Back to School?: In year of uncertainty, parents, students and teachers tackle new challenges

BY DAVID LAMB After the debate over how to handle the coming academic year raged through most of the summer, with no consensus emerging, administrators…
Weak Link in the Transit Triangle: Riverview Corridor

BY GREG STRUVE The fate of the final leg of the long-anticipated “Transit Triangle” will be decided in December. At that time, the Riverview Corridor…
COVID-19 – Recommendations as the pandemic drags on

by Jonathan Dickman, MD, PhD As we approach a half of a year of working from home, distance learning and Zoom meetings, many people have…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…