Big News!

IT’S CENTRAL PARK!
NESNA Board applauds decision.
Late Monday, after all the private citizens had gone home, the City Council determined that the long-awaited Northfield community skateboard facility will be located in historic Central Park.  Budgetary considerations will preclude commencing construction until 2011 or later, but Northfield arborists were authorized to commence tree removal April 15th.
Not all [...]

News About Arts Union

Arts Union Meeting
March 27, 2009
Five members of the NESNA Board (Mike Harper, Jerri Hurlbutt, Suzie Nakasian, Rich Noer and Bardwell Smith) met with Joe Hargis, Steve Richardson and Steve Spehn of Carleton and Sandra Rolph, a representative of Carleton’s consultant, Oslund and Associates.  The purpose was to discuss community responses to the six questions about [...]

A New Gardening Offer, and Chance to Help the Library

I just received this from Suzie Nakasian.   Check it out!    Ed
Native Plant Landscaping Program at the Northfield Library
For more information on Lynn Steiner, this program AND the Friends of the Northfield Public Library, go to: http://northfieldlibraryfriends.org/home/
The Friends of the Northfield Public Library will host author Lynn Steiner at their Annual Gathering on Tuesday April 7 [...]

More on student rentals

A fine pair of links have been called to my attention by Jerri Hurlbutt, who participated in interviews with undergraduates about the topic of off-campus rentals by college students.    Audio clips are a lively contribution to web media;     check it out right here.          Ed
This  address should get you to a discussion of Vern Rippley, Jerri [...]

A Spring Opportunity

Suzie Nakasian provided us this info on shade trees for Northfield.  Ed

Word On the Street … City of Northfield to resume its shade tree replacement program on April 6.

To encourage the planting of shade trees on local street boulevards, the City of Northfield will resume its popular Shade Tree Replacement program on April [...]