A reception was held at the State Capitol yesterday afternoon to close out the Sesquicentennial and thank everyone involved. (I blogged a photo album of the event here.) The program included the official sealing of the Sesquicentennial Time Capsule.
Our legislators, Sen. Kevin Dahle and Rep. David Bly, signed a Sesqui banner (I missed the deed) which will evidently be placed in the time capsule, to be opened in 50 years for the State’s bicentennial.
Mayor Mary Rossing put on a happy face from outgoing Mayor Lee Lansing at the start of last night’s Northfield City Council meeting.
See the album of 8 photos or this slideshow:
Citizens packed last night’s Northfield City Council meeting last night for the Way Park public hearing. A dozen addressed the Council at open mic.
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See the album of 17 photos or this slideshow:
Just like last year, we got a holiday greeting card from Morgan Weiland and Cameron Nordholm that included their photo. Who are they? We have this blurb on our About…
I got this email yesterday from a Way Park area citizen, Tom Kotula:
On Monday, Jan 5th, the city council will hear discussions about whether or not to close off first street west to connect the two halves of Way Park. Perhaps this might be a good place to start a discussion concerning that possible decision.
See the agenda item and addenda pdfs for tonight’s council meeting.
The Friday Memo, written by interim Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and many of the department directors, managers, and supervisors, summarizes many of the staff activities for the week.
Although it’s directed to the mayor and city council, it’s helpful for citizens to see what’s going, too. The Friday memos are published and archived in PDF form at the bottom of Joel Walinski’s web page.
Ever hear of misprision of a felony? Neither have I. But it’s in this Dec. 19 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled Prosecutors: St. Louis investment house ran $4.5 million fraud.
The City of Northfield’s missing millions are at the heart of the case.
I’ve been paying attention to the left’s reaction to Barack Obama’s choice of Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration in 3 weeks. For example: