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Local educator and author Artika Tyner started her own publishing company when told people of color don’t read Artika Tyner and the Planting People, Growing Justice Board is offering ebooks free of …
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6/9/20
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Big Top Liquor, in the former Midway Perkins, was looted and set ablaze on Thursday, May 28, and the next day staff from Restoration Professionals was on site to board up the building. Firefighters …
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By JANE McCLURE
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6/9/20
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Medical ethics professor documents worldwide problem in book Does he see any hope for change? “I think so,” stated Steven Miles. “Despite the rise of autocracies, human rights activism is also …
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6/9/20
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Program offers healing interactions with police Keep those car lights in working order! Previously, a broken head light, tail light, or brake light could spark a downward economic spiral that, for …
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6/9/20
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By JANE McCLURE
COVID-19 measures continue
St. Paul city officials were working to help restaurants open for outdoor dining June 1. It’s the last effort in a flurry of activities since …
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6/9/20
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By JANE McCLURE
How will fires affect Midway Center ‘superblock’?
Development at the Midway Center “superblock” is moving toward a fall groundbreaking for new construction on the …
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6/9/20
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Como’s virtual commencement ceremony on June 1 successfully celebrated each of the 248 graduates from the Class of 2020.[/caption]
The 2019-2020 school year has concluded. …
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By Eric Erickson, Social studies teacher
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6/9/20
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Michael Kutchta District 10 Como Community Council By Michael Kuchta, Executive Director district10@district10comopark.org Dock & Paddle The restaurant in the Como Lakeside Pavilion opened June 5 …
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6/9/20
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‘Tree Frogs’ aim to plant 1,000 trees
Did you know that by planting a tree, you can increase your home’s value by up to 20%? That’s a fact, according to the US Forest Service.
“A …
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6/9/20
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Over 100 businesses in the Midway were damaged on Thursday, May 28, 2020 during civil unrest. Photo by Tesha M. Christensen The following fundraisers will benefit local businesses: • Midway Chamber …
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6/4/20
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Valerie Castile (photo courtesy Philando Castile Relief Foundation) By Margie O’Loughlin Valerie Castile became known to the wider world when her son Philando was murdered by a St. Anthony police …
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5/30/20
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Photo by Abha Karnick Hamline graduate Abha Karnick wrote this poem after speaking with a mother at Cup Foods earlier this week. View the images she has taken in the Monitor Facebook page. I can’t …
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5/30/20
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Readers, the Midway Como Frogtown Monitor is regularly posting to its Instagram and Facebook accounts as we follow this rapidly evolving situation in our community. We welcome letters, photos, …
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5/30/20
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Over the past 40-year history, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW) has witnessed huge changes in how society thinks about domestic violence but there is still more work to be done, …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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3/10/20
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On Thanksgiving Day 2019, Raven B. Gant’s ex-boyfriend shot and killed her in front of her minor daughter in North Minneapolis. Later, over the holiday weekend, Kjersten Marie Schladetzky, and …
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2/10/20
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After 50 years, she’s encouraging others Editor’s note: The text below was from a speech Nadine wrote and gave at two Twin Cities churches during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We have used …
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12/29/19
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Renee and mother Nadine fought for some normalcy during her childhood despite her father's abuse. Today, they are happy to say they are survivors. (Photo submitted)
To the outside world, Fred* was …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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12/29/19
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SUPPORT GROUPS Cornerstone Services ‑ Ongoing groups meet regularly for women, children and men 24-hour helpline: 952-884-0330 cornerstonemn.org Domestic Abuse Project ‑ Sessions offered …
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12/12/19
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Domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic abuse or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner …
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12/12/19
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Jennifer* grew up in a loving, two-parent household in the suburbs. She didn’t think she was in an abusive marriage but she knew that after five years and two kids, she had to get out. On the …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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12/12/19
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