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Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
Our guest yesterday was Hayes Scriven, Executive Director of the Northfield Historical Society. He’s leading a group of Northfield institutions (so far, they’re collaborating) that’s creating an audio walking tour of historical Northfield using some new-fangled technology called podcasting. In true Jesse James fashion, he stole the idea from New Ulm and their video podcast.
The editorial in yesterday’s StarTribune was titled: Unearned black eye for biodiesel fuel: It wasn’t the culprit in Bloomington bus problems. The unnamed editorial writers (don’t get me started on that tradition) rightfully spanked Fox TV commentator Glenn Beck for his bombastic comments but as I read it, I kept waiting for a mea culpa since their mid-January cold snap news reports (here, here, here, and here) surely helped contribute to the ‘unearned black eye.’ (continued)
I took these photos at last night’s dress rehearsal for the NAG’s production of Steel Magnolias which opens this weekend. See the Northfield News review, the album of 28 photos…
Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were both born this day, 200 years ago. Tina Kells writes in NowPublic: “The parallels in Lincoln’s and Darwin’s lives are also useful for the rest of a nation, which remains as bitterly divided over issues of homosexuality as we are about creation and evolution, and as we once were over human slavery.” So with a spirit of inquiry, let’s discuss. Some links: (continued)
The location? No comment. The activity? No comment. The verdict? Guilty!
The City of Northfield’s fiber consultant has finished surveying residents on their current use of cable, phone, and internet services (PDF of the questions asked). (See our podcast with City…
When you don’t really know how to accomplish a task or project, but need to communicate its gravitas, the Sustainability Buzzword Generator can save the day. Don’t just schedule a…
Electronic road signs are being hacked all over the country. (See this Jan. 28 story titled Texas Road Sign Hacked To Warn Drivers About Upcoming Zombies.) And now it’s happening…