West 7th Pharmacy located at 1106 West 7th St. Photo Credit Damian Goebel

July 31, 2025 Letter to the Editor 1 min read Riverland Community Health, West 7th Pharmacy

Community Voices: Thank You, West 7th Pharmacy, for 110 Years of Care

To the Editor: On June 30, our neighborhood said goodbye to a trusted friend, West 7th Pharmacy. After 110 years

March 26, 2025 Letter to the Editor 1 min read Letter to the Editor

Community Voices: What is Happening with Lowry Apartments?

What’s Happening with the Former Lowry Apartments? The Community Deserves Answers! The City of St. Paul condemned and boarded up

August 30, 2024 Letter to the Editor 2 min read

Community Voices: SPPS is leading on Climate Issues

Sometimes life does in fact imitate art. Several years back actor Jeff Daniels, in the show “The Newsroom” stated, “The

July 24, 2024 Letter to the Editor 2 min read Riverview Corridor

Community Voices: Misconceptions and Two out of four ain’t bad…

Dear editor,

Two out of four: On Wednesday, July 10 I was again not allowed into the Riverview Corridor’s “open” house at the Jewish Community Center. The first exclusion was at my local community center at Palace Recreation Center. My crime: I had an easel and poster that elaborated on bus rapid transit (BRT) option that the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) instructed them to present along with two streetcar options. The second crime is that I had a handout spreadsheet that their River Corridor staff developed that compared the options, plus the Purple/Gold BRT extension.

July 24, 2024 Letter to the Editor 0 min read Letter to the Editor

Community Voices: Come ride the Amtrak Borealis train

Thanks to Commissioner Ortega for sharing info on the new daily train between St. Paul and Chicago. I too look

June 27, 2024 Letter to the Editor 3 min read Riverview Corridor

Letter to the Editor: Standing on Chairs and Shouting: Not a Good Strategy

I was at the Palace Community Center during the Riverview Corridor open house in May, and I saw Diane Gerth stand on the chair and shout at people.

While that might have been emotionally satisfying for her and others, hijacking a public meeting by shouting at people is not going to change any political leaders’ minds.

March 27, 2024 Letter to the Editor 0 min read Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Thanks to the Fort Road Federation for making our street safer

I would like to give a shout out to Julia McColley, Executive Director of the West 7th/Fort Road Federation, for

March 27, 2024 Letter to the Editor 1 min read Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Kids Deserve a Healthy Balance Between Online Safety and Access for Support

Dear Community Reporter, I appreciate the conversation our state is having to keep children protected online as the prevalence of

February 27, 2024 Letter to the Editor 3 min read Building Community, Columns

Letter to the Editor: Thank you for the great work you are doing

I am writing to this fine community newspaper of ours to thank you for the great work you are doing to inform our corner of the city of the many and varied points of interest: places to go and enjoy activities, businesses offering services to aid people of all ages in a variety of needs, articles and columns for children and adolescents written by them, stories of people’s lives and especially writings that speak to the importance of creating a community of equality, of inclusion, of equal rights for everybody. I especially want to point out and thank Tim Johnson whose column on creating a non-racist society has been and continues to be so thoughtfully written, and done so without judging, without finger-pointing, usually starting with a personal story with which we could all identify and then elucidating on the theme to assist us in seeing the underlying message, the bigger picture, the lesson to be learned.