Hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Paul’s new Community First Public Safety program is being rolled out more slowly than city leaders would like. With gunshots, homicides and other criminal violence on the rise, the City Council is anxious to…
The fate of Pedro Park on 10th and Robert streets in downtown Saint Paul is more unclear than ever. Some $800,000 in Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) funds earmarked for the park were used by the City Council this fall to…
Residential garbage rates to rise around $7 in Saint Paul next year Residents of single-family to four-unit dwellings in Saint Paul will pay about $7 more a year for garbage service in 2021, according to a report presented to the…
By Anne MurphyFor Malin Moore and Nola Stevens, summer vacation didn’t mean taking a break from working to make their community a better place. During the time away from school, the Horace Mann 5th-graders began creating bookmarks by hand. They…
Damage recovery, relocation grants offered, with priority for businesses around soccer stadium By Jane McClure After weeks of debate over organizational structure, the Midway United Fund is now accepting applications for “economic justice” grants to small businesses that were affected…
Villager Inbox‘Fully staffed’ police maynot have the same presenceLetter writer Carter McCoy’s response in the September 2 Villager Inbox to my earlier letter to the editor confuses “officers on patrol” with “police presence.” It’s an important distinction.Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria…
Selby JazzFest doesn't miss a beat with virtual shows in SeptemberBy Anne MurphySelby Avenue JazzFest will have a different vibe this year, according to founder and still director Mychael Wright. Rather than the one-day event that has become a September…
Property damage, loss of inventory in city tops $81 million markBy Jane McClureThree hundred thirty Saint Paul businesses incurred $73 million in property damage and $8.8 million in lost inventory and other assets in the civil unrest that followed the…
Department will have to forfeit the very programs citizens want from policeBy Jane PrinceWhen Todd Axtell became Saint Paul’s chief of police in 2016, among his top priorities was the creation of the Community Engagement Unit (CEU), in his words,…
Villager InboxSchool resource officers got a bad rap in Villager storyThe article about school resource officers (SROs) in the July 8 Villager was disappointing. I was specifically troubled by the Villager’s willingness to print inflammatory quotes by Saint Paul School…
Initiative raises more than $1 million to aid places closed since May riotsBy Jane McClureNeighbors United Funding Collaborative’s Midway United initiative has raised more than $1 million to help Midway area businesses that were damaged or destroyed in the riots…
Villager InboxDominant reality overlookedI was stunned by the headline in the latest issue: “Floyd protests break out into widespread rioting” (Villager, June 10). I do not believe that is the dominant reality of what occurred. Rather widespread peaceful protests have…
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