Our continued expansion of news coverage in print and on the web will ultimately depend on your support.Optimism may seem out of place in the midst of a pandemic, but hey, it’s 2022 and the new year brings a new…
When we were young, I marveled at my older brother Paul. He was so self-confident, so passionate. Like Paul, I felt strongly about my convictions but I was shyer and more hesitant to share them with the world. From an…
Saint Paul has allowed its property tax base to gradually erode over the years. The tax base is and always has been what pays for public safety, schools, libraries, parks and recreation, streets and now affordable housing in the city.…
The proposed merger of Calgary-based Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) will combine CP Rail’s Prairie Province and Upper Midwest routes with KCS’s route to Texas, Louisiana and Mexico. With no overlapping tracks and ongoing…
A thousand years ago, pagan people in what is now Ireland would build bonfires, don masks and attempt to communicate with the dead on the evening of October 31. It was Samhain (pronounced SOW-in), when it was believed that the…
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…
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