The New Moon Trio performed on the Contented Cow‘s outdoor stage last Friday, minus their drummer Lance Heisler. Athena Currier more than made up for his absence by joining papa…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
Posted to the Carleton College news page yesterday, Lyman Lake Restoration: What happened to the Lake? Wednesday, August 12, work began on the Lower Lyman Lake/island shoreline restoration project.…
David Van Wylen resigned from the Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) last week. His term was due to expire at the end of 2012. I don’t know the reasons for his resignation but the focus now shifts to replacing him. Last year, this was troublesome (for example, see Nfld News articles here, here and here.) (continued)
Ross and I were unhappy about Tracy’s vacation, as you can see. But we got over it eventually. And after dissecting last weekend’s Outlaw Run, we tried to make sense of the Hwy 3 & 19 Transportation Study recommendations in front of the Northfield City Council. I think we failed, but you be the judge.
Click play to listen. 30 minutes.
Site preparation has begun on the Sibley Elementary School expansion. Last week, construction permits were pulled because of a mixup. I didn’t see anything about it in last week’s Friday Memo so I phoned Jim Kessler, Northfield’s Building Official, and emailed Supt. Chris Richardson for details. I’ve not yet heard back from Kessler but Richardson wrote: (continued)
The Friday Memo, written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and various department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. The Friday memos are…
Last Thursday, MPR aired a story titled Minnesota monarch butterfly population falls. Minnesota’s monarch butterfly population is 38 percent below average this summer, according to preliminary statistics from University of…
Co-owners Lana Huberg (left photo), Amy Williams, and Lisa Marie have opened Salon Synergy (“hair, nails spa treatments”) on the West Side of downtown Northfield on Water St., part of…
TJ Heinricy, Streets & Parks Supervisor, reported in the Aug. 21 Friday Memo that "The City compost site has been busy with the annual compost screening. This project entails the…