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Margo Ashmore is the editor of NorthNews.

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Northway hopes to keep money on North Side

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Shortly after Wesley Walker’s departure as its executive director, the board of Northway Community Trust made the “very painful” decision to dissolve, Northway Treasurer Troy Kester said in a NorthNews interview.MORE »

Bike safety and storage tips

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Claire Stoscheck and Marianne Baum of the Community Partners Bike Library of Cycles for Change (formerly Sibley Bike Depot), a non-profit community bike store in Saint Paul, conducted an orientation for a group of North Minneapolis residents in Network for Better Futures.MORE »

An end to compostables odor?

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Scrambling to beat the clock, officials at Organic Technologies Incorporated (OTI) say they’re close to having odors at their site at Dowling and Washington avenues North under control after two, going on three, frustrating and stinky seasons.MORE »

Water those newly-planted trees

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Have you noticed white “T” marks on curbs, and new trees here and there where the tornado hit?

Notice dramatic white scars on trees where major limbs used to be?MORE »

Artistic opportunities all over Northeast

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster

Attending a Northeast Network conversation means waking up with a room full of strangers and friends and leaving with a shopping list of ideas to look into, and a few conversations afterward to pursue.

April 12’s 7:30 a.m. topic at the Eastside Food Coop’s community room, State of the Arts: The Theaters and Artists of Northeast, left me with these highlights:MORE »

Central Corridor homes featured in Minneapolis & St. Paul Home Tour April 28 and 29

By Margo Ashmore, TC Daily Planet

“Our property values are going to go back up. And our transportation expense is going to go down. This is our ticket,” Joanne Nguyen declared during a tour of 749 University Avenue, a duplex renovated through the Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation (GFCDC). “With this light rail, our property values are already going up.MORE »

Art: It's a serious business

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster

To get more customers, do you bring them to you, or do you go to them? Artists gathered April 12 in the evening at Chowgirls Parlor to hear about a successful holiday experiment with a downtown Minneapolis pop-up art store.MORE »

Rites of spring: Tree trimming and planting

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster

Notice dramatic white scars on trees where major limbs used to be?

Minneapolis Park Board Forestry crews were out in force in the last couple of weeks, have now wrapped up spring tree-trimming work and are on to planting new trees, especially bare-root stock, throughout the city starting in North Minneapolis.MORE »

Spring means community building through bikes

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Like many seasonal businesses, Venture North bike center was “slammed” at the first sign of spring’s fast-improving weather. Folks from the neighborhood started bringing their bikes in for tune-ups at the corner of Glenwood and Morgan.

Beginning in April, store hours will be Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-5.MORE »

Beyond "Cornerstones," common ground and history in North Minneapolis

By Margo Ashmore, North News

UROC Executive Director Heidi Barajas could hear elders filling in details as the documentary “Cornerstones” played on the screen Feb. 23, stuff she’d not heard before. University of Minnesota officials commissioned the piece by tpt producer Daniel Bergin, focused on Plymouth Avenue, Homewood, Olson Highway and Sumner Field, Jewish and African American heritage.MORE »