Town briefs

Drop off your tech trash Waste Management and Sony are planning to offer free electronics drop-off at several sites around the Twin Cities from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. April 11 and 12.

The sites will accept electronic devices made by any manufacturer. Acceptable items will include televisions, computers and their peripherals such as mice and speakers, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, VCRs, DVD players and recorders, and cell phones and PDAs.

The sites will not accept items such as microwave ovens or large appliances.

The drop-off sites:

• Grace Church, 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie.

• Canterbury Park race track, 1100 Canterbury Road S., Shakopee.

• Ecolab R&D, Building F, 655 Lone Oak Drive, Eagan.

• National Sports Center, 1700 105th Av. NE., Blaine.

• The Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 N. Snelling Av., St. Paul.

Buffalo community book program The city of Buffalo is gearing up for a community reading program, with a twist: It's getting students to lead the way.

The community will read "Population 485," a book about life in a small Wisconsin town from the vantage point of a volunteer firefighter.

Then Buffalo High School students will lead the community in a discussion on March 31. The author, Wisconsin native Michael Perry, will be on hand for the event, including a reception from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by student-led discussions from 6 to 7. Perry will speak at 7.

The event will be held at Buffalo High School, 877 Bison Blvd., Buffalo.

The book is available at Buffalo Books and the Book Break, both in Buffalo, as well as the local public library.

For more information, contact Bob Driver, Buffalo High School administrative assistant, at 763-682-8105.

Foreclosure sales reach new high The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office reports that it is seeing record numbers of foreclosure sales so far in 2008.

During January 2008, there were 711 foreclosure sales, nearly 275 more than January 2007.

The office also saw a record-breaking month in October 2007, when it handled 561 foreclosure sales.

Three new faces on transit panel Three new members have filled vacancies on the SouthWest Transit Commission which serves Eden Prairie, Chaska and Chanhassen.

New to the board are Chanhassen Mayor Tom Furlong; Greg Boe of Chaska, and Bjarne Henderson of Eden Prairie, who serves as the board's rider representative.

Other members of the seven-member panel are Chaska City Council Member Jay Rohe, who chairs the commission; Eden Prairie City Council Member Jon Duckstad; Nancy Tyra-Lukens of Eden Prairie; Neil Anderson of Chanhassen, and Len Simich, chief executive of SouthWest transit.

Two finalists for Excelsior post The Excelsior City Council interviewed six candidates for city manager on Feb. 11 and chose two for second interviews on March 6.

The two finalists are Craig Clark, the city administrator for Clayton, Wisc., and Kristi Luger, the city clerk-administrator for Tyler, Minn.

Pat Klaers, a temporary administrator, is serving as city manager until the position is filled.

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