EPA Citizen Advisory Group for Fridley-Area Superfund Sites Meets Thursday

The Fridley CAG will meet from 6–8 p.m. on May 23, 2013, from 6–8 p.m. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency led the formation of the group to study polluted sites.

Fridley's Citizen Advisory Group (CAG) for local polluted Superfund sites meets on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 6–8 p.m. at Fridley City Hall. The group formed early in 2013 with assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Its meeting are open to the public. Related:

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Students Suspended, 'Dear Abby' and Cancer Diagnosis: Pick of Our Patches

This week's compilation includes a woman's death in a car crash, a catholic school closing, a woman's fight against eviction, an angry bar customer and several new businesses.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. 13 Maple Grove Boys Hockey Players Reportedly Suspended for Several Games Osseo School District: "The off-campus incident that was reported to school officials this week took place in mid-December." A Resident of Minnetonka, 'Dear Abby' Dies at 94 Famous advice columnist Pauline Esther Phillips, better known as 'Dear Abby,' lived in Minnetonka. UPDATE: Name Released of Otsego Woman who Died in Crash A 26-year-old Otsego woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash when her car …

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FRIDLEY PATCH TOP 20 OF 2012: Cancer Rates in Fridley 10 Percent above MN Average (#10)

A new online group is seeking data and answers about cancer in Fridley.

Fridley Health Fair is Wednesday, 5–8 p.m. at Fridley Community Center

Talk to environmental and public health experts.

Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook Group Barred from Health Fair

All individuals are welcome at Wednesday event at Fridley Community Center.

At Wednesday’s public health fair, Fridley residents will be able to pose questions about the city’s water testing, Superfund sites and cancer rates. Officials from a variety of organizations—including the City of Fridley, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) and the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute in Fridley—will be sitting at tables, answering questions. But one group that will not have an information booth is the Fridley Cancer Cluster. A member of the Facebook group, Pam Reynolds, requested a table at the fair, but she was denied by Fridley City Manager Bill Burns. “I have always thought of both the cable show and the health fair as being…

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SEE: New City of Fridley Video on Water Supply, Cancer Concerns

Panelists includes officials from MN Dept. of Health and Polllution Control Agency, City of Fridley.

Watch a new video from the City of Fridley called Fridley's Environmental Cancer Concerns featuring state and local officials. This video, posted on the City of Fridley website on Aug. 16, 2012, is a followup to a program the City of Fridley produced in April 2012 titled Fridley's Cancer Questions. It also comes a few days before an Aug. 22 health fair at the Fridley Community Center at which federal, state and local officials will be available to answer residents' questions. (Whether the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group will participate at the health fair in an official capacity remains an open question. The group brought consumer activist Erin Brockovich to Fridley in June for a townhall meeting.) The panel participants, from left …

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Top Schools, Tribes and Another Coyote Surprise: Pick of Our Patches

Also in this week's update: A couple cancer clowns; Cheerios gone up in flames and a Hammerin' Sen. Franken.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, St. Louis Park and St. Michael Minnetonka Schools Top on State Tests Minnetonka students continue to excel academically by scoring among the top districts in the state on the MCA-II (Minnesota Comprehension Assessment) reading test and the MCA-III math test. Overall, 92 percent of Minnetonka students are proficient in reading and 85 percent are proficient in math. In Metro area rankings, Minnetonka students are #1 in math and a close second to Edina in reading. Scores exceeded the state totals of 76 percent proficiency in reading and 62 percent …

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Health Fair Set for Aug. 22 at Fridley Community Center

Visit with local, state and federal officials on topics such as Fridley's water and Superfund sites.

Brockovich Investigator Responds to EPA, MPCA Fridley Meeting Claims

Erin Brockovich's environmental investigator, Bob Bowcock, responded point-by-point to claims made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the Fridley town hall meeting.

Last week Minnesota and federal pollution-control officials made public a document responding point-by-point to 13 claims and criticisms made at Erin Brockovich's June 27, 2012, meeting at Fridley High School. In a new response (see PDF document above), Bob Bowcock, Brockovich's environmental investigator, responds to the claims made by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Also included is a PDF of an archived EPA web page, provided by Bowcock, in support of his claim that at one time the FMC Corp. "received the highest Hazard Ranking System (HRS) score of all sites on the National Priorities List (NPL)." The document released by government officials last week claims Bowcock had…

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READ: MPCA, EPA Respond to Brockovich Fridley Meeting Statements

Joint MN Pollution Control Agency-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency document aims to refute 13 claims and criticisms, point by point.

Here is a new document from Minnesota and federal pollution-control officials, responding point-by-point to 13 claims and criticisms made at Erin Brockovich's June 27, 2012, meeting in Fridley. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials attended a July 19 meeting at the Minnesota Capitol, where they distributed this document.

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