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Photo album, video: Arlo Cristofaro at the NAG 24 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
I first blogged about Arlo Cristofaro-Hark back in 2011 when I took photos of him inside a greenhouse at ARTech (now called Arcadia Charter School). He graduated last spring and after attending McNal...
Three game tables soon to be installed on Bridge Square 14 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
EQC member George Kinney stopped by my corner office at GBM this morning and asked me if I knew what was going on with the concrete truck on Bridge Square. I went to investigate and learned from Stree...
Photo redux: Vintage Band Festival 2010 31 Jul 2013 | 07:03 pm
The 2013 Vintage Band Festival begins tomorrow and runs through the weekend. Paul Niemisto has done it again. Rob Hardy has a blog post on Northfield.org titled Northfeld in the News: Vintage Band Fe...
The Mill Towns Trail between Northfield and Dundas is navigable, if you’re not a pussy 24 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
Armstrong Road between Northfield and Dundas is still closed from the July 13 flooding (Flooding wipes out Mill Towns Trail bridge, slices Armstrong Road, undermines railroad bed) and it could be mont...
Northfielder Bill Steele’s first love is not EcoTrans; it’s Bolder Options 22 Jul 2013 | 07:39 am
Bill Steele—one of at least three Northfielders by that name—is not just the owner of EcoTrans but has been involved with a non-profit organization in the Twin Cities called Bolder Options since its i...
Northfield’s new park could include a mountain bike / pump & jump park and save the city $280,000 18 Jul 2013 | 04:41 am
Northfield’s acquisition of the Fargaze Meadows subdivision for a future park comes with an eyesore: a huge mound of dirt. In the May 28 Fbo Daily News: Northfield gains 40 acres from Rice County for ...
MPR’s Molly Bloom visits Northfield for their ‘Get Out There’ segment 17 Jul 2013 | 07:42 pm
More than a few Northfielders got this email recently from Molly Bloom, Public Insight Analyst for MPR News and their Public Insight Network: I’m writing today because you’re a source in our Public I...
Women farmland owners in southeast Minnesota invited to free conservation discussion and field tour July 23 in Northfield 17 Jul 2013 | 04:56 pm
Women who own or manage farmland in southeast Minnesota are invited to a free conservation discussion and field tour on Tuesday, July 23, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 3rd St. West, Northfield, M...
Social media tools for the rest of us: get your tech questions answered online or face-to-face 15 Jul 2013 | 07:54 pm
I’m offering a series of technical Q & A sessions this summer for people who have questions about various online / social media tools and services. This week’s sessions: Wed, July 17, 6:30-8 pm: fac...
Flooding wipes out Mill Towns Trail bridge, slices Armstrong Road, undermines railroad bed 14 Jul 2013 | 02:46 am
Another (100-year?) rainfall ‘event’ has brought me out of my blogging hiatus. I took these photos early this afternoon on Armstrong Road near the Northfield compost facility where runoff ...
