Richfield School Board Announces Cuts; City Council Hears of More Trouble at Jun Bo

Government

The Richfield City Council heard a report of . The council has yet to vote on whether or not to renew the restaurant’s liquor license and this new incident has the potential to sway the council members’ decision.

The Richfield Bicycle Master Plan Task Force met to further discuss potential bike routes. Each member was asked to.

House Minority Leader Paul Thissen (DFL-Minneapolis), who represents part of Richfield, continued to press Republicans for their budget proposal early in the week. As the week went on Republicans , which Thissen criticized as being a classic case of “misdirection.” For more, click here.

Police and Fire

Richfield Public Safety officers dealt with a and charge juveniles with later in the week.

Schools

The Richfield School Board announced that it would need to in order to come in line with its budget for the 2011-12 school year.

The Richfield High School’s is in the process of creating a robot to compete with at an event in April 2011.

Richfield’s AVID programs, which aim to close the achievement gaps, are showing success in the middle and high schools. For more of the story, click .

Richfield Patch’s Whiz Kid of the Week was , who was selected to attend an event honoring Motown artists at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Sheridan Hills Elementary School held “Foot Day” Friday where children wore silly socks, shoes and other footwear and read Dr. Suess’ “The Foot Book.” To see the adorable pictures, click .

The Neighborhood Files

Richfield Patch’s Stephanie Fox gave a rundown of the Richfield housing market; its appeal and its advantages. For the full story, click .

While another five inches of snow was predicted to fall throughout the day Wednesday, which was soon reduced to just about two inches by the National Weather Service.

Richfield resident and former The Biggest Loser contestant, , appeared on the NBC show March 8.

Three more homes were in Richfield and profiled another five traditional-sale homes.

St. Peter’s Catholic Church celebrated St. Patrick’s Day early with a celebration of church and community members Saturday night. For a photo gallery of the event, click .

Sports

The lost their playoff opening games to Holy Family Catholic, respectively.

Must-See

Richfield Patch’s lists and guides to a number of deals and activities were back for another week:

• : Free beer at Sandy’s Tavern;
• : Kristi Yamaguchi in the Twin Cities;
• : Southwest Dad suggest martial arts as a way for kids to stay warm this winter;
• : Ice skating at The Depot in Downtown Minneapolis;
• : Local film festival;
• : Great Patch photos of the Richfield girls and boys basketball season;
• : Five great local summer camps and activities for kids and teens.