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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Welcome to your weekly Roundabout!
This week’s top story examines how the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could affect families and food shelves across Minnesota — including right here in Woodbury. We’re also covering new local initiatives, from youth leadership workshops and the end of city dog licensing to key reminders ahead of Election Day.
On a lighter note, we’ve included a few photos from last week’s Welcome to Woodbury event, where our Woodbury News Net team had a great time meeting new residents and sharing what local news is all about. It was wonderful to put faces to names, and see just how much pride people take in calling this city home.
As October winds down and the temperatures drop, we hope you find a few moments to enjoy the changing season (and maybe a caramel apple or two).
Editor: Chuck Nowlen
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Top Story
Bags of onions waiting to be loaded onto shelves at Open Cupboard's Today's Harvest. (Photo by: Manali Shah)
No SNAP Benefits To Be Issued Nov. 1; Will A Crisis Be Averted?
by Manali Shah | Published on October 27, 2025
On Monday, October 27, letters went out stating that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, formerly known as Food Stamps, will be suspended. In a new message on its website, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) stated that no SNAP benefits will be issued on November 1.
Executives and workers at local and national food shelves know how dire this move is for the people who need these food shelves to survive. Since the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025, they have been preparing for this worst-case scenario where funding would simply be unavailable and trying collectively to find the best solution.
News
 | Youth-Targeted Leadership Workshops Debut With 'The Power Of Your Personality'by Chuck Nowlen | EditorPersonalities are like snowflakes – there are millions of them, and no two are exactly alike. A new leadership workshop series sponsored by the Woodbury Royal Ambassadors aims to supercharge that fact by helping local high-school and college-age participants capitalize on who they are as individuals. |
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City & County
 | City Dog Licensing To End Jan. 1by Chuck Nowlen | EditorWoodbury’s biennial dog licensing requirement will end Jan. 1, based on a City Hall analysis’s conclusion that local licenses no longer match current dog-ownership realities. |
Election
 | Election Day's Around The Corner; Here Are The Essentialsby Woodbury News NetEarly voting continues 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Friday this week at the Washington County Service Center, followed by 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. |
Out & About
 | Events: Woodbury Kowalski's 25 Years, Central Park Reopening Celebration, Pumpkin Patches and Ghost Toursby Woodbury News NetFrom haunted tours and spooky skates to fall festivals and Halloween bar crawls, this week’s events keep the season’s spirit going strong across the east metro. |
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