Effort is aimed at filling vacant storefronts. Saint Paul’s Downtown Alliance is one month into its Let’s Grow promotion, offering free rent for up to six months as an incentive for new tenants to fill vacant storefronts. As of last…
Ramsey Hill playwright Leah Cooper grew increasingly intrigued several years ago with the concept of loss and the kinds of ambiguous loss that go unnamed, ungrieved and unresolved. In her research she learned that storytelling and ritual can help people…
Along with spending $10 million on public safety, the Saint Paul City Council allocated $15.3 million in federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds on July 20 for workforce programs and another $340,299 to write down the cost of business licenses.So…
The dispute over the city of Saint Paul’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is headed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. City officials on July 8 appealed a Ramsey County District Court ruling in June in favor of the city’s three largest…
The nonprofit Children’s Defense Fund’s Freedom School at the Rondo Education Center, 560 Concordia Ave., is hard at work this summer reversing the learning loss so typical of grade school children during the summer and making up for the even…
Highland Park actor Sun Mee Chomet will be making up for lost time this month at the Guthrie and Southern theaters in Minneapolis. At the Guthrie, Chomet will appear as Miss Bates in the world premiere of Emma, playwright Kate…
Without help from the 2022 Minnesota Legislature, Ramsey County officials face the daunting task of providing shelter for homeless people with the county’s own funds—either that or see more people living in outdoor encampments.The County Board on May 24 took…
Todd Axtell’s tenure as Saint Paul police chief ends on June 1, but his legacy will live on through his efforts to build the public’s trust, diversify the police department, expand opportunities for law enforcement careers and lead through particularly…
One day last fall, Mary Jo Lawless was out for a walk. She crossed paths with Brenda Ryan. The neighbors had waved to each other in the past, but did not really know one another. This time, instead of going…
Freedom House's homeless clients may be back on street in May. Freedom House, a day shelter for people who are homeless at 296 W. Seventh St., will close its doors when its lease expires in May. Its building could become…
Braxton Haulcy likes to tell the story of how music changed his life. “I was a ‘D’ and ‘F’ student in second grade,” he said. When his mother got him started in piano lessons, his grades improved to A’s. Music,…
Expect another spring and summer in Saint Paul without large festivals and other civic events due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual Festival of Nations in May has been scratched. Organizers of Cinco de Mayo and…
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