Tag Archives: RepJStories

Carleton issues statement on finances

October 8, 2008 – 7:46 am

Higher education institutions across the nation, including Carleton College, have money invested in Commonfund’s floundering “Short Term Fund.”
But so far, Carleton administrators said they are far from panicked.
“Recent developments in the financial markets have caused for many of us confusion and uncertainty,” Carleton President Robert A. Oden Jr. wrote of the matter in a message [...]

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Video: City talks about working together

October 3, 2008 – 7:55 am

Northfield: Do we work together? from Bonnie Obremski on Vimeo.
Note: Below is the conclusion of a series of stories I have written about Northfield’s proposals to annex land from Greenvale Township and build an industrial park. All the materials I have posted about the proposals will soon be presented together on a Web page linked [...]

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New ordinance causes some summertime disapointment

September 11, 2008 – 8:25 am

At least one Division Street merchant is experiencing disappointment and some financial hardship because of an outdoor seating ordinance city councilmen approved in May, and she is hoping the councilmen will consider amending it before next summer.
Eileen Seeley said on Monday her customers were disappointed when she hauled her outdoor chairs and tables back inside [...]

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