Longtime Mayor Tim Griffin To Leave Office April 25 | Webster Kirkwood Times
Griffin Liz Gibbons will be sworn in as the new mayor for the city of Kirkwood on April 25. It’s sure to be a bittersweet day for Tim Griffin, who is giving up the reins after serving as Kirkwood’s mayor for eight years. He is being termed out. Griffin, a 1976 graduate of St. John […]
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Council Seats, Charter Changes On April 2 Ballot | Webster Kirkwood Times | #citycouncil
In addition to Prop W (see story page 1A), Webster Groves’ April ballot will also include three city council member candidates for three open seats, and 10 city charter amendments that culminated from a 2022 voter directive for a comprehensive review of the city’s charter. Newcomer Jamie Hasemeier will join incumbents Karen Alexander and Emerson […]
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Name Sculpture Garden For Former Webster Mayor | Webster Kirkwood Times
I was dismayed and disappointed to learn that the Webster Groves City Council recently voted to adopt new naming conventions for parks, properties and facilities. This action was spurred by the Arts Commission making a request in 2022 that the sculpture garden at Gore and Kirkham be named to honor former Webster Groves Mayor Gerry […]
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Gibbons, Zimmer Early Entries Into Race For Mayor | Webster Kirkwood Times
Gibbons Zimmer Kirkwood City Council Member Liz Gibbons held her official kick-off campaign for mayor on Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Kirkwood Train Station. More than 100 people attended. Kirkwood City Council Member Mark Zimmer has also announced his bid for the mayor’s post. Kirkwood Mayor Tim Griffin, first elected in 2016, is termed out […]
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Tom Steuby Appointed New Mayor Of Oakland | Webster Kirkwood Times
Steuby The city of Oakland has a new mayor. In a unanimous vote on May 17, the Oakland Board of Aldermen appointed Ward 1 Alderman and Board President Tom Steuby as mayor. Steuby will fill the unexpired term of Andrew Stewart, who was elected on April 4. Stewart closed on a home in Glendale and […]
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Samuel Scherer Dies; Was Former Alderman, Mayor | Webster Kirkwood Times
Scherer Samuel J. Scherer, 60, who served the city of Shrewsbury for a short time as mayor, and prior to that for 10 years as an alderman for Ward 1, died on Aug. 29, at Barnes Jewish Hospital. Scherer was elected mayor in April 2018, but would resign his position in 2021 after being diagnosed […]
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