Community Reporter

by Casey Ek After months of controversy, the 170-year-old stone Justus Ramsey House that once sat on the patio of Burger Moe’s is no longer—at least for now.   After laser scanning the limestone house, crews in February disassembled the structure, labeling its pieces for future reassembly at a to-be-determined site. The St. Paul City Council acting as the...

City Perspective By Ramsey County Commissioner District 5 Rafael Ortega In 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic brought many things to a screeching halt, including the RiversEdge redevelopment in downtown St. Paul. Over the last couple of years, Ramsey County has been working with developer AECOM to refine a vision for the RiversEdge development...

by Casey Ek After 20 cumulative years with Keystone Community Services President and CEO Mary McKeown will be stepping down from her role in June. “It has been an honor to lead Keystone over the last seven years and an even greater honor to have spent more than two decades of my career working at Keystone,” said McKeown. “There is something...

Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson   We called him Spider. He was thin and gangly, not unlike many spiders, particularly the one most familiar to us, the daddy longlegs. “Hey spider,” someone would call out and he would turn and acknowledge the name he had been assigned by his peers. It was only later that...

West End HealthlineBy Lydia Tortorici, MDPiercings for decorative, religious, spiritual, and cultural purposes have been used for thousands of years. Given their current surge in popularity, here is some important information you should know before getting one.Most common piercing locations: Ear: lobes, helix cartilage, tragus; Nose: septum or nostril; Navel (belly button); Nipple. Is getting a piercing...

Join in one of St. Paul’s most beloved traditions since 1967 as the city’s Irish and non-Irish alike get together to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day March 17. The annual parade, which starts at noon and proceeds from Rice Park to Mears Park. Visit stpatsmn.org for a full list of events.St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration at the Landmark. Join Irish...

Demolition of the City-owned Public Safety Annex (PSA) building, located at 100 10th Street South, will begin in March. This is the next step toward the expansion of Pedro Park.There will be temporary impacts to the neighborhood during the demolition. Demolition is expected to last through April. The city is considering three design concepts for the future expanded Pedro Park,...

The Saint Paul Parks & Recreation and Public Works teams are hosting cleanup Saturday, April 22, rain or shine, 9-11:30am. Join forces with your neighbors to clean up our parks and neighborhood streets. Visit bit.ly/3YdXM1j for a full list of sites and to volunteer. This event does not collect household items. For more information on how to dispose of household...