Saint Paul property owners should be receiving mailed notices this month of their estimated property taxes for 2023. The estimates are based on the maximum property tax levies established earlier this fall by Ramsey County, the city of Saint Paul…
Dilemma of Summit Ave. trail It must be a great conundrum for tree-loving bicyclists to have historic Summit Avenue reconfigured for their noncarbon-footprint agenda. On the one hand, the cyclists want more shared space for their two-wheeled transporters. On the…
The Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, 270 N. Kent St., has received a $5,748 grant from the Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless Foundation to help increase its food storage capacity, including two new refrigerators, for its Basic…
Proposed balcony exploits the bluff to give downtown new ways to access riverSaint Paul officials unveiled the final schematic last week for an ambitious redesign of the downtown riverfront that bridges the divide between the Mississippi and the high bluff…
Federal, state and local offices are on the line. Voters across the area served by MyVillager will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, to choose among candidates for U.S. representative, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of…
Shrinking of the American dreamThe homes in the Highland and Macalester-Groveland neighborhoods reflect the times in which they were built. Examples include the razed farmhouse at Snelling and Lincoln avenues (now the parking lot of Sherman-Williams), which was probably the…
Robust home sales have caused the market value of homes across Saint Paul to increase this year. While that may be good news for homeowners in terms of their real estate investment, they may feel a squeeze when it comes…
Rena Moran Darryl Spence Longtime public servants describe their approach to county commissioner's job.Summit-University residents Rena Moran and Darryl Spence, who finished one and two, respectively, in the August 9 primary election, will face off on November 8 in the…
Bill Hosko Rafael Ortega Public safety, budget and services dominate debate. One year after his unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Saint Paul, Bill Hosko is challenging 28-year incumbent Ramsey County Commissioner Rafael Ortega’s bid for another four-year term in District…
Listening House wants to create a new drop-in day shelter for homeless people in the former Red's Savoy Pizza location at 421 E. Seventh St. The renovation of Listening House’s new drop-in day shelter for homeless people at 421 E.…
The Ramsey County Board got its first look on September 6 at the supplemental county budget for 2023 as proposed by county manager Ryan O’Connor. The $785.4 million budget is up about $2.3 million from the 2023 budget approved last…
An increase in the number of homeless encampments in Saint Paul has city, county and local nonprofit social service agencies looking at ways to move people into shelters and access programs to serve their many unmet needs. The City Council…
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