Neighborhoods

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Where the Ice is Nice: Langford Park

By Lisa Steinmann, Neighborhood Notes

The Langford Park ice rink is for all types of skaters.

Lisa Steinmann

The ice rink at Langford Park in St.

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MLK Park: How can it better honor Dr. King?

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Freedom Form #2 sculpture at MLK Park -photo by Charles Hallman

Dr. Martin Luther King Park should better honor the legacy of the person for whom it is named, say community residents.

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University District Alliance brings neighborhoods together over common concerns

By Arvonne Fraser, TC Daily Planet

The University District Alliance has produced four videos about the neighborhood, which are collected at the Live Near Your Work website.

The power of neighborhoods acting together is being demonstrated in the new University District Alliance, a coalition of four neigh

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Tutors Needed to Care About Kids and Homework

By Lisa Steinmann, TC Daily Planet

Cindy Vik Thrasher works with a student at Murray Junior High School.

Lisa Steinmann

Since it started in 2008, Murray Junior High's Pilot One-on-One Tutoring program has helped students make the sometimes difficult transition from elementary school to junior high.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Changes Ahead for St. Paul Schools and Students in St. Anthony Park

By Lisa Steinmann, Neighborhood Notes
Lisa Steinmann

St.

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BOOKS | Once Upon a Crime bookstore to receive national award from Mystery Writers of America

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Pat Frovarp at Once Upon a Crime. Photo by Sheila Regan.

Once Upon a Crime, the independent mystery bookstore in Uptown Minneapolis, will be presented the Mystery Writers of America (MWA)'s 2011 Raven Award in April, and co-owners Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp, who bought the 25-year-old bookstore in 2002, couldn't be more pleased.

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2011 Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival

By Alan Wilfahrt

On Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota January 8, 2011 - The temperature was around a crisp 10° Fahrenheit  (-12° C), on Saturday the 8th of January 2011. Unfortunately there was no wild chill of great proportions. Unfortunate in that kites were trying to be flown, and the movement of the air is the factor which allows fabric, frame, and string to launch airborne.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Sustainably Cozy

By Lisa Steinmann, Neighborhood Notes
Lucy Steinmann

St. Anthony Park residents have a great opportunity to stay warmer and reduce their personal carbon footprints (making a ton of difference) this winter. The St.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | A New Pea in the Neighborhood Pod

By Lisa Steinmann, Neighborhood Notes

Pea Pods is located at 2290 Como Avenue in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul.

Photo courtesy of Pea Pods

There is a new neighbor along Como Avenue in the St. Anthony Park business strip. The former hardware store space at 2290 Como will now offer fun and fiddley toys for the younger set.

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NRP leaders defy Minneapolis city directive

By Cynthia Frost, TC Daily Planet

Map shows impact of NRP cuts on neighborhoods throughout city. See end of article for larger map.

In a bold move December 20, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Policy Board defied a directive from City Hall to freeze certain NRP funds, and withdrew its cooperation with the city's ne

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