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This weekend, local residents have organized citywide garages sales in North Liberty. The listing of sales — 18 pages worth — is available for download and printing at bit.ly/NL-Garage-Sale-List-2015. A Google map, with all sales plotted, is available at bit.ly/nlgaragesales. While visiting sales, please drive and park safely and legally, and keep in mind that the…

It’s a busy weekend in North Liberty, particularly on Saturday, with tons of stuff for families. Friday Here’s is your last chance at the Friends of the Community Library’s book sale. It runs until 5 p.m. at the library, and you can grab a bag of books for just $10. Later that night, at 7,…

https://vimeo.com/130140142 Liberty Centre Pond saw heavy crowds the last couple days thanks to Iowa’s Free Fishing Weekend. Each year during the first weekend in June, any state resident is able to fish for free without a license. The Iowa DNR and TAKO (Take A Kid Outdoors) teamed up with other local sponsors to help families…

Friday night, LIFEchurch, 625 Meade Drive, hosts a free showing of Penguins of Madagascar starting at 7 p.m. They’re offering free food to go along with the movie critics called “verbally dexterous”. (I’m not joking; I pulled that from Rotten Tomatoes.) Statewide, Iowa residents can fish without a license Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Every year,…

From Alliant spokesman Justin Foss: We currently have 1600 customers that are still without power in North Liberty, we are working to restore energy for everyone in the area. We hope to have most customers back on by very late tonight. Our local system in North Liberty is operating at capacity until we are able…

A power outage affecting North Liberty has closed the North Liberty pools. The recreation center and library remain open, powered by generators. We have about 4,200 customers out in North Liberty. Crews are working to restore power.— Alliant Energy IA (@AlliantEnergyIA) June 4, 2015

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While some scouts might spend an afternoon taking trash out of a local park, the scouts of Girl Scout Troop #5664 in North Liberty are leaving stuff behind. What they’re leaving are letterboxes, an outdoor treasure hunt of sorts, similar to geocaching. The hobby offers all ages an excuse to go outside and explore. Letterboxers…

Niche, which offers rankings and statistics on every neighborhood and city in the U.S. to help people find the best places to live, visit, and raise a family, has named North Liberty one of the best suburbs in which to buy a house in the United States. The analysis took into account home values, housing…

When Leighton Smith and his family moved last fall, they were looking for a neighborhood they could call their own. “We’ve had a really nice experience so far and are grateful for it,” writes Smith, “punctuated today more than any other time.” This morning we went for a walk to the hardware store by our neighborhood…