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U starts up bed bug hotline
Entomologists at the University of Minnesota have established bed bug phone and email hotlines for a new bed bug resource center that will offer guidance on how to deal with bed bug infestations.
Bed bugs have had a recent resurge in North America as a result of increased travel, changing insecticide use and the lack of public awareness.MORE »
Doing work in Dayton’s Bluff Historic District
Are you living inside the Dayton's Bluff Historic District? If you are, you should read this. The map below (more clearly presented at http://www.daytonsbluff.org/History/HistoricDistrict/HistoricDistrictMap.html) shows the boundaries.MORE »
CIB notes Most great community ideas require funds – a walk through the CIB process
The CIB, or Capital Improvement Budget, is a fund held by the City of St. Paul, designed to make capital improvements throughout the city. Before the CIB process was started, the various city departments, community organizations and residents of the City of St.MORE »
One-sort recycling coming to East Calhoun
The East Calhoun neighborhood will participate in a pilot project to study the cost-effectiveness of one-sort recycling. Beginning later this summer, eligible households (single-family to four-plexes) will be able to mix all recyclables in one large cart (similar in size to our current garbage carts) instead of sorting them into paper bags. This project, a collaboration between HennMORE »
How to buy a bike: A guide for the first-timers, second-go-rounds, and the bike-curious at all levels
In the Twin Cities, there are three types of two-wheeled travelers: There are the competitive cyclists, who wear spandex and sniff at a 20-mile ride as “a good start.” There are the bike enthusiasts, who might commute to work or school by bike (even in the winter), who integrate cycling into every aspect of their lives and talk a lot about “bike culture.” And then there’s everybody else—peMORE »
They’re working on the water mains
Residents and motorists in two areas of Northeast will have to deal with some inconvenience this spring and summer, and the payoff is expected to be cleaner water and about 50 years added to the useful lives of their water mains.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | We Have To Demand Power Won't Concede
When abolitionist Frederick Douglass said, “Power never concedes anything without demand. It never has, never will,” it was the middle of the nineteenth century. He was certainly prescient. Here, in the United States, in the 21st century, the struggle continues.MORE »
Green jobs? Say what?
We have been bombarded with the word "green" for a number of years and told this is where things are going. We have been urged to become aware of the concept and get involved in the "green economy." Okay then, what is "green," and what does that have to do with getting jobs and being involved in the "green economy"?MORE »
Electronic media recycling now available at Hennepin County drop-off facilities
Materials accepted include computer disks, DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray discs, video cassettes, audio cassettes, game cartridges, Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, flash drives, plastic cases and jewel cases, ink jet and laser toner cartridges and vinyl records. Hennepin County drop-off facilities are located at 1400 West 96th Street in Bloomington and 8100 Jefferson Highway in Brooklyn Park.MORE »
Computer tutoring available for seniors
While many children have been using a computer since they were three, computers can be daunting for those who didn't grow up with them. To help seniors learn how to search the internet and to use e-mail, Southwest Senior Center is working with Eastside Neighborhood Services and Generations Online to provide one-on-one tutoring using a software program designed especially for seniors.MORE »
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