Category: March 2024
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Teen from Two Rivers elected to West St. Paul City Council
Teen from Two Rivers elected to West St. Paul City Council (March 2024)Jake SpitzackStaff Writer If you’ve watched or attended a West St. Paul City Council meeting recently you’ve likely noticed the council has a new member that is noticeably younger than the rest. McKinley Cherrier, a junior at Two Rivers High School, has become… Read more
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A St. Paul Original: the Marvy Barber Pole
A St. Paul Original: the Marvy Barber Pole (March 2024)Tim SpitzackEditor It used to be that men got their hair cut and women had their locks styled. While those lines have blurred considerably in the past 50 years, many professional barbers are quick to educate people on the difference. They are protective of their trade… Read more
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Stryker Apartments welcomes low-income seniors
Stryker Apartments welcomes low-income seniors (March 2024)Jake SpitzackStaff Writer One of Karen Reid’s first tasks when she became executive director of the Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA) 26 years ago was to work with the City of St. Paul to figure out what to do with the half-acre property at 617 Stryker Ave., home to a… Read more
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Saint City takes over former Creators Space
Saint City takes over former Creators Space (March 2024)Jake SpitzackStaff Writer The catering business that Guillermo Hernandez began five years ago has grown by leaps and bounds and now operates a full-fledged restaurant, Saint City. Located in the former Creators Space building, 218 7th St. E., it seats 200 and features American, Mexican and Salvadorian… Read more
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Slice Brother’s Pizza opening soon at Treasure Island Center
Slice Brother’s Pizza opening soon at Treasure Island Center (March 2024)Jake SpitzackStaff Writer Jonesing for a massive slice of ’za that can be folded in true New York-style fashion? Adam Kado and Hosie Thurmond have got you covered. In March, they’re opening a branch of Slice Brothers Pizza at the Treasure Island Center, 400 Wabasha… Read more
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St. Patrick’s Day parade set for March 16
Jake SpitzackStaff Writer Luck is sure to shine upon St. Paul this March when its streets are flooded with all things Irish – most notably the swaths of people clad in green cheerfully marching in (or viewing) the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Due to the holiday falling on a Sunday this year, the parade… Read more
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From Fleming Field to infinity and beyond
From Fleming Field to infinity and beyond (March 2024)Tim SpitzackEditor Our country’s earliest days of space exploration required men of unparalleled courage willing to do the unthinkable, and few were more daring than Joseph William Kittinger II, who rode a high-altitude balloon to the record-breaking height of 96,784 feet to test how humans reacted to… Read more