Northfield Mayor Mary Rossing presented at an NDDC forum this morning, discussing, as noted in Ross’ NDDC blog post, “the City of Northfield’s plans for financing the Capital Improvement…
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I took some photos and videos on Saturday of the 1st Annual Northfield Table Tennis Open that I blogged about last week. It was held at the Northfield Middle School and was sponsored by the Northfield Senior Center.
Among the Northfielders participating, L to R: Jerry Holzer, Russ Margulies, Chris Bashor, and event organizer Patrick McKown. The other two photos are of the lists of participants, singles and doubles.
The 40-second video below shows players both warming up and in competition. Jeesh!
I got an email nudge last week from Shona Murphy, one of the four owners of Eclectic Goat, the “Artists Consignment Warehouse” at 418 Division Street. (Shona is…
I like how proprietor Carole Christensen (AKA Lulu LeMay) of Antiques of Northfield takes full advantage of the sidewalk in front of her store, placing merchandise both against the building and…
The rains have stopped, the skies have cleared, and the temps this weekend will be in the 70s. It’ll be a good weekend for some Bocce on the Contented Cow’s…
My daughter noticed that photos of a young newlywed couple going about their daily lives have been spreading around the intertubes lately. Both have significant physical disabilities. “This suddenly makes…
I was surprised to learn this week that at the end of 2009, the City of Northfield spent $23,000 for a laserfiche/document management system (p. 13 of the disbursement PDF; company: Crabtree). I thought it was still being considered. I asked City Clerk Deb Little to point me to the council agenda, packet, and minutes where the purchase was discussed and voted on.
Surprise #2: Deb wrote:
This was approved through the budget approval process. In addition, the dollar amount falls under the cap that the City Administrator is able to approve.
No Council discussion? Not even a consent agenda item?