Last August I blogged about Mari Sorgatz, one of the workers for the City of Northfield’s Streets, Parks & Facilities Division who has downtown flower watering duties in the summer.…
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Our guest today was Randy Jennings, local citizen, long time Northfielder, and eloquent critic of Locally Grown. We mostly discussed his criticism of the recent controversial blog posts and comment…
While riding my bike downtown this morning, I noticed: Left: a crate, wrapped in an orange blanket, in the parking lot between Riverwalk and Oolala. What is it?Right: the…
Today’s Nfld News has this front page story: Crossing development is in foreclosure. City Administrator Al Roder confirmed Tuesday evening that he was notified late last week of the proceedings…
Northfield’s civic blogosphere got a boost in the summer of 2004 when a group of government leaders from the U.K. visited Northfield. (We hosted them at the Contented Cow, naturally.…
The April minutes of the Northfield Hospital board meeting show that they’re considering a new name and that they’re willing to spend up to $40K to decide. Ken Bank…
I blogged about my high-tech hearing aids over a year ago. So it’s time for another report from the front lines of impending geezerhood, but this time, the topic is…
Minnesota Public Radio’s Public Insight Journalis (PIJ) project hosted a moderated discussion last Friday night in their UBS Forum. A group of about 20 citizens selected from their PIJ…
Northfield City Administrator Al Roder publishes a memo to the mayor and city council each week on Friday. It summarizes many of the staff activities for the week. The Friday…