Brianna Trinidad Sprung, new West 7th Library manager

Hello West 7th Community! My name is Brianna Trinidad Sprung, and I am the new Library Manager for the West 7th Library. If you’ve visited…
Notebook Recollections: Walk This Way

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for…
Ramsey County commits to bold vision of RiversEdge in downtown

City Perspective By Ramsey County Commissioner District 5 Rafael Ortega In 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic brought many things to a screeching halt, including the RiversEdge…
Spiders and the Hierarchy of Caste

Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson We called him Spider. He was thin and gangly, not unlike many spiders, particularly the one most familiar to…
Navigating body piercings safely

West End HealthlineBy Lydia Tortorici, MDPiercings for decorative, religious, spiritual, and cultural purposes have been used for thousands of years. Given their current surge in popularity,…
Little House in the Big Woods explore themes of love, kindness

ABBY’S ANGLE by Abby Horton★★★★/5 StarsLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, originally written in 1932, is a children’s fiction novel reflecting on…
Notebook Recollections: Walk This Way

Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…
Lead water pipe replacement update

City Perspective Hello Saint Paulites,As a Board Member of St. Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS), I am pleased to share an update about progress being made…
West End Healthline: Feeling sad? You could have SAD

By Joel Giffin, DO The dark days of January can be a difficult time for many people, especially in Minnesota. Some people call this the winter blues,…