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  1. @ItalianCooking Thanks! You have local morels on the menu?
  2. Anybody know - and willing to share - where to find morels around Bozeman right now?
  3. City votes to charge sports leagues, festivals and other groups that use city parks part of the maintenance cost associated with their use.
  4. City Commission voted 4-0 tonight to appeal court decision that city must pay $3 million to its insurance company for Mandeville Farm.
  5. Bozeman's Goodwill opens April 5. The store is now accepting donations.
  6. Goodwill recycles single shoes, sending them to a nonprofit that pairs them with a same-sized mismatch and gives them to people in Africa.
  7. Prospera is hiring a marketing and membership director. prosperabusinessnetwork.org/we-are-hiring
  8. HAVEN, a local nonprofit for victims of domestic violence, has provided emergency shelter for 44 women and 49 children in the past year.
  9. Correction: The city of Bozeman's IT director didn't leave last week. His last day is this week. My bad. I was close.
  10. There's only two mobile homes left at Story Mill and one of them will be removed today, a neighbor says. It's just deer there now, he said.
  11. La Parilla is closing its downtown restaurant, but says it will eventually open another store elsewhere in town. facebook.com/LaPaBozeman/po…
  12. If anybody's looking for a job, the city of Bozeman is likely looking for a new IT Director. The previous director took a new job this week.
  13. Bozeman city employees can't accept any gifts - not even a cup of coffee or an award plaque, according to the city's ethics policy.
  14. Bozeman library needs a new roof. The roof was damaged by hail in 2010 and the roof leaks due to problems with its initial construction.
  15. Nearly half - 49 percent - of Bozeman renters pay more than 30 percent of their income towards rent, according to a recent housing study.
  16. MDT plans to start acquiring right of way from property owners this year in order to widen Rouse Avenue. More in Thursday's Chronicle.
  17. Bozeman police have issued 18 warnings since the ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving or biking went into effect Jan. 17.
  18. Does Bozeman need a new pool? bozemandailychronicle.com/news/city/arti…
  19. There aren't enough Thrive CAP mentors to go around. 40 kids waiting for volunteers to sign up. Sign up here. allthrive.org/programs/child…
  20. School can't be Cougars because middle-aged women might be offended. sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highscho…