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Ahhhh...we are about to open our windows again, bringing in fresh breezes that make our curtains sway. Unfortunately, we will also bring in airplane noise and airplane-created exhaust fumes and pollution. If you think planes are too low and/or too loud and too frequent over your block, you need to call the Noise Hotline (612-726-9411) set up by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC). Remind your neighbors, too. One person calling often is not as effective as many neighbors calling a few times.

Quick: What rhymes with Bicking? In South Minneapolis’ city council race, Ward Nine challenger Dave Bicking is rolling out an unconventional campaign tool: the Green Party–endorsed candidate now has a song written about him. And to answer that question, “kicking” is the rhyming word — and it’s followed immediately by the word “ass.”

Unknown to many, almost destroyed by Highway 55 and unavailable to the public for the better part of fifty years, Coldwater Spring was an important place in Minnesota history long before statehood.