St. Paul
Griggs Street Bikeway coming to St. Paul
April showers have fallen, and I am riding up to the northern terminus of what will soon be the Griggs Street Bikeway. There is a smell of new life and growth in the air, an earthy, familiar smell. The intersection of Minnehaha Avenue West and Griggs Street is attractive: well-kept houses and content people. It is like a MORE »
Jefferson Avenue bikeway plan amended in St. Paul city council vote
“I’m beginning to know what Charlie Brown feels like,” lamented Dave Pasik. “I keep running to kick that football, and the last minute, Lucy pulls it away.”
At Wednesday night’s St. Paul City Council meeting, Pasik's football was the Jefferson Avenue Bikeway, or at least parts of it. Charlie Brown was the cyclists, Jefferson Avenue residents, disability advocates, and pedestrians. Lucy was Council Member Chris Tolbert and the rest of the City Council. On April 4, in the latest move in a series of meetings, plans, revisions, and amendments, the council voted unanimously to approve an amended resolution for a Jefferson Avenue bikeway that removes several of the traffic circles that had been approved previously.
Join the Pledge to Pull at Crosby Park!
If you’re looking for a great outdoor springtime activity, join Friends of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Crosby Farm Park is an urban oasis, with a striking array of spring wildflowers native to Minnesota. We need volunteers to help protect many spring ephemerals such as Dutchman’s Breeches, Trout Lily, and Jack-in-the pulpit.
Recession or not, home ownership is still possible for some
Low-income housing has pretty much gone the way of the buffalo. Unless you’re on welfare in a Section 8 apartment, there’s virtually no such thing. Between the ravaged economy and the longstanding evil of predatory lending, low-income home ownership is scarcer still.MORE »
St. Paul's Sunday's Best Boutique pledges to help children with cancer
Phyllis Gilliam's shop is filled with hats on every wall, floor to ceiling.MORE »
The devil is in the details: School board members weigh in on district's ever-evolving enrollment plan
As St. Paul parents consider school enrollment options for 2012–13, the district is headed into its second year of shifting programs and attendance boundaries, sometimes making those choices more complicated.
School board member Jean O’Connell (pictured, left) said she’s aware that families are struggling to understand how the changes affect their choices and asks for patience.MORE »
48th Annual Conversation with Books at St. Catherine University, January 23, 2012
Join St. Catherine University at the 48th Annual Conversation with Books event on Monday, January 23 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | OUR CLASS at Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company: A Class Act Leads to Massacre!
When Poland is invaded by the Russians and then the Germans, pre-existing fears are heightened, extreme paranoia grows, and allegiances are misaligned over and over. In one small town, friends turn on friends, neighbors are pitted against neighbors, and school- yard bullying escalates into a horrific and unbelievable massacre.MORE »
Mussels, beer and pot brownies - Dutch cuisine at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Well, cuisine isn't exactly the right word, but the new Amsterdam Bar & Hall in downtown St. Paul does have a nice selection of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) and appetizers, as well as Dutch and Belgian beers. It also offers its own version of one culinary specialty that the coffeehouses of Amsterdam are famous for: pot brownies.
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