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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Alberto Monserrate interviews Bethune soccer players for La Invasora

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Alberto Monserrate talks with Bethune Soccer Players (Photos by Jay Clark)

On November 19, Alberto Monserrate interviewed members of the Bethune soccer team on La Invasora, AM 1400. La Invasora is Minnesota’s largest Spanish language radio station.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | City View Soccer Players Want La Montaña Knocked Down

By Jay Clark, Neighborhood Notes

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Phyllis Wheatley Community Center supports families and youth in North Minneapolis

By Grace Grinager, TC Daily Planet

Youth from Dream, Explore, Connect! create a community garden in front of Bethune School. (photos by Grace Grinager)

The Phyllis Wheatley Community Center has supported generations of North Minneapolis families as an educational resource and gathering place.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | North Minneapolis Hmong Students Vote on Bottineau LRT

By Jay Clark, Free Speech Zone

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On April 21, 30 Hmong students were taken on a tour of the possible routes of the proposed Bottineau Light Rail Train through north Minneapolis. After the tour, the students voted

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Running

By Christine Stark, Free Speech Zone

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North Minneapolis has many fences. Four feet high chain link fences, ten feet high homemade wood fences, chest high white plastic picket fences. Fences staked in the 1920s, last fall, in the 70s.

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Q: Who IS that? A: Sarah Moeding, doing jobs that aren't jobs

By Jay Gabler, Who IS that?

Name: Sarah Moeding

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RiverFIRST moving forward

By Janette Law, Camden News

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s big vision for a renewed Upper Riverfront is getting a fresh start.

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