‘Falcon Heights will never be the same’
Philando Castile. Twelve months ago, most Falcon Heights residents had never heard the name. That changed July 6, 2016, when Castile, a 32-year-old black man from Robbinsdale, was shot... Read More
A garden of surprises
One of the great pleasures of a garden is that you never know what you will find in it. You design, plant and tend your garden, but it has a... Read More
Midtown Greenway could extend into St. Paul
Minneapolis’ Midtown Greenway is a crown jewel of American urban bicycling, an off-street trail along an old railroad corridor used by thousands every day. But it ends abruptly at the... Read More
Linnea Gardens Condominiums to celebrate building’s centennial
In the early 1900s, government services for the elderly and indigent were nearly non-existent. So a group of Swedish immigrant women, headed by Anna Bennett of St. Paul and... Read More
Como students’ anthology explores identity and culture
By Ned Leebrick-Stryker For six months of their inaugural year of high school, 41 ninth-graders at Como Park Senior High School collaborated with the Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute, a nonprofit on... Read More