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BBB says: Look ahead before leaping into a reverse mortgage

With the cost of living on the rise, some senior citizens are finding themselves on shaky financial ground.

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The deal is off: Developer for 2225 East Lake is out, and it's back to square one for the Midtown Farmers Market site

Everything seemed to be on track. After three years, much negotiation and a series of neighborhood meetings, developers L&H Station group presented a preliminary construction schedule last March. Phase 1 groundbreaking was supposed to happen this spring. So where are the bulldozers? Well, don’t look for them any time soon.

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Resident finds Strength in Dance

Healthy living in Corcoran

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Central Corridor business profile: Elsa's doesn't sleep

Elsa's House of Sleep, the Twin Cities' oldest Black-owned furniture business, has survived light rail construction and its share of economic downturns, but despite it all, the business has excelled and has since expanded into Minneapolis.

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West Broadway Farmers Market set to nourish North Minneapolis for a third year

On Friday, June 21st the West Broadway Farmers Market returns for its third season, featuring more produce and specialty goods vendors than ever.

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New developments in "Ghetto Spirit," Buffalo Wild Wings stories

Back in April, Hopkins High students and allies protested the suspension and criminal charges leveled against two African American students after an earlierMORE »

COMMUNITY VOICES | Minneapolis Energy Options seeks DFL endorsement

A campaign to secure Minneapolis DFL support for the Minneapolis Energy Options resolution has been building momentum for months. Winning the endorsement at the City convention on June 15th will require at least 60% of the attending delegates voting yes. While Minneapolis Energy Options is non-partisan, the campaign encouraged supporters who identify with any party to attend their precinct caucuses and ward conventions with the goal of the securing endorsement of the ballot initiative. As the DFL is the only party that has not already endorsed that has had caucuses and conventions this year, and as 12 of the 13 City Council members identify as DFL, the convention coming up on June 15th is pivotal.

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Planting the seeds: Connect kids with farms using the Minnesota Grown directory

As I dream of real summer weather, one of the things I look forward to most is picking strawberries with my little cousins at a pick-your-own farm near our family cabin up in Aitkin County. The first time we tried it, the kids were so excited we had to go back two times in one day and filled five ice cream gallon buckets with ruby red fruit, sweet and sun-warmed as we relished in harvesting that evening’s dessert.

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