Tag: Columns

  • Saint Paul Public Library is here to help students succeed 

    Saint Paul Public Library is here to help students succeed 

    By Terry GiintherLibrary Manager  Fall is here, kids are back in classrooms, and the St. Paul Public Library is here to support their success in…

  • Federation Update

    Federation Update

    FEDERATION UPDATE fortroadfederation.org  Fort Road cookbook now availableMonths in the making, the Fort Road cookbook is finally available for purchase. For $25, you can get a hold…

  • Wonky policy changes make biggest impact

    Wonky policy changes make biggest impact

    Rebecca Noecker  City Council Member, Ward 2columnist One of the ironies of local government is that the really important stuff rarely makes the news.Ribbon-cuttings, program launches…

  • An Infant’s Choice

    An Infant’s Choice

    Building an Antiracist Community  He is only 4 months old, yet even at this early age he has already discovered a lesson that can guide him…

  • Health Benefits of Being Outside

    Health Benefits of Being Outside

    by Nathan Hinrichs, MD Over the last century, more and more people in the U.S. are moving to large cities for work opportunities and socialization. One consequence…

  • Flying High: An Interview with Author Emmett Zimmerman

    Flying High: An Interview with Author Emmett Zimmerman

    Picture this: May, 2022. What were you doing? For Emmett Zimmerman, an 8-year-old author, it was getting his book published. Plane Crashes is a fictional book…

  • Brad Zellar’s latest novel is ready to roll

    Brad Zellar’s latest novel is ready to roll

    By Tim RamseyFull disclosure. I am a borderline Brad Zellar zealot. He’s been writing and editing among us Twin Citians for decades. He’s earned the attention…

  • Notebook Recollections: Walk This Way

    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…

  • Fort Road cookbook now available

    Fort Road cookbook now available

    Months in the making, the Fort Road cookbook is finally available for purchase. For $25, you can get a hold of about 85 recipes from your…