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By Griff Wigley, on July 24, 2010, 1:46 pm
By Griff Wigley, on April 10, 2010, 7:03 am
 Alex Beeby, member of the Adult Board of Directors for the Northfield Union of Youth (NUY), told me this morning that they’d closed on the purchase of the old Northfield Photo building at 111 West 6th St.
 It’ll be the new location for NUY’s youth center, The Key, currently at 303 Water St. A press release is forthcoming.
NUY owns the north half (building and property) of its current location. The City of Northfield owns the other half.
By Griff Wigley, on September 15, 2009, 7:51 am
 Our radio show/podcast guest this week: Amy Merritt, the new Executive Director of the Northfield Union of Youth, whose youth center is known as The Key. Former ED Josh Hinnencamp blogged about her hiring back in August.
Click play to listen. 30 minutes.
Continue reading Podcast: Amy Merritt, Executive Director of the Union of Youth
By Griff Wigley, on April 25, 2009, 8:05 am
  
Got crap junk to get rid of? Today’s your day to unload it for free. Josh Hinnencamp, Executive Director of the Union of Youth, calls it Dump Day in his Got stuff you don’t need? blog post and the Northfield News calendar item calls it Clean-up/Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Day (links are mine):
Bring useable items to this year’s annual Spring Clean Up Day from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Northfield Rodeo Grounds, or from 7 to 11 a.m. at Lansing’s Hardware, where youth groups collect them. Items will be sold at the youth garage sale held (rain or shine) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2 at the former Lansing’s Hardware Store, corner of Division and 7th Streets. Proceeds benefit the many project funds of The Key and the Mayor’s Youth Council. Hosted by the EQC, the Mayor’s Youth Council and The Key Youth Board. Waste Management provides dumpsters to unload debris free of charge to Northfield residents (must show I.D.) from 7 to 11 a.m. at the rodeo grounds. Disposal fee on electronic appliances.
Next Saturday, May 2, Waste Management will again be taking items.
By Griff Wigley, on February 5, 2009, 7:13 am
 At last week’s Union of Youth open house at The Key, I met Kevin Krein, Addy Payne, and Dan Zenner, co-hosts of the KeyMN radio show which airs on Saturday mornings at 9am on KYMN 1080. The show now has its own web site where each episode is blogged with a clickable Flash player. They started podcasting in early December. (continued)
Continue reading Another Northfield podcast: KeyMN
By Griff Wigley, on January 30, 2009, 2:13 pm
See the album of photos from last night’s open house or this slideshow. (I’ve turned off comments here. Continue discussion on my blog post from earlier this week on the event.)
By Griff Wigley, on January 29, 2009, 7:03 am
 Three youth board members from the Northfield Union of Youth joined us yesterday to discuss the organization on its 15th anniversary. L to R in the photo with me and Jesse James: Maisie, Hattie, and Ruth. They’ll be at tonight’s open house at The Key. See my blog post from earlier this week on the event. There are over two dozen comments attached to it, many by young people talking about what the organization has meant to them. (continued)
Continue reading Podcast: Northfield Union of Youth
By Griff Wigley, on January 27, 2009, 6:40 am
 I got an email from Ruth Amerman, president of the Youth Board of the Northfield Union of Youth, alerting me to their Open House this week. I plan to attend and take photos… and chime in on their long-range planning. (continued)
Continue reading Union of Youth’s 15th anniversary open house at The Key
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As Robbie and I got out of our car in downtown’s west side parking lot last night, we heard music coming from both the Cow’s outdoor stage and the back deck of The Key. Northfielders who ventured downtown, it turns out, got a real treat from the bands at both outdoor venues—with warm temps, spectacular skies, and later on, a full moon.
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