Elizabeth Schott, Executive Director of the Northfield Area United Way, stopped by my corner office at the GBM this morning and gave me a report on the current campaign —…
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On Saturday Northfielder Millie Johnson and her daughter Jean Churilla (left) visited our house (which is for sale, in case you wondered if I was going to once again engage…
In this week’s show, Tracy, Mathias and I discuss mixed-use development as exemplified by The Crossing. This led to a discussion of the Comprehensive Plan which is about to undergo…
The Parade of Homes began this weekend and The Crossing, the new mixed-use development on the northwest edge of downtown, now has two models in The Edgewater (residential condo building)…
Northfielder Sean Code sent me 16 photos today for “a look at the local terrain in Afghanistan.” Here are three (click to enlarge). See this album for the rest. Back…
My daughter Gilly snapped these photos Wednesday when Booker paid a visit to Grandpa’s Farm. Click to enlarge. See the entire photo album here. And see more about Booker’s neighborhood…
Anne Bretts blogged yesterday that the City Council could make a decision on the liquor store location at Monday’s meeting. I don’t see it on the Agendabut regardless, it’s a…
I got this invitation, so I must be hip, as I keep telling my kids. (“Your father’s hip he knows what cooks“) But not everybody can be hip so I’m…
In today’s New York Times, a front page article titled Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize: A new concept of the college campus is taking root: a small city…