Now that Patsy Ophaug’s a World Class Master swimmer, local businesses want her wearing their apparel. I shot this photo of her yesterday, standing between Tiny’s and the Goodbye Blue…
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
Council unanimous decision: No fees for at least a year for sidewalk dining, with or without alcohol
The sidewalk dining ordinance passed back in May but at last night’s City Council meeting, the Council unanimously passed the permit fee structure: no cost till at least next May,…
The Carleton Arb is awash in wildflowers. Areas surrounding the Rec Center are particularly spectacular. See the panel on the Arb Trailhead kiosk (right photo) for all the work…
At 7am on Sunday morning, Northfield Garden Club member Lu Lindstrom was out watering the flowers in front of the Northfield Public Library on Division. She had a marginally-willing volunteer…
There’s a Northfield City Council meeting tonight at 7pm. And it’s a biggie. See the agenda and packet (PDF’s). And see the Northfield city calendar for other public meetings that…
I asked Dan Freeman, this year’s chair of Northfield’s 4th of July Hometown Celebration, who should be thanked for helping to make it happen. Dan wrote: Hey Griff, here…
I took these photos of Malt-O-Meal‘s Ames Mill and the Ames Mill dam, Froggy Bottoms, the offices of Hvistendahl, Moersch & Dorsey, Riverwalk, the 4th Street bridge last week… 6…
Northfield News Managing Editor Jaci Smith’s column in today’s paper is titled Heroin is here and it is a problem. And one thing I was never completely confident of was…
Yesterday was a picture-perfect hometown 4th. See the photos of the kiddie parade, kids carnival, kids dance, criterium bike race, vintage baseball (thanks to Susan Hvistendahl), rock bands, and fireworks…