January 5, 2009 – 8:10 am
I got this email yesterday from a Way Park area citizen, Tom Kotula:
On Monday, Jan 5th, the city council will hear discussions about whether or not to close off first street west to connect the two halves of Way Park. Perhaps this might be a good place to start a discussion concerning that [...]
December 30, 2008 – 6:42 am
The sign at the Rice County Landfill gate says:
Bridgewater Township has enacted a host fee on all garbage and demolition effective January 1, 2008 for $3.33 per ton of garbage and $75 per ton of demolition.
Bridgewater Township Resolution No. 2007 – 12 (PDF) says:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Supervisors of [...]
December 28, 2008 – 10:06 pm
Allyson Herbst, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says (PDF - full text below).
A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says
By Allyson Herbst
Northfield residents last summer couldn’t help but notice a striking change that bloomed outside the Northfield [...]
December 21, 2008 – 7:30 am
Before the wind came up yesterday afternoon, the fluffy snow piled up on objects everywhere to make snow hats.
In the Arb, local archers are not only doing young trees a favor by thinning the herd of forest rats. Area motorcyclists are especially appreciative.
Update 12/22: I added another ‘snow hat’ photo [...]
December 17, 2008 – 8:55 pm
One of my kids’ favorite books when they were little was the The Berenstain Bears & the Spooky Old Tree. So they always loved to climb/hide inside the spooky old tree in Carleton’s lower Arb.
Left: I’m not sure when the tree fell over but this is a photo from 2004. [...]
December 17, 2008 – 6:15 am
Cloudy nights are a great time to cross country ski in the Carleton Arb. The glow from the lights along Hwy 3, the campus, and downtown Northfield make it very easy to see where you’re going.
And if it’s snowing like it was last night, the glowing effect is intensified. [...]
December 15, 2008 – 8:41 am
Yesterday, the temperature went from 39 degrees F. at noon to zero at 6 pm.
See my screenshot of a plot of the temp and windchill for the day from Carleton’s weather database.
It could be –15F or colder tonight. Not quite a three-dog-night but darn nippy.
What’s your prediction how cold it’ll get by Tuesday morning? [...]
December 12, 2008 – 5:44 am
Dan Sugarman, Allyson Herbst, Evan Haine-Roberts, Anne O’Gara and Vincent Poturica are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 10-minute video titled Home Grown: Eating Local in Northfield.
November 1, 2008 – 5:46 am
Spring Creek flows under Jefferson Parkway at Prairie Street, forming 3 ponds in Spring Creek Park north of the parkway. (Click photos to enlarge.) A walking/bike path surrounds the pond with a footbridge over the creek at the north end of the area. See the screenshot of the Google satellite view with the arrow [...]
September 2, 2008 – 7:17 am
According to the Wikipedia, “the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction.”
St. Olaf is aiming for LEED Platinum for its Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences building, opening today. (Left [...]
August 16, 2008 – 7:34 am
I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen someone hanging their clothes outside to dry here in Northfield.
Is it banned in places or just not, um, cool?
See the Project Laundry List website for the top ten reasons to air-dry your laundry.
August 8, 2008 – 10:06 am
This NY Times story from May was reprinted in yesterday’s Strib: One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal: Food riots are breaking out abroad but Americans toss a lot of their food in the garbage.
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing [...]
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