AUTHOR AT RICE STREET LIBRARY AUG. 20Summer may be winding down, but there is still a lot of fun to be had at the library. Summer Spark, the library’s reading and activity challenge program for …
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8/12/22
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Twenty-four Africans from 15 countries who are part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders volunteered at the Books For Africa warehouse in St. Paul (717 Prior Ave. N.) on …
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8/12/22
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The State of Minnesota has designated Saint Paul College as a Yellow Ribbon organization, becoming the 84th Yellow Ribbon Organization in Minnesota. Being identified as a Yellow Ribbon organization …
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8/12/22
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Harvest Festival at Tilden ParkThe Como Community Council will be hosting a Harvest Festival at Tilden Park on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 3-5 p.m. Whether you come with your neighbors or come to meet …
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By SHEVEK McKEE
Executive director
district10@
district10comopark.org
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8/12/22
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You remember the one. The one who knew the best car repair shop. The one who knew someone to get your snow blower started, or find your dog that got out. If somebody’s kid was playing a local …
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By Sonjie Johnson
Como resident
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8/12/22
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In the summer of 2021, a woman came to get lunch at Shobi’s Table, a pay-as-you-can food truck started by Christ Lutheran Church (105 University Ave. W.), just because she saw the big blue …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/13/22
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How have businesses in the Midway weathered the dual challenges of the pandemic and racial unrest? Hear from two local leaders, one from the art community and the other from the business …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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7/13/22
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By JAN WILLMS
When children’s book author Ioana Stoian started taking her two and a half-year-old son, George, on walks to the Hamline-Midway Library, he would stop and point at the …
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7/13/22
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A unique and historic University Avenue building will become the Twelve22 University apartment building, as part of a larger effort to provide very low-income housing. The St. Paul City Council …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/13/22
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A patient who had an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine was having second thoughts. They were anxious to receive the vaccine and did not know if they wanted to continue on the day that they were …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/13/22
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When a “skater trail” and other skater amenities opened in June at St. Paul’s Highland Bridge Gateway Park, supporters of other city skate parks watched with great interest. That …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/13/22
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Six area projects are candidates for 2023 and 2024 Long-Range Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) funding, which is cause for cautious optimism in Frogtown, Union Park, St. Anthony Park and Como …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/13/22
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Have you heard about Plastic Free July? It’s a decade-old movement to get people to reduce their use of single-use plastics. The hoped-for result: cleaner streets, lakes, rivers, and …
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By PATRICIA OHMANS
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7/13/22
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“The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.” – Ann Landers
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will… The limits of …
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By Melvin Giles
peacebubbles@q.com
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7/13/22
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It’s been a whirlwind few months at the Como Community Council, we’ve had lake clean-ups, blood drives, community gardening events, Como Tree Trek, Como Homo Hangout, new community events …
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By SHEVEK McKEE
Executive director
district10@
district10comopark.org
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7/13/22
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Graduation HighlightsSeniors from the Class of 2022 and their families were busy celebrating accomplishments in early June. Graduation took place at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown St. Paul on …
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By Eric Erickson
Social studies teacher
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7/13/22
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Little eyes brighten and smiles break out when mommy or daddy say it’s time to go to the pool at the Midway YMCA Saturday mornings for swimming lessons for infants and toddlers.Mitch Lallier …
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By CAROL MAHNKE
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7/13/22
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What do a Makerspace teacher at Randolph Heights Elementary School, the owner of a St. Paul Frogtown-based non-profit that provides medical supplies to Bolivians, and a library media specialist at …
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7/13/22
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SEE MACBETH JULY 22-31“Something wicked this way comes” as Shakespearean Youth Theatre presents Macbeth at the Crane Theater, 2303 NE Kennedy St. in Minneapolis, July 22-July 31. …
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7/13/22
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