The Northfield CQE held a Vote Yes! wine-tasting event last night at the James Gang Hideaway in support of the proposed operating levy and capital projects referenda on Nov. 7.…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
On last week’s Locally Grown show, Tracy and I discussed transportation, particularly east-west vehicular connections and its relationship to an upcoming Rice County corridor study. I had mentioned a list…
Bill Ostrem was our guest this week, discussing Northfield’s bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure — both the problems and the opportunities. Click photo to enlarge. Bill posted a detailed story on Northfield.org recently about bike…
Northfield has a well-deserved reputation for community I.Q. (I’ve heard it said that we have more Ph.D’s per capita than anywhere else in the country.) But if we’re so smart,…
Northfield’s LWV and the Cannon River Watershed Partnership are co-sponsoring two public events consisting of a candidate forum/moderated panel discussion. Candidates who have been invited to attend are are: MN…
I’m really bugged that, to my knowledge, none of the candidates for any of our local races — Northfield City Council, Rice County Commissioner and Northfield School Board — have…
Sean Hayford O’Leary IM’d me about this cool tool on MPR’s website: Select a candidate. By answering a series of questions about major issues, you can quickly learn which candidates…
I’m pro-choice. I have no doubts that our globe is warming due to the fossil fuel addiction of homo-sapiens. I’m very much against any attempts to pass a State Constitutional…
Lt. Governor Carol Molnau was in town this morning. I took this photo of her with the gang of morning regulars at The Bittersweet in the Archer House. She was…