year, leading to a mass-overdose and one death at Fridley's Unity Hospital, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder. Timothy LaMere, 22, faces a nine-year, nine-month sentence as part of the plea agreement—the maximum under state law. LaMere told an Anoka County District judge he didn't realize the drugs were illegal, the Star Tribune reported. Robinson had turned 19 years old four days before the March 17, 2011 party. He died at Unity Hospital at 2 p.m. the next day, about 14 hours after Blaine police responded to a 911 call from a house party in the 9500 block of Monroe Street NE. By the time police arrived, others from the party had already taken Robinson to…

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Santorum to MN: 'You're Going to Shake Up America Tonight'

The Republican rallied supporters four miles from Fridley—and hours before a big caucus win.

Rick Santorum drew a modest crowd to Blaine, MN, Tuesday afternoon, hours before posting a huge win at caucuses across Minnesota. The rally offered a glimpse into a candidate and campaign about to score a hat trick of striking (if nonbinding) caucus- and primary-season victories, from Minnesota to Colorado and Missouri. The number of supporters gathered in the hall at the National Sports Center about four miles north of Fridley may have underwhelmed some, but by the end of his speech Santorum had the 200 or so who came enthused. 'Don't Settle' "We were ahead by 1 percentage point" over frontrunner Mitt Romney in the latest poll, the candidate reminded those in the room, to loud applause. "Minnesota, you don't need to settle for second best…

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