Who are you going vote for in the Northfield mayoral primary next Tuesday, Sept. 9? (Image is a photo of the image that accompanies the Cows, Colleges and Consternation article…
Category: <span>Gov’t & Policy</span>
According to the Wikipedia, “the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for…
The Amethyst Initiative got a lot of media coverage last month. Launched in July 2008, the Amethyst Initiative is made up of chancellors and presidents of universities and colleges across…
The editorial in today’s Nfld News is titled: Bonding proposal should go to voters (links below are mine): Several downtown establishments have joined together to present a petition to put…
The DNC is history. The RNC begins on Monday. What’s to like and dislike (speeches, spectacle, etc. ) about them both?
RepJ reporter Bonnie Obremski was our guest this week. (More accurately, ‘my guest’ since Ross and Tracy abandoned me in favor of parenting duties.) We discussed what’s she’s learned thus…
I was in Duluth last weekend and the local news headlines were all about the $6.5 million City budget deficit mess, at a level that’s attracting statewide coverage (MPR last…
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…
While taking photos of the outdoor pool’s climbing wall last week, I noticed the commemorative plaque and flag pole for what’s now called Old Memorial Park. The plaque reads: On…