Buried history: Cemetery remains beneath Beltrami Park property

By Dan Haugen
Northeast Beat Editor
The scary story goes that once a year on Halloween, graveyards come alive with ghosts, zombies and other walking undead.
If you believe the tale – or you’re just the type of trick-or-treater to spook easily – you may want to avoid Beltrami Park on Wednesday.
It’s a bit of buried Northeast history: […]

Windom Park to review Quarry agreements at meeting

Windom Park Citizens in Action will discuss the Quarry on Tuesday at its monthly neighborhood meeting.
The shopping center was built a decade ago on a polluted site overseen by the state’s pollution control agency. The development involved several agreements with the state, city and neighborhood, but over the years the neighborhood lost track of the […]

Park board studying solutions for Grand Rounds “missing link”

 
A Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board task force is studying how to fill-in a “missing link” in the city’s Grand Rounds scenic byway.
The public can learn more about the study at an open house this Thursday, Oct. 18, at Windom Recreation Center, 2251 Hayes St. NE, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A presentation begins at […]

Between a rock and a cold place

 
Painter Lauri Svedberg celebrates the opening of her first solo show this Saturday at Artistic Indulgence. “Mineral-apolis” was inspired by a recent winter getaway to Arizona, where Svedberg started painting minerals she encountered there. The show combines those images with scenes from her favorite subject, the Twin Cities.
The artist and former art teacher is probably […]

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Where are the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities on Central Avenue?

The first large meeting to collect public input on the Making Central Avenue Great plan is scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Salvation Army community center.
The Central Avenue plan outlines a look and feel for city leaders to work toward when making decisions about the corridor. It was originally drafted in 1997, and officials are […]

Model Train Exhibition

[ October 6, 2007; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] New Brighton Connections Model Railroad Club will be running its collection of miniature trains. Catholic Eldercare, 817 Main St. NE. 612-379-1370.

Audubon Neighborhood Association Meeting

[ October 1, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Agenda includes director election, 29th Avenue streetscape plan, NRP modification and state of the Hollywood Theater. Audubon Park, 1320 29th Ave. NE. 612-788-8790. www.audubonneighborhood.org.