Kristal Leebrick

Kristal Leebrick (kristal@tcdailyplanet.net) is the editor of the Park Bugle, a monthly nonprofit newspaper in St. Paul, Minn.

Local pharmacist buys Schneider Drug

By Kristal Leebrick (Park Bugle) | February 24, 2015

Jim Stage said he was just getting his “feet wet” as the new owner of Lloyd’s Pharmacy on Snelling Avenue in the Hamline Midway neighborhood when Tom Sengupta contacted him and told him he was selling Schneider Drug, 3400 University Ave., in Prospect Park.Lloyd’s longtime owner, Ron Johnson, sold the business to Stage in November. On Jan. 27, Stage became the new owner of Schneider Drug. Both Johnson and Sengupta owned their businesses for more than 40 years.Stage had worked for several years at Lloyd’s with Johnson, who he credits with teaching him a lot about the pharmacy business. Stage grew up in the Midway area of St. Continue Reading

Perfect pies at Comstock family’s 2014 pie baking contest

By Kristal Leebrick () | December 16, 2014

The 23 pies lined up in two straight rows on the front table at Claddagh Coffee & Café on West Seventh Street, St. Paul, had names as alluring as the pies themselves:

‘Live Free’ flags open public conversation on domestic violence

By Kristal Leebrick () | November 19, 2014

Liz Richards draped her Live Free Without Violence flag from the brick railings at 97 Langford Park in St. Anthony Park for most of October to honor four people killed in 2014 due to intimate partner violence.

Hampden Park Co-op sounds call to action

By Kristal Leebrick () | November 18, 2014

Last summer, Hampden Park Co-op put out a call to action to its members to increase sales at the Raymond Avenue food cooperative. General manager Greg Junge says that call appears to have been heeded.

A new name, expanded program at Rock Star Supply Co.

By Kristal Leebrick () | August 24, 2014

One year after Rock Star Supply Co. set up shop at the southwest corner of Raymond and University avenues, the tutoring and writing development center that offers free tutoring and homework help to low-income students ages 6 to 18, has adopted a new name and expanded programming.

Hampden Park under construction through July

By Kristal Leebrick () | June 3, 2014

Hampden Park will undergo a major stormwater improvement project starting this month. The park is at the intersection of Raymond and Hampden avenues in south St. Anthony Park.

St. Paul District 12 zoning proposal meets opposition

By Kristal Leebrick () | April 23, 2014

The St. Anthony Park Community Council has tabled a proposal to change the zoning code in north St. Anthony Park to allow additional dwelling units to be built on single-family lots. The council is considering creating an ad hoc committee or task force to study housing density in District 12 and hear neighbors’ views about the zoning proposal.

Two concerts will mark milestones for two St. Anthony Park institutions

By Kristal Leebrick () | March 30, 2014

Music in the Park and the St. Anthony Park Community Foundation are celebrating milestones in May and you are invited to revel with the two St. Anthony Park institutions.

Ideas festival comes to Como Park Senior High

By Kristal Leebrick () | February 28, 2014

Inspire MN, a local ideas festival spearheaded by Como Park Senior High School teacher Kathryn Kahn and senior Marshal Landrum, will be held on Thursday, March 20, at the high school.

Hans Weyandt, co-owner of Micawber’s, ends the chapter titled ‘bookseller’

By Kristal Leebrick () | January 28, 2014

Hans Weyandt—who has co-owned Micawber’s with Tom Bielenberg since 2003— is quitting the book business to stay home and care for his three sons as his wife, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, takes on a new position.

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