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…
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…
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…
West 7th/Fort Federation Candidates Offer Values, Insights

Dana DeMaster Candidate for President What makes the Federation mission meaningful to you? Why are you interested in being a Board member? It is important…
As Coronavirus Advances, Losses Reverberate Through Generations

by David Lamb With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 soaring nationally, few communities have been spared the disease’s devastation. What first arrived in…
Our Neighborhood at High Risk

The Wilder Foundation’s Minnesota Compass research arm has released a report that identifies neighborhoods in Minneapolis and St. Paul at high risk for the virus.…
The Spirit of Racism

by Tim Johnson, Retired Pastor of Cherokee Park United Church [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and…
How one West End service provider deals with Covid-19

by Jerry RothsteinAmong the West End enterprises that I would call “iconic,” Sibley Manor is one that provides irreplaceable benefit to fragile and vulnerable members of…
When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Art and Migration

By choice or by force. With great success or great struggle. People move or are uprooted, for many reasons. The world is currently witness to the…