In the last line of Frank Sinatra’s classic love song, “My Funny Valentine,” Old Blue Eyes sang, “Stay little Valentine, stay, for each day is Valentine’s Day.”
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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8/18/20
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Lue Her (left), Marcellius Watley and Shadaria Brown build a chair. Through the Green Chair Project at Elpis Enterprise, youth who are homeless or who have been homeless learn woodworking skills. …
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By JAN WILLMS
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8/18/20
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ReUSE Minnesota Board President Jenny Kedward said, “We are leading the effort to collect, store, and distribute plywood used in the Uprising for reuse. We respect all artwork and …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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8/18/20
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Executive director Laura Zabel stands outside the new headquarters for Springboard for the Arts in Frogtown. A second renovation is in progress, following extensive property damage …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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8/18/20
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During the Farmers Market in a Box food distribution at Allianz Field on Friday, July 31, about 900 participants who preregistered received a box of vegetables, a box of dairy and a box of meat. For …
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8/18/20
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The Hamline Park play area will be renovated in 2020-2021, and we need community feedback to help guide t Next year, the play area at Hamline Park will be redone. …
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By Kate Mudge kate@hamlinemidway.org
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8/18/20
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Tenant protections approved Mitra Jalali St. Paul’s new tenant protections measures won unanimous city council approval on July 8. But the work is just beginning as city officials …
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By JANE McCLURE
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8/18/20
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Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD) and the city of Saint Paul began construction on a clean water project at Como Golf Course on July 6 that is expected to capture and clean 11 million gallons …
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8/18/20
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Taco Bell wants to rebuild
Border Foods’ request to rebuild the Taco Bell at 565 N. Snelling Ave. faces a possible vote of denial at the St. Paul Planning Commission Aug. 7. …
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By JANE McCLURE
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8/18/20
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Shanene Herbert of Healing Justice St. Paul engages youth through power of words Shanene Herbert at the “Youth Will Rise” March on July 3, 2020 on the University of Minnesota Campus. Over 100 …
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By Margie O’Loughlin
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7/15/20
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Local and national staff, along with Carmen Yulín Cruz (mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico), and Teresa Rodriguez, from Univision, who served as the emcee of Casa de Esperanza’s 35th …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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7/15/20
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Chauntyll Allen
By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
What is our collective responsibility of ending gun violence?
That’s a driving question for Chauntyll Allen, who joined the St. Paul …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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7/15/20
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Telling his own children about George Floyd’s death was one of hardest things Rev. Ronald Bell ever did Reverend Dr. Ronald Bell Jr. with his wife, Dr. Eboni Bell, and his two sons. Bell encouraged …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/15/20
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I Am Somebody Maxfield Elementary School Principal Ryan Vernosh had just four days to lead Maxfield into a completely different learning environment. AT RIGHT The poem ‘I Am Somebody’ is said …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/15/20
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Abu Nayeem
With COVID-19 still prevalent in Minnesota, most community fireworks were cancelled throughout the Twin Cities. However, fireworks have still been lighting up the skies …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/15/20
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Senior checks, healthy meals, implicit bias trainings and more offered for free; childcare and fitness options available Children enrolled in school-aged childcare at the Midway YMCA enjoy swimming …
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By Margie O’Loughlin
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7/15/20
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Firefighters were still working at the back of the Sports Dome on Friday, May 29. Over 170 businesses were damaged in the Midway following the murder of George Floyd. (Photos by Tesha …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/15/20
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Ax-Man has reopened for business at 1639 W. University. (Photo by Tesha M. Christensen)
It’s been a tough few months for Ax-Man Surplus, but the longtime University Ave. business is back …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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7/15/20
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City’s first step preserves use of TIF for redevelopment By JANE McCLURE Tenants at the Midway Center, damaged by fire and vandalism on May 28, are being forced to move out. Their leases have been …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/15/20
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Tesha M. Christensen
Over 148 journalists were attacked by police in the United States between May 28 and June 4, 2020.
Yes. I said 148.
Yes, by the police.
Yes, in the United …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN,
Owner & Editor
Tesha@MonitorSaintPaul.com
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7/15/20
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