Northfield Historical Society (NHS) Executive Director/blogger Hayes Scriven (left) has been deploying a Boss Godfrey look (center) lately. He then finds walking wounded (e.g., right photo, yours truly with…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
The roller hockey rink at Riverside Park has a new element of controversy: a soon-to-be-installed outhouse that will face the Village on the Cannon (VOC) condos. (See my original…
The Northfield Garden Club held a lemonade and cookies party yesterday morning in Riverside Park for residents of Millstream Commons. In another sign of how the recession is hitting all…
Six guys + a linoleum mat on a concrete divider + a boombox = summertime entertainment on downtown Northfield’s west side tonight at about 9 pm. See the photo album…
I got this email from Machelle Kendrick about Annie Get Your Girlfriends! A Downtown Health Event on Friday, July 25 4-8pm (PDF poster): The event will take place in the…
It was just us’ns yesterday, talking about city council filings, the stalemate between the mayor and council over board and commission appointments, Hwy 19 and regional transportation, the comp…
While visiting the bathroom at the Northfield Public Library last week, I noticed literacy signs and stickers scattered about. Left: the use of car stickers with engaging signsCenter: urinal target…
Drive by Northfield’s car dealerships and look carefully. At Furlong and Dokmo’s, they’ve reduced their inventory dramatically due to the recession but they’re camouflaging it by spacing the vehicles…
Susan Hvistendahl alerted me last night with this email: Just saw Jay Leno holding up a headline from Northfield, Mn., which was “Northfield plans to plan strategic plan.” I wondered…