Category: Local Culture

  • Greg Ekbom celebrates 50 years of taking it “Day by Day”

    Greg Ekbom celebrates 50 years of taking it “Day by Day”

    Greg Ekbom looked uncomfortable at Day by Day Cafe, the restaurant he founded located at 477 West 7th St., on November 27. That’s because, instead…

  • Work, respect and caring for your community

    Work, respect and caring for your community

    West End Profile: Korinne Gerhart When we learned that Korinne Gerhart is the new president of the Little Bohemia Neighborhood Association, knowing that she had…

  • Rice Park lights up for the holidays

    Rice Park lights up for the holidays

    On November 10, Mayor Melvin Carter and the City of St. Paul celebrated the annual lighting ceremony for The Salvation Army “Tree of Lights” in…

  • Celebrating 100 years of Palumbo Mass

    Celebrating 100 years of Palumbo Mass

    By Jeanne Pechmann Most of us won’t remember the article in the St. Paul paper about the tragedy that has affected our family since 1923.…

  • Holiday season in full swing

    Holiday season in full swing

    The Holiday’s are right around the corner, and the West End and surrounding neighborhoods are a great spot to celebrate. Shopping local Keg and Case…

  • Piano Lessons , part one 

    Piano Lessons , part one 

    Notebook Recollections 10-20-16  Our clinic had an outside piano. Three actually, Minnesota weather being what it is.  Number one was a 1926 Raudenbush upright player…

  • West 7th / Fort Road Federation December 2023

    West 7th / Fort Road Federation December 2023

    Welcome our Newest Board Member The Federation welcomes our newest board member and Area 3 Coordinator, Seth Smiglewski. Seth moved to the West 7th neighborhood…

  • Highland District Council December 2023

    Highland District Council December 2023

    Community Spotlight Each month, the Highland District Council will feature a Highland Park resident, business or organization. Our goal with this initiative is to build…

  • Support news in your own back yard

    Support news in your own back yard

    Dear West End, Did you know? The Community Reporter has brought local news to our neighborhood for more than 50 years.  Did you know? This…