Cakes By Nette Leaving Olivette, Moving to North County

The bakery that specializes in 3-D cakes and alcohol-infused cupcakes will be moving to a new location in North County where it originally started.

Cakes by Nette, the popular Olivette bakery that specializes in 3-D cakes like you've find on TV's Ace of Cakes, will be closing shop in its Olive Boulevard location on Dec. 22. Owner Shannette Redd announced the move on her Facebook page Thursday, prompting Suzanne Epstein-Lang, a fan of Patch, to comment: "So sad for our community." (For instant news updates like Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.) Redd was not ready to announce where the new location will be, other than to say it will be somewhere in North County. Redd said she started the business out of her home in North County before moving into the location at 9639 Olive Blvd. four years ago. She said it would take her three to four weeks to get her new location set up. "It…

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Small Business Saturday: Area Businesses Plan for Minor Boost

With Nov. 26 being Small Business Saturday, some Hazelwood business are preparing their promotions.

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The longest road in the St. Louis area, Lindbergh Boulevard runs roughly 30 miles through north, central and south county, touching nine of our Patch sites. On this anniversary of namesake Charles Lindbergh's death, we wanted to take a look at this road from our nine different perspectives. Each Patch editor has a different take on how Lindbergh touches that community. Drive along with us through our Lindbergh Links — and we hope you'll add your own observations along the way. Lindbergh Boulevard is one of the longest stretches of road throughout the Greater St. Louis Area. Like any stretch of land, it's seen some changes—some for the better and others... Anyone over the age of 10 remembers the large Ford assembly plant, Boeing and the …

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