Como’s Class of 2021 struggles with strange senior year
By Eric Erickson Distance learning during the COVID pandemic has been challenging for students across the country at every grade level. Stories of low engagement and increasing failure rates have... Read More
Reimagining preschool during Covid pandemic
By Sarah CR Clark Joyful preschool children wiggled their way down Como Avenue to College Park one recent morning. Two teachers walked among them; one wearing a hiking backpack containing... Read More
Dealing with COVID-19
My daughter has started fifth grade at a Montessori school. Over the summer, the school sent a survey to parents asking if they would enroll their kids for another year... Read More
COVID-19 knocks 2020 murals off the walls
By Sarah CR Clark After a summer of cancellations, the blank walls awaiting fresh murals in the Creative Enterprise Zone neighborhood in south St. Anthony Park will remain blank a... Read More
Midway Chamber exec sees business challenges
By Scott Carlson As the executive director of the Midway Chamber of Commerce, Chad Kulas has a front row seat in witnessing how the coronavirus pandemic and recent social unrest... Read More
Uncertain times for brewpubs, restaurants
By Maja Beckstrom Jill Pavlak, co-owner of the Urban Growler Brewing Company in south St. Anthony Park, was looking forward to a record year back in January. Then COVID-19 hit.... Read More
