Provincial House, a shelter for up to 30 homeless families at 1880 Randolph Ave., has received $827,244 from the city of Saint Paul’s Housing Trust Fund to keep it open through March 2023. The Saint Paul City Council, acting as…
A drawing of Kal Construction and Design's plans to renovate the existing house (left) and add a second smaller home (right), along with an accessory dwelling to the rear, at 549 Holly Ave. A Historic Hill District property could have…
Concerns about traffic, noise and the loss of trees and property tax revenue dominated a Highland Business Association Lunch and Learn session on June 13 on the University of Saint Thomas’ proposal to build a sports complex at the Highland…
Almost 250 people attended a June 6 virtual meeting to review the city of Saint Paul’s concepts for replacing Summit Avenue’s on-street bike lanes with one- or two-way bike trails separated from traffic by a narrow boulevard. The change would…
The three visions for the River Learning Center near Watergate Marina are "The Bridge," "The Path" and "The Destination." An online survey on the concepts will remain open until June 24.More than 125 people attended a workshop on June 9…
Stakeholders agree to exemptions to 3% cap on annual rent hikes. Following a sometimes acrimonious meeting, Saint Paul’s 41-member Rent Stabilization Stakeholders Group wrapped up more than two months of research and negotiation on June 7 with a package of…
Only one local project is among six tentatively selected for funding as Saint Paul’s 2023 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) process winds down. A public hearing on the projects is set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, in the fourth-floor conference…
RAS Ethiopian Restaurant, Bar and Lounge, 2516 W. Seventh St., had its liquor and entertainment licenses revoked by the Saint Paul City Council on June 15 due to repeated license violations.Supporters of the business filled part of the council chambers…
The nonprofit Listening House, which closed its Freedom House at 296 W. Seventh St. in May, hopes to relocate the drop-in day shelter to the shuttered Red’s Savoy restaurant building on East Seventh Street and Lafayette Road. The West Seventh/Fort…
The Hopetown Group wants to build a pair of two-story homes on a vacant lot at 855 S. Lexington Pkwy., just west of Albion Avenue. The Saint Paul Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit on June 10 for a…
Saint Paul officials want answers from the city’s consortium of five residential trash haulers, after receiving almost 3,000 complaints about missed garbage and yard waste pickups in the first 10 days of June. The missed pickups are a big increase…
In chapter 6 of her new book, As I Remember It: A Memoir of Persistence, Tenacity and Humor, Theresa Wanta quotes poet Langston Hughes: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”…
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