Stan Musial's Ladue Home For Sale

Stan “The Man" Musial's Ladue estate is listed for just under $1.8 million, according to realtor.com.

According to realtor.com, the home of Stan “The Man” Musial at 85 Trent Drive in Ladue is listed for $1,795,000. (Click here to see the realtor.com listing and photos of the home.) As previously reported by Patch, the baseball hall-of-famer passed away in January at the age of 92. He was reportedly surrounded by his family at his Ladue home at the time of his death. According to realtor.com, the home sits on three acres and is 5,286-square-feet. It includes four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a grand foyer with a checkerboard marble floor, a pool and more. If you're not sure if you can afford Stan “The Man” Musial's estate, realtor.com even provides a monthly payment calculator. Join Ladue-Frontenac Patch for more community news or join us on …

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Local National Merit Scholarship Winners Announced

Recipients come from Ladue High, Burroughs and MICDS locally.

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. just released the second group of high school seniors who have been awarded scholarships this year. About 2,500 seniors nationwide were chosen to receive the $2,500 awards. Selection was based on academic record, standardized test scores, contributions in leadership and community service activities, an essay and a recommendation from a high school official. The first group of scholarships were awarded last month to about 1,000 students. The 4,800 winners of the college-sponsored Merit Scholarships will be announced later this year. Local students who are receiving the scholarships: Ladue Horton Watkins High School Collin D. Christner, Runpeng Liu, Maxmillian E. Schindler, Victor Y. Wang and Haohang Xu. …

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Enterprise's New VP Follows Family Tradition

Christin Taylor-Broughton, recently named senior vice president of North American Operations, is the grandaughter of the company's founder, St. Louis Business-Journal reports.

Christin Taylor-Broughton has just been named the new vice president of North American Operations for Enterprise Car Sales, St. Louis Business-Journal reports. She is the granddaugther of Enterprise founder Jack Taylor of Ladue, according to the report.  "Taylor-Broughton joined Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Management Training Program in 2000, worked at several rental locations and was appointed corporate rental manager in 2003. She relocated to London in 2006 to develop Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s market in the U.K., Germany and Ireland. She was promoted to assistant vice president of rental shortly after, and in 2008 returned to St. Louis to focus on developing e-commerce initiatives for Enterprise Holdings’ National and Alamo brands," Greta …

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MICDS Wins the Battle of Ladue, 2-1 in OT

Bridget Condie scores the game winner with a perfect pass from Claire Ringenberg.

It took a shade under 85 minutes, but the MICDS girls soccer team won the battle of Ladue, defeating the visiting Ladue Rams 2-1 in overtime. This was a see-saw match that could have gone either way. Billed as the battle of the year, the combatants did not disappoint. The play and intensity increased as the game went on. See game photos on the Ladue-Frontenac Facebook page. Both sides featured great runs, hard shots; physical play and great goal tending. While Fran Shannon was making point-blank saves on the Ladue end, both Liz Lewis and Ines Oulamine were brilliant in nets for MICDS. Ladue got the initial goal of the game at 34:25, Natasha Medler zinged in a free kick some 35 yards over the outstretched hands of Lewis. The Ladue Rams were…

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Your Photo Could Make Ladue-Frontenac Patch History!

Find out why we could use a little help as we make preparations for a new project later this month.

At Patch, we're doing a little summer construction. Our team has been busy working on a new-look platform that we think is going to be a big improvement for users. If you want a sneak-peek of what it looks like, check out our east coast colleagues at Mineola Patch or New Hyde Park Patch for a frame of reference. But here's where I need your help. The new-look site will need a photo that will run at the top of every page. What image screams Ladue or Frontenac to you? Is it the Ladue City Hall? Ladue High School? Rhodes Park? Give me some feedback, since I want the photos to be a reflection of what you think best represents the city. Better yet, we'd also like your photo suggestions. All we ask is that you only provide photos you own, and …

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Community School to Build a Centennial Arts Center

Aggressive construction schedule to be ready for the 100th anniversary celebration.

The Community School in Ladue, about to celebrate its 100th anniversary has received donations in excess of $3.1 million from several school families to support the construction of a new Centennial Arts Center. This center will have a theatre and support performance art and art classes. This is an open letter sent by Matthew Gould, Head of School this week to the Community School families. April 29, 2013 Dear Parents and Friends, I have extraordinary news to share! Community School is receiving an exceptional gift in honor of its 100th anniversary. Several families will make a generous contribution totaling $3.1 million to support the construction of the Centennial Arts Center: a new wing containing performance space and arts classrooms …

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Parkway North Explodes For 6 Runs & A Convincing Win Over Ladue

Vikings are 16-3 this season. Joey Reeves pitches a 4-hit gem over the Rams.

The Parkway North-Ladue baseball game was kind of like a 4th of July performance. While the North Vikings exploded like a bottle rocket, Ladue mostly fizzled like a cherry bomb with a bad fuse. “We really didn’t get anything going, this just wasn’t our day,” said Ladue’s coach Rob Garrett, trudging off the field after a 6-0 whitewash at the hands of the 16-3 Vikings. Ladue fell to 15-3. Sophomore lefty Joey Reeves went six innings and limited Ladue to just 4 scattered hits. The Vikings have been battled tested this year with two wins over Summit (last year’s state champs, winners over North in the title game); Parkway South, Parkway Central Troy (2 wins), Kirkwood, Hazelwood Central and Burroughs. The Vikings are really busy Coach Fred …

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Colonial MarketPlace: A Showcase for Ladue

Rebirth of a center will bring significant impact to the community at large.

Give me a “D,” give me an “E,” give me an “S,”.... Sounds really silly calling on a high school cheer for a property development corporation. But let’s give credit where credit is due. DESCO Properties, developer of Schnucks Markets throughout the Midwest is putting the cherry on the topping of one of the most beautiful and purposeful shopping centers anywhere in the region. The Colonial MarketPlace in Ladue (and part of Clayton) serves as a front-door entrance to the city. The shabby Lammert’s Center, home of long-gone Wild Oats Market and other failed projects are a mere fleeting memory. And the pieces fell into place so fast. DESCO bought this foreclosed property from the bank, pumping new life into the center for a first-class shopping…

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Backyard Lifeguards for Private Pool Parties

Full service company the brainchild of local aquatics director.

Growing up in South Central New Jersey, Stephane’ Rebeck McCormick never dreamed her life’s work would be around water safety. But funny how those things work out. McCormick has always been attached to the water. At age 14, she illegally got her water safety certification, (September birthday) and the pool director quietly waited to give that to her at the legal age of 15. A resident of Atlanta, New York and St. Louis, McCormick has been working in and around the pools of the area for years. She’s made pool safety a career for 25 years. Right after there was a Ladue drowning in May of 2009, she launched her own independent service Backyard Lifeguards. This entrepreneurial company, based in Clayton offers lifeguards for backyard swim …

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44th Year for Potpourri at Burroughs Saturday

Massive community garage sale is a major fundraiser for the school each spring.

If you are driving in the area of Clayton and Price roads Saturday and if you are not looking for one of those fabulous discount deals at Potpourri on the campus of John Burroughs, you might want to find an alternative route. By 7:30 a.m., the doors swing wide open on the biggest shopping event of the year each year at this historic school in Ladue. Jennifer McDonnell, Kris Milner and Janet Rogers are graciously serving as tri-chairs of this event. It takes a full year to pull off a successful Potpourri. Burroughs has three annual fundraisers and this is the largest of the three. The money is generally a gift to the operating budget; a gift to a capital fund (with one currently underway) and a gift to the faculty wish list for items that …

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