West 7th / Fort Road Federation June 2024

Join our board! We are currently recruiting candidates for two of our board seats: one in Area 1 (homeowner or renter), and the other in…
Highland District Council June 2024

Highland Park Garage Sale Weekend Highland Park’s weekend of garage sales is Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
HDC, W7/FRF host annual meetings, welcome new Board members

The West 7th / Fort Road Federation (W7/FRF) and the Highland District Council (HDC) held their annual meetings and Board of Directors elections last month,…
Celebrate all things West 7th at West Fest this summer

There’s a party coming to West 7th this summer, and organizers want everyone in the neighborhood to know they are invited. The event, West Fest…
Keeping Fear in Its Place

Our response was instinctive, as if our bodies made decisions without consulting our minds. The huge bear on the other side of the glass lunged…
Mr. Positive is ill

I’ve driven by Carl Bentson‘s St. Clair State Fair House every day for 30 years. Like so many others, I have to. To right-start my…
A community lesson for the whole world

Lucky I am to have made a documentary portrait of Carl Bentson. Mr. Positive is a half hour film about a good neighbor who never…
St. Paul Farmers’ Market kicks off 170th year

The St. Paul Farmers’ Market opened their season April 27-28 in downtown St. Paul for its 170th year of providing locally produced food in St.…
What Really Matters?

I’m stepping away from my sixteen-year involvement with the Community Reporter in the midst of my grief over the death of Miriam, my partner in…