It’s what many Minnesotans yearn for every summer—a week’s vacation up at the lake. For my parents, native Chicagoans, it wasn’t their dream. But we, their seven children, wanted to go and so we went. As we loaded our four-door…
Honor system for fares may no longer be workable.In the past year, Saint Louis’ MetroLink has developed a Secure Platform Plan for its 38 light-rail stations in response to the same concerns about crime, fear of crime and stagnant ridership…
Changes to historic avenue deserve broader hearing, more intelligent study. The debate over the construction of new bike trails along Summit Avenue has engendered considerable angst on both sides. On one side are the bike supporters headed by the Saint…
Once in office, few politicians can avoid the powerful urge to spend massive amounts of money. In Saint Paul, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by the city annually. Saint Paul’s city budget was about $500 million in 2013.…
Joe and Jessica Carey continued their tradition of giving a Saint Patrick’s Day concert at their Highland Park home last month. Since then, I’ve been trying to articulate why this means so much. I guess when friends and neighbors gather…
I read with interest your article, “Public Works takes the heat for condition of Saint Paul’s streets” (MyVillager, February 22). There can be no disagreement that the quality of life has declined in Saint Paul over the last several years,…
St. Paul's original sales tax has had life of its own for 30 years. Saint Paul city leaders concocted a simple plan 30 years ago: Collect a half-cent on every $1 in sales in Saint Paul, use the tax revenue…
City needs to slow the process and consider other options for improving bicycle safety. I participated on the Design Advisory Committee for the proposed Summit Avenue Regional Trail and have spent countless hours reading all of the iterations of the…
Historic building should either be renovated or repurposed with new library built nearby. The Hamline Midway Library has been a neighborhood treasure at 1558 Minnehaha Ave. for over 90 years. In early February, it received a last-minute reprieve from demolition…
Minnesota’s public transportation systems need to reevaluate and reinvent themselves if they are going to survive. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation reveal that the Twin Cities’ light-rail system sees more crimes per billion passenger miles than any other…
The recent news from the city of Saint Paul that the anticipated development around Allianz Field has been significantly scaled back from the lofty vision first rolled out by Minnesota United principal owner Bill McGuire in 2015 (MyVillager, January 11)…
My Uncle Bill had a job at the old Met Center in Bloomington, and when he was working a Minnesota North Stars game, he often took my cousin Natalie and me along. The North Stars were Minnesota’s first National Hockey…
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