Category: Feature
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The Women of Claddagh Coffee
by Jerry Rothstein When Claddagh Coffee opened in August, 2011, it didn’t take very long for it to become one of the neighborhood’s favorite spots. Owner Mary Hogan-Bard had managed…
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Welcoming Pastor Emily: In the City for Good
by Jerry Rothstein A few months ago, Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener arrived in the West End to take up her new call — to both St. Mark and St. Luke Lutheran…
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Neighborhood Tradition Has Deep Roots
In 1990, Ray, Nancy and Mary Jo Matykiewicz planted a pine seedling in their side lot on Bay Street. That fall Ray was deployed to the Gulf as part of…
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Riversedge Brings Bold Vision to Downtown
by Commissioner Rafael Ortega Over the past six months, Ramsey County has been working with developer AECOM to refine a vision for the Riversedge development along Kellogg Boulevard in downtown…
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“Never say ‘I’m Just a Volunteer’” — Georgann Warren McClure
West Enders Making a Difference Already a highly successful volunteer administrator, proposal writer, and fundraiser, Georgann Warren McClure moved into the West Seventh area about eight years ago. By the…
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A “New” Classic Comes to West Seventh
by Jerry Rothstein It is not often these days we find a newly constructed office block echoing, supporting and honoring the creations we consider “heritage.” A wonderful exception for the…
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There’s Hope for Breakfast
by Jerry Rothstein Two years ago, we reported on our neighborhood’s refusal to accept the loss of one of St. Paul’s historic buildings: “The Hope Engine Company No. 3 building was…
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Keystone Foodmobile II goes on the Road
The Keystone Community Services annual fundraising event in September, Keys to Success, hoped to raise about $ 75,000 to put a second mobile food shelf on the road. That would go…
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Council Perspectives: What’s Right about Trash?
In a few weeks, St. Paul residents will head to the polls to decide whether to uphold our organized trash collection ordinance. While oceans of ink have already been spilled on…
