Category: Neighborhood News

  • Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

    Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

    BEATRICE COSGROVE reviewer ****(4 out of 5 stars)  Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li is about kids doing amazing things or…

  • Escaping the Spiral of the Winter Blues

    Escaping the Spiral of the Winter Blues

    Being Wellby Erin Brandel Dykhuizen, MA, MSW, LICSW I haven’t been to my (now virtual) book club in three months. I haven’t even tried to read…

  • The Mixed Precipitation We Call Winter

    The Mixed Precipitation We Call Winter

    Birds in ParticularHalle O’[email protected] COVID fatigue and politics—as well as Basal cell carcinoma—have been kicking my butt this winter. Even still, I have a wee bit…

  • Vaccines roll out for some — with dose of confusion

    Vaccines roll out for some — with dose of confusion

    By David Lamb The robo-calls from the United Family Medicine (UFM) clinic came in the late afternoon on January 19, saying there were vaccinations available at…

  • Hope for the Year Ahead

    Hope for the Year Ahead

    Council Perspectivesby Rebecca Noecker City Council Member, Ward 2columnist “Man plans, and God laughs.” As I looked back at the column I wrote this time…

  • Federation Update

    Federation Update

    882 West 7th, Suite 6fortroadfederation.org Board UpdateAt the Dec. 14 meeting, it approved some updates to the strategic plan, a 2021 budget and updates to…

  • If You Were Sick, Who Would Speak for You?

    If You Were Sick, Who Would Speak for You?

    West End Healthline by Courtney Klinkhammer, MD Among all the surprises 2020 brought us have been new challenges for getting the care we want. Every…

  • Transit for the Neighborhood—and the Region

    Transit for the Neighborhood—and the Region

    Letter to the EditorBy James Schoettler, Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit (C-A-R-T.org) Kent Petterson made a number of good points in the December issue of…

  • Community Reporter 50th Anniversary

    Community Reporter 50th Anniversary

    Add your name to our Honor Roll of Community Supporters to help us sustain the workOur “Community of Reporters” provides the West End with thoughtful,…