Tag: Columns

  • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    BEA’S BOOKSPercy Jackson and the Lightning Thief By Beatrice CosgrovePercy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is about Percy, a kid living in New…

  • A time for action on gun violence

    A time for action on gun violence

    Council PerspectivesA time for action on gun violenceFellow Saint Paulites, the tragedy that happened at a bar in St. Paul a few weeks ago was…

  • Federation Update

    Federation Update

    FEDERATION UPDATE fortroadfederation.org Wanted: West 7th RecipesWe’re collecting recipes of West 7th, from you, for a West 7th / Fort Road Federation cookbook which will be sold as…

  • Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do

    Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do

    West End Healthline Gun Violence Prevention: What We Can Do By Emily Benzie, MD   The West End neighborhood is still recovering from the mass shooting at the…

  • Mosquitoes, Guns and Racism

    Mosquitoes, Guns and Racism

    Building an Antiracist Community Mosquitoes, Guns and Racism As a young girl my daughter quickly grasped the concept that creating breeding spots for mosquitoes was a…

  • Some good news, please!

    Some good news, please!

    By Tim Rumsey, MDHalloween evening 2004, Carl Bentson had 103 trick or treaters come to his lower St. Clair home. Each visitor received a can of…

  • A Good Kind of Trouble

    A Good Kind of Trouble

    BEA’S BOOKSA Good  Kind of Trouble (4 out of 5 stars) A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee Shayla Willows is starting seventh grade, and…

  • Wide wide world

    Wide wide world

    By Terry Giinther, Library Manager  In-person Homework Help Saint Paul Public Library’s in-person homework centers are open for drop-in assistance at five library locations across Saint Paul.…

  • Ramsey County’s big new priority: hunger

    Ramsey County’s big new priority: hunger

    County PerspectivesRamsey County’s big new priority: hunger by Ramsey County Commissioner, District 5Rafael OrtegacolumnistRamsey County, in response to COVID-19 in 2020, took on a big…