Many of Northfield’s busy intersections got yellow signs saying “Single? NothfieldSingles.ORG” planted on all corners over the weekend. Nothing’s revealed on the website about who’s doing this but a quick check shows other towns nearby are likely getting hit, too.
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
According to a recent article by David Adam, environmental correspondent for The Guardian,
[Hashem] Akbari is poised to launch a campaign to paint the world white. He wants dozens of the world’s largest cities to unite in an effort to replace the dark-coloured materials used to cover roads and roofs with something a little more reflective.
It sounds simple, but the effect could be dramatic. Study after study has shown that buildings with white roofs stay cooler during the summer. The change reduces the way heat accumulates in built-up areas – known as the urban heat island effect – and allows people who live and work inside to switch off power-hungry air conditioning units.
My wife Robbie and I made our first visit to the Northfield Culver’s last week and met the franchise owners, Tom Zenk and Julie Zenk. I don’t write restaurant reviews but I was impressed by two things: 1) Tom’s Looney Tunes tie; and 2) that they had a bloodmobile drive card (coming Feb. 27, 8am-1pm) on every table. See my previous blog post on the conversion of Southgate Theater to Culver’s. Here are two more photos of the new interior.
River Valley Vision Center’s Pat O’Neill seems to have chosen the wrong approach with one of Northfield’s men in blue.
See the album of 40+ photos from last night’s ManZone or this slideshow:
In last week’s Northfield News: School search comes up empty. Their editorial this week: Drug dog search good start at schools. Kiffi Summa suggested in Tracy’s Locally Grown Open Mic blog post that we blog on this topic and Curt Benson followed up. I’ve included their comments below. I’ve not made up my own mind about this but I wish there was something on the Northfield School District’s web site that explained the rationale for its policy and procedures. (continued)
The Friday Memo, written by interim Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and many of the department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. Although…
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…
Both KYMN Radio and the Northfield News reported this morning that the Northfield City Council decided yesterday afternoon to repair the existing Northfield municipal liquor store instead of locating it…