Category: Feature

  • Meet St. Paul’s Mayoral Candidates

    Meet St. Paul’s Mayoral Candidates

    Rank-choice race is in full swing, early voting is openSt. Paul’s ranked-choice mayoral race is in full swing with eight candidates vying for the seat,…

  • Another look back: News from the 1990s

    Another look back: News from the 1990s

    Celebrating 50 years: 1971-2021 Another look back: News from the 1990sEditor’s Note: In the last several issues of the Community Reporter, we’ve looked back at events…

  • Ramsey County’s big new priority: hunger

    Ramsey County’s big new priority: hunger

    County PerspectivesRamsey County’s big new priority: hunger by Ramsey County Commissioner, District 5Rafael OrtegacolumnistRamsey County, in response to COVID-19 in 2020, took on a big…

  • Let your voice be heard

    Let your voice be heard

    Building an Antiracist Community Let your voice be heard By Tim Johnson You never know when people might listen to your voice.  Often, the teenage boys…

  • Our New Editor: A Star Arrives

    Our New Editor: A Star Arrives

    by Jerry RothsteinCasey Ek has been named the new Editor of the Community Reporter after he prevailed over a very competitive group of candidates. His first…

  • St. Paul reflects 20 years after 9/11

    St. Paul reflects 20 years after 9/11

    By Casey EkThe events of 9/11 20 years ago irreparably shifted the course of the world, and for a moment, according to some residents of St.…

  • The Schmidt Art Crawl is back

    The Schmidt Art Crawl is back

    By Lark Gilmer Pag Schmidt Artist Lofts – “Where Art Lives” What do artists do? They create art. What do artists do in a pandemic? They create…

  • Suni Lee Welcomed with Open Arms Following Gold-Medal Effort in Tokyo

    Suni Lee Welcomed with Open Arms Following Gold-Medal Effort in Tokyo

    Anyone near White Bear Avenue in St. Paul’s East Side could feel a weighty buzz in the air as a recent Olympic all-around gymnastics gold medalist…

  • A Return to Normalcy in images

    A Return to Normalcy in images

    While the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be prying at the hinges of our normalcy again at the time of this issue’s publishing, this summer went off…