Category: Feature
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West End Artist Profile: Kelly Ludeking
I grew up in the Midwest on a traditional farm—dairy, beef, pigs and all the crops to feed them and us—where I absorbed a great…
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Schmidt Artists realizing many dreams
Having Schmidt Artist Lofts in the neighborhood is just beginning to have the kind of impact many predicted when it was opened. Years of moving…
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Wabasha Street Caves to Close as Pandemic Threatens Local Venues
by David Lamb The manmade tunnels behind West St. Paul’s castle-like structure, once the site of a speakeasy said to be frequented by notorious gangsters,…
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Park Square, SteppingStone Join to Create Theatre for Life
Park Square Theatre and SteppingStone Theatre for Youth will join forces this fall to create “your theatre for life” in downtown St. Paul. The two…
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Take a safe and pleasant walk, learn history with West End Garden Tour
13th Annual West End Neighbors Garden Tour (WENGT) beautifully feature West End as historic origin of the Township/City of Saint Paul and Territory/State of Minnesota…
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After George Floyd, Cries for Justice and Equity
By David LambIn the video that outraged the nation, George Floyd is shown lying face-down on the street for nearly nine minutes, begging for his…
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2020 Community Service Award Winner Jerry Rothstein
Jerry Rothstein, editor of the Community Reporter for the past 12 years, has been awarded a 2020 Community Service Award by the Fort Road Federation, which…
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2020 Community Service Award Winner Diane Gerth
by Margaret KinneyDiane Gerth becomes passionate when she thinks the character and culture of the West Seventh neighborhood are being threatened. The retired lawyer has been…
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Our West End Neighbors — Being Careful, Caring and Creative
Although the onset of COVID-19 has not changed everything in our lives, with its continuing spread it has become much more difficult to ignore the…
