Whole Wide World – West 7th Public Library

by Leslie Spring, Library Manager Join in the fun and stay active with Summer Spark at Saint Paul Public Library. There is still time to…
West End Healthline: Make Half Your Grains Whole

by Megan Schmidt, MD, United Family Medicine Most people have a general understanding that foods made with whole wheat or other whole grains such as…
You Can Help with our 2020 Budget

Council Perspectives By Rebecca Noecker, City Council Member, Ward 2 Columnist Civic engagement is a lot like exercise. We all know it’s good for us, but…
Ramsey County Making Community Engagement Work

by Jerry Rothstein The idea of “community engagement” has emerged in recent years to offer a new way for government agencies to interact with community…
“Yes, We Can” Reprised

by Deborah Padgett I confess to having recently lost all sight of the privilege it is to be alive in this imperfect wonderful/horrible world of…
Guitar Concert Features Local Musician

Grammy-winning guitarist Pat Donohue (Prairie Home Companion) teams up with eclectic West End guitarist Jerry Kosak to present a concert of acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar…
Food Matters: Plucking Raspberries

I love the brambling foods, which are so insistent, flirtatious, and charmingly disheveled. Not to mention so sharply delicious. We grow three varieties of raspberry: Caroline…
Birds in Particular: Butterbutts

Warblers are captivating migratory birds that arrive near the middle of May in Minnesota. They have showy, dramatic plumage that is challenging to identify. These small,…
Keep Kids Cool This Summer

Help low-income children, infants to age 5, have a fun summer. Collect or purchase a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and mosquito spray. Volunteers of any age, individuals…