We barely reached a high of 59 degrees yesterday, according to the Carleton Weather Database. Our cool spring and summer has brought out the global warming skeptics, despite the adage…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
Griff asked me to blog about this after reading the article in the Northfield News. At the risk of continuing to stir up a tempest in a teapot, I’m willing to take a stab at it, although I’m writing in rather a hurry, which will probably get me in trouble.
I have to start with the disclaimer that in writing this, I am not speaking for any other member of the ZBA.
Tuesday’s public hearing and discussion of this agenda item took something over an hour. Three people were present at the meeting: Applicant Jerry Anderson, City Councillor Jon Denison, and Jim Gleason. City Planner Dan Olson prepared the staff report, Jerry Anderson made his appeal, Jon Denison spoke in favor of staff’s interpretation.
Target Corp. hosted quite a bash last night at the Mill City Museum in downtown Mpls for the National Civic Summit’s opening night party and Tweet-Up. The FREE conference…
The current issue of The Atlantic has a story titled Fixing Lunch that includes the problems associated with “crap food” in the vending machines in schools. The Northfield School Board apparently last changed the Wellness policy (PDF) back in May of 2006 (PDF) and directed the District Wellness Committee to develop new vending machine guidelines for the 06-07 year. It hasn’t been done, as far as I can tell. The vending machines in the photos are at the Northfield High School. (continued)
I left my car overnight in the parking lot of Carleton’s Rec Center.
We recently live-trapped a pesky raccoon that was becoming an expert birdseed thief. The guy who loaned me the trap warned me that the raccoon would destroy the grass or…
A local business owner and father of young kids alerted me this week that several crosswalks at busy intersections haven’t been painted this year. I took these photos of the intersections at Woodley and Division and at Jefferson Road and Jefferson Parkway (see below). According to this May, 2008 Friday Memo, City of Northfield “Crosswalks in the downtown area, those in school areas, or in high traffic areas are painted annually.” I searched the City’s website and couldn’t find anything about a change in policy. (continued)
Our guest this week: Northfield City Councilor Kris Vohs, who is a member of the Safety Center Task Force. (Kris also appeared on our show back in April.) I’ve turned off comments on this post. Join the discussion on the April SCTF blog post where there are 40+ comments to-date.
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The Friday Memo, written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and various department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. The Friday memos are…