I discovered Kiva a few months ago and made my first $25 loan to Thon Ratanak in June. He lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and requested an 18-month, $1,200…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
When things broke, we decided to put up a new theme for Locally Grown that we’d begun working on this past summer but never finished. Sean Hayford O’Leary did the…
We’re hosting online discussions with local candidates here on Locally Grown, right up to election day. We’ll keep this blog post at the top of the blog. We’ll attach comments…
I snapped these photos at last night’s Northfield School Board meeting. The Board recognized the PRIMEtime Grant Collaborative and its PRIMEtime Fellows — Northfield High School students who volunteered to…
Among the items that Randy Malecha (center) has repaired for me lately at his Willie’s Shoe Repair shop on Division: lining of my leather coat, my camera/cell phone holder, my…
I’m one of the many people in Northfield who A) spends most of my day on a computer and B) spends a decent chunk of that time in public spaces…
The Northfield East Side Neighborhood Association organized a candidates’ forum which was held yesterday afternoon. I attended for part of the forum but was unable to stay for the entire…
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…
Since I’ve maintained the web site for Village on the Cannon (VOC) the past few years, I’ve gotten some questions from local citizens re: the status of VOC, given the…