January 7, 2009 – 6:15 am
A reception was held at the State Capitol yesterday afternoon to close out the Sesquicentennial and thank everyone involved. (I blogged a photo album of the event here.) The program included the official sealing of the Sesquicentennial Time Capsule.
Our legislators, Sen. Kevin Dahle and Rep. David Bly, signed a Sesqui banner (I missed the deed) [...]
January 6, 2009 – 8:01 am
Mayor Mary Rossing put on a happy face from outgoing Mayor Lee Lansing at the start of last night’s Northfield City Council meeting.
See the album of 8 photos or this slideshow:
January 6, 2009 – 7:33 am
Citizens packed last night’s Northfield City Council meeting last night for the Way Park public hearing. A dozen addressed the Council at open mic.
I’ve closed comments here. Continue the discussion in this message thread attached to a previous blog post.
See the album of 17 photos or this slideshow:
December 29, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Northfield’s Meredith Fierke is getting more than a little attention from the Twin Cities media lately.
She had her CD The Procession favorably reviewed last week by Culture Bully’s Jon Behm
She performed live on Cities 97 last night
She performed live on KARE 11’s Showcase Minnesota about an hour ago
On Wednesday, Dec. 31, City Pages will [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:48 am
Back in Nov. 2005, ArtOrg hosted the John Berkey Observed Exhibition, “the second and largest exhibition of world famous illustrator John Berkey’s seldom seen works.”
Berkey was best known for his science fiction illustrations but Robbie and I fell in love with the small-town look of ‘Moonrise’ and bought a print.
I [...]
December 16, 2008 – 8:02 am
It’s great to see more and more people putting up photo albums of community events and better yet, embedding them in blog posts.
Here’s a PicasaWeb photo album that’s embedded in Alex Beeby’s blog post about last Sunday’s 4th Anniversary party at Just Food Co-op.
Here’s a Flickr album that’s embedded in Doug Bratland’s blog post [...]
December 14, 2008 – 11:47 am
Just Food Co-op is having their members-only 4th Anniversary Celebration today, 7-9 pm at the store.
See the album of 72 photos from the Co-op’s grand opening in December, 2004 or this slideshow.
See this album of 50 photos from the preview meeting held in April of 2004 at the First UCC.
And see the album [...]
December 9, 2008 – 6:30 am
The 7th Annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk will be held this Saturday, Dec. 13. “100% of registration fees will be going to Thursday’s Table” according to my sources.
See the photo albums from 2005, 2006, and 2007… and this slideshow of the latter.
December 7, 2008 – 11:20 pm
Last Thursday’s 10th Annual Winter Walk in downtown Northfield was picture perfect with the snow, crisp temperatures, large crowd, and festive atmosphere.
See the album of 125 photos or this slideshow:
December 3, 2008 – 8:47 pm
The Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Christmas Social for members at The Rueb tonight.
No, I’m not a member but I pretend I’m a journalist covering the event and they fall for it every other year. See the photo albums from 2004 and 2006.
See the album of two dozen+ photos from this year’s [...]
November 30, 2008 – 7:42 am
The Northfield High School Raiders lost to Mankato West Scarlets in yesterday’s 4A Prep Bowl XXVII championship game at the Metrodome, 33-14.
Northfield News: Northfield loses to Mankato West in Prep Bowl StarTribune: Mankato West rolls to victory over Northfield Pioneer Press: Northfield magic ends vs. Scarlets
November 16, 2008 – 8:26 pm
Amy Gohdes-Luhman, pastor of the Main Street Moravian Church, organized and hosted a town hall forum on heroin today. Panelists included:
Dr. Charles Reznikoff – Addiction Medicine Specialist, Opiate Agonist Therapy (OAT) Clinic - Northfield Hospital
Sarah Shippy – Program Director, MEd LICSW, Omada Behavioral Health Services
Scott Robinson – Sheriff’s Deputy, Rice County [...]
November 15, 2008 – 8:01 am
The House Party for Sarah Henson was held at the Grand Event Center last night.
See my album of 55 photos or this slideshow:
See Doug Bratland’s post on Northfield.org with his album of 40 photos or this slideshow of his:
November 9, 2008 – 9:23 am
The Northfield Historical Society (NHS) held its Masquerade Auction Gala at the Northfield Golf Club last night.
See the album of 6 dozen photos or this slideshow:
November 7, 2008 – 11:27 am
I’ve already blogged the photo album of the 2007 NHS Auction as a teaser for tomorrow’s Northfield Historical Society Masquerade Auction Gala at the Northfield Golf Club.
The NHS auction is near and dear to my heart because my very first photo album of a Northfield civic event was the 2003 NHS auction in the [...]
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