The 2009 Red Ribbon Ride came through Northfield this morning and stopped for coffee and warmth at the HideAway Coffeehouse and Winebar. This is a four day, nearly 300 mile…
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The Fbo Daily News has a story about horse-pulling at this week’s Rice County Fair. From the photo included with the story, there’s apparently more to preparation for this competition…
We barely reached a high of 59 degrees yesterday, according to the Carleton Weather Database. Our cool spring and summer has brought out the global warming skeptics, despite the adage…
Target Corp. hosted quite a bash last night at the Mill City Museum in downtown Mpls for the National Civic Summit’s opening night party and Tweet-Up. The FREE conference…
The current issue of The Atlantic has a story titled Fixing Lunch that includes the problems associated with “crap food” in the vending machines in schools. The Northfield School Board apparently last changed the Wellness policy (PDF) back in May of 2006 (PDF) and directed the District Wellness Committee to develop new vending machine guidelines for the 06-07 year. It hasn’t been done, as far as I can tell. The vending machines in the photos are at the Northfield High School. (continued)
I left my car overnight in the parking lot of Carleton’s Rec Center.
We recently live-trapped a pesky raccoon that was becoming an expert birdseed thief. The guy who loaned me the trap warned me that the raccoon would destroy the grass or…
A local business owner and father of young kids alerted me this week that several crosswalks at busy intersections haven’t been painted this year. I took these photos of the intersections at Woodley and Division and at Jefferson Road and Jefferson Parkway (see below). According to this May, 2008 Friday Memo, City of Northfield “Crosswalks in the downtown area, those in school areas, or in high traffic areas are painted annually.” I searched the City’s website and couldn’t find anything about a change in policy. (continued)
Our guest this week: Northfield City Councilor Kris Vohs, who is a member of the Safety Center Task Force. (Kris also appeared on our show back in April.) I’ve turned off comments on this post. Join the discussion on the April SCTF blog post where there are 40+ comments to-date.
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