We are less than a month away from Saint Paul voters deciding if the city will be burdened with the toughest rent control law in the country. The ordinance, initiated by Housing Equity Now Saint Paul (HENS), is well-intentioned, as…
This November, Saint Paul will vote on who will lead Minnesota’s capital city for the next four years. Seven candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to challenge incumbent Mayor Melvin Carter, all political outsiders who are not expected…
As I walked out the door of a local merchant earlier this year, I looked at the change in my hand. A shiny new 2021 commemorative quarter caught my eye. I smiled and thought, “Good, they finally did it.” The…
The Saint Paul Port Authority has proposed changing the city’s zoning code to allow large digital billboards to be erected on or outside any sports arena in downtown that has more than 1,000 seats. The Minnesota Wild’s Xcel Energy Center…
Shrewd political instincts and a strong sense of empathy guided Chuck Repke throughout his life, say those who knew him well. Repke died on August 2 after a long battle with cancer. In his 67 years, he shaped countless Saint…
The selling of a modern streetcar line along the Riverview Corridor continues, with citizen working groups deployed to justify the concept of sleek, futuristic streetcars plying West Seventh Street between downtown Saint Paul, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and the Mall…
So, what’s up with the new “MyVillager” banner on the front page of this issue (reproduced above) and the new tagline “Know Your Neighborhood”? What’s up are a lot of things. The Villager continues its transition from a strictly free-distribution…
The Great Lakes, Everglades, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound. What do these national treasures have that the Mississippi River does not? A dedicated federal restoration program. However, U.S. Representatives Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota), Cori Bush (D-Missouri), John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky), Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee)…
Editor’s note: The Minnesota Air National Guard is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The centennial year, which kicked off on September 26, 2020, recalled an experience our correspondent had when the Air Guard was celebrating its 50th anniversary. My dad was…
Under the bus is where M Health Fairview threw significant numbers of patients, particularly elderly patients, when it closed Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Bethesda Hospital and their related clinics. Saint Joe’s was the hospital of choice for thousands of patients residing…
City showed heart but little brain in setting new speed limits. I’m so frustrated by the new 20 mph speed limit in much of the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. At various entry points into the cities, you see…
For decades, the 4.5-mile Canadian Pacific Railway spur between Highland Park and the vicinity of West Seventh Street and Saint Clair Avenue was a lifeline for Ford Motor Company’s Twin Cities Assembly Plant. Auto parts were transported in and new…