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🌱 Neighbors challenge twin-home proposal on Mound’s Lynwood Boulevard

Mound, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi there, Mound! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Neighbors challenge twin-home proposal on Mound’s Lynwood Boulevard
  • Mound memorial honors Paul Morande’s life of service and connection

Also on today's calendar: Sound Hearing Instruments at the Gillespie Center and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 54 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, temps: high: 41, low: 26.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 40 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mound residents push back against Lynwood development pitch (hometownsource.com) — A proposal for 30 twin-home units on Lynwood Boulevard faces pushback from Mound neighbors worried about traffic, drainage and fitting into their single-family neighborhood. The preliminary plan would route access through Robin Lane and require city approvals. Council members took no formal action, and traffic studies and soil borings remain unfinished.
   

• Paul Morande memorial draws hundreds in Minnesota (mshale.com) — Hundreds gathered at Mound’s Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church to remember Paul Morande, a Kenyan American community leader who helped send books to Kenyan schools and supported immigrant families. The Minnetrista resident died Oct. 29 at 64. A requiem Mass is scheduled at the church Nov. 12 at 1 p.m.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. posted a job opening for Financial Advisor in Victoria. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Merchandising Assistant Manager in Excelsior. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mound here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Excelsior

  • Brokerage moves: New affiliations, leadership changes and AI tools reshape real estate (housingwire.com)
  • New local hotspot Excelsior Social aims to bring people together (hometownsource.com)
  • Minnetonka City Council reevaluates local e-bike regulations (hometownsource.com)

Minnetonka

  • Wayzata students help build Drivvy driving-log app (wayzata.com)

Ok Mound! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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