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Quatrefoil Library — a unique community

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Even if you know where to look, it may be a little hard to find the first time. Now at 1220 E. Lake St., the Quatrefoil Library is in its third location (fourth if you count the closet), cozily inhabiting the ground floor commercial suite at…

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Mitch and John, Part Two

BY ED FELIEN The American party was a brief offshoot of the splintered and collapsed Whig party, and its two most virulent centers of power were in Louisville and Cincinnati.  The Whigs had split over the issue of slavery, and the Free Soil party in the North represented the anti-slavery…

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Queen of Cuisine: Minnesota at the Mall

BY CARLA WALDEMAR FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar MOA near Macy’s 952-851-4040 We’re lucky to have not one, but two of Radisson Hotel’s new Blu concept in town—the delightfully inviting downtown Minneapolis destination, about which we’ve raved in print earlier, and its just-a-bit-older sibling at the Mall of America:…

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‘Careless Driving???’ C’mon!

BY ED FELIEN The Minneapolis city attorney, Susan Segal, has decided to prosecute Jeffrey Rice for Careless Driving for deliberately driving his car into a crowd of demonstrators on Nov. 25. Careless Driving seems to suggest a driver was distracted by a cell phone or not paying attention.  But Jeffrey…

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Davnie’s dual duties

BY ED FELIEN Rep. Jim Davnie just started his new job as executive director of SciMathMN, an advocacy organization that promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. According to its website: “SciMathMN is Minnesota’s statewide coalition for standards-based systemic improvements in K-12 science and mathematics education. The coalition came into…

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FRN Annual Meeting April 30

FROM THE FIELD REGINA NORTHROP NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP NEWSLETTER The 2015 Field Regina Northrop annual meeting is set for Thursday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at McRae Park. All residents are encouraged to attend for an opportunity to connect personally with our elected representatives, meet your current FRN board members, and…

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“Fly Kites, Not Drones”

“Go fly a kite!” with Women Against Military Madness Sunday, May 3, at Powderhorn Park following the May Day Parade. WAMM supporters oppose the U.S. military and CIA use of weaponized drones that kill civilians and assassinate targeted individuals. Children use markers and stickers to decorate kites provided by WAMM.…

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Target Center all over again

BY ED FELIEN The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay an additional $24.5 million to renovate the Target Center so Glen Taylor can charge more for admission.   Taylor is the publisher of the Star Tribune and owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves—the worst team in the NBA.  They are so…

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Is this guy for real?

CHEERLEADING BY ED FELIEN Normally, when the school board appoints an interim superintendent, that person lays low, doesn’t make waves, especially if they want to be appointed permanent superintendent.  But Michael Goar has come roaring out of the gate.   Determined to make his mark on the MPS, he immediately announced…

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NENA hires Amy Arcand as interim executive director

According to NENA’s website, its new interim executive director, Amy Arcand, “has 15 years of experience working with neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis and her consulting business, Willow Consulting, specializes in community engagement and coalition building, interim executive management, group facilitation, and organizational development. Amy is passionate about increasing citizen involvement…

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Mitch and John, Part One

BY ED FELIEN It recently came out that the new Republican House Majority Whip Steve Scalise gave a speech to a David Duke group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in 2002.  Scalise claimed he had no idea what the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) group stood for, or that…

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What’s happening at McRae Park?

BY ED FELIEN According to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, “The football/soccer field, four ball fields and two broomball rinks will be closed from July 1, 2015, through mid-summer 2016. This is to ensure the proper growth of the new natural turf field.” The playing fields will be closed…

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Remembering Jim Knutson

BY KIERAN FRAZIER KNUTSON My dad, James H. Knutson, passed away today from acute erythroid leukemia. He was with family and the arias of  Leontyne Price. He married my mom when I was a little boy and was a great father to me and my sister, Katrina. He was the…

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