On a cold January night in a St. Paul high school gym, the national anthem was followed by the public address announcer’s introduction of the starting line-ups for two basketball teams. Standing at ...
Turn off. Tune out. Drop in. That is the essential philosophy behind Mick Grotzke’s Present Company, the recently opened retail store/workshop space/mini mart/hangout spot devoted to analog activities ...
Guest speaker Julie Grossman presents “Soil Health 101: Simple Practices for Thriving Home Gardens.” Grossman is a professor of soil agro-ecology and organic food systems at the University of ...
Dave Healy is a 30+ resident of St. Anthony Park and a retired college teacher and administrator (Bethel College and the U of M) and editor (The Writing Center Journal, Public Art Review, Park Bugle).
For high school graduating classes, 2020 has been a year like no other. Starting in mid-March, the nation’s coronavirus pandemic prompted Minnesota to implement “shelter in place” mandates that ...
The Como Park High School girls basketball team on Wednesday night won in Class 3A section 3 quarterfinal s play. The Cougars, at their home court, defeated Highland Park 75 to 33.
When El Aguila Restaurante opened for business at 1552 Como Avenue in July 2023, it marked the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition for its owners. Owners Jose Landaverde and Ana Vargas had always ...
A summer road trip to Medora, North Dakota, rekindled my fascination with the unique badlands in the western region of this prairie state. Similar to the colorful layered formations found in ...
Adam Daniel of GB Leighton. The Durkee family played host to a series of front yard concerts at their home. Photos by Kim Durkee. As it turns out, Kim and Paul Durkee’s front yard makes for a great ...
Operating out of a home in Como Park, Dacey’s Cornish Tours has been taking small groups to the scenic County of Cornwall, England, for almost a decade. Dacey is the nickname of British born David ...
I live in a house without a fenced yard. So, when it’s time for my pup, Rocky, to go out to do what dogs have to do, I hook him up to a leash and we go out together. Rocky has a unique routine when we ...
The St. Anthony Park Community Foundation has hired Julie Drechs­ler as its new executive director. Drechsler, a Minnesota native who went on to spend nearly three decades living and working in ...