Category: Neighborhood News

  • The Hero Next Door

    The Hero Next Door

    BEA’S BOOKS by Beatrice Cosgrove The Hero Next Door (5 out of 5 stars) The Hero Next Door, edited by Olugemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, is a collection of short…

  • Holiday Planning in the Time of COVID-19

    Holiday Planning in the Time of COVID-19

    By Nicholas Swenson, MD and Angela Ulrich, PhD  As snow falls and the pandemic surges, families across Minnesota are wondering how to celebrate the holidays without putting…

  • A season for pruning woodies

    A season for pruning woodies

    Garden Views by Kent Petterson Most maintenance and shaping of your landscape trees and shrubs is best if done in the winter dormant season after freeze…

  • Rehab restores landmark, builds on track record of success

    Rehab restores landmark, builds on track record of success

    NEIGHBORS SPEAK OUT  by Dave ThuneThe historic stone and brick complex atop a bluff high above the Mississippi River has lived many lives—a Japanese language and…

  • Transit Improvement for THIS Generation

    Transit Improvement for THIS Generation

    Letter to the Editor By Kent PettersonLast month the Community Reporter brought us a story written by Jim Schoettler of CART (Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit).…

  • Racism, Runny Noses and the Myth of Freedom for All

    Racism, Runny Noses and the Myth of Freedom for All

    by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor, Cherokee Park United Church[Editor’s Note: This is the tenth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are welcome:…

  • Virtual Lecture on History of Sokol Hall

    Virtual Lecture on History of Sokol Hall

    Joe Landsberger, former president of Sokol Minnesota, will reprise his talk about the history of Czech and Slovak fraternal organizations in St. Paul. Free but requires…

  • Whole Wide World

    Whole Wide World

    West 7th Public LibraryWith your Saint Paul Public Library card, access digital resources for the whole family to learn new things, provide entertainment and learn new…

  • When the Gangsters Ruled St. Paul

    When the Gangsters Ruled St. Paul

    by David LambA century ago, the “Public Enemy Number One,” the leader of the group whose members J. Edgar Hoover called “the toughest mob we ever…