I loaded up on pancakes and sausages this morning at the Northfield Volleyball Club‘s fundraiser pancake breakfast at the Eagle’s/Legion Club on Water St. They’re serving till 12:30 pm. Adult…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
I searched Meetup for Northfield-area groups who support the various presidential candidates but couldn’t find any. Are there any organized gatherings yet? If you know of any, attach a comment…
Super Tuesday is coming. Here’s where to caucus in the Northfield area, 7 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 5: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Northfield Middle School, 2200 Division St S Independence PartyNew Prague…
The Northfield Rotary Club held a Youth Exchange fundraiser, dubbed To China and Back, at the Middle School last night. See the album of 60+ photos or this slideshow:
As Chair of the Northfield Mayor’s Task Force on Blogosphere Grammar, I feel compelled to dispel a few misperceptions. A blog is analogous to a newspaper. A blogger is like…
I got this email this afternoon from Kat Morriss, Carleton College sophomore: I was recently asked to create a photo essay about a person/business/event in Northfield for my digital foundations…
The Northfield Skateboard Coalition presented to the City of Northfield Park & Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) last week. The meeting was blogged here by NDDC’s Ross Currier, blogged here by…
I stopped by Gretchen Falck’s new Forza! For a Fit Life studio (on Professional Drive behind the Woodley St. car wash near Casey’s) yesterday as carpet was being laid…
The Center for Sustainable Living recently posted on an issue that came before the Planning Commission a couple of weeks ago. The CSL post,
“Council to Decide Fate of Agricultural Land on Feb. 4”, includes a letter and a call for action regarding a request, by Johnson-Reiland Construction Inc. of Burnsville, for annexation of 55 acres just east of Oak Lawn Cemetery on Wall Street Road.
At the Jan. 8 meeting, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of the request. (See the background information and staff recommendation here.) The Planning Commission recommendation was then forwarded to the City Council, which has the final authority in these matters.
More than 30 residents turned out at the Planning Commission meeting to comment, and the Commissioners had many more comments via e-mail and letter before the meeting. The sentiments of the roughly four dozen people whose comments we received could be summed up in the words of one e-mailer: “. . . we do not need more development by large outside development companies at the cost of our prime agricultural land.”