Water Lantern Festival 

On July 30 at Phalen Park Beach House, 1400 Phalen Dr., will be filled with fun, happiness, hope and great memories that...

Notebook Recollections: West 7th Liquor Barrel Glacier

Local staple Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept...

Parks Service, Mississippi River Connection launch teacher award  

The National Parks Service and Mississippi River Connection have announced their first-ever Big River Teacher Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement and innovation by...

Pedestrian-safe Shepard Road crossings on city’s radar

by Casey EkKathy Carruth, the Highland District Council executive director, recalls standing alongside members of Mayor Melvin Carter’s office, St. Paul Police...

LRT: Money better spent elsewhere

Letter to the Editor  I am managing partner of an office complex at 555, 557 and 561 West 7th doing business as Banfil...

Home Tour is back, West 7th well-represented

Three west end residences will be open during the Minneapolis & Saint Paul Home Tour. Joe Landsberger and Steve Shimer will show...

Birds through Dakota Eyes

Did you ever wonder how the wood duck got its red eyes? C̣aƞte Máza (Neil McKay), University of Minnesota senior Dakota language specialist, will...

Understanding purpose and need

By James Schoettler, member of Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit (CART)The City of Sauk Centre, pop. 4,500, has a four-lane superhighway.  Sauk...