Sunday, November 25, 2012
This week's selection includes a new store that creates new clothes from old, two amputees who share their stories with students, and an important coin toss.
Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Minneapolis Teen Charged In Multi-City High-Speed Chase Burglary suspects led police on a chase for 17 miles early Tuesday morning. The chase ended in Maple Grove, where three men were arrested. MAC Nixes Flight Pattern Shifts for Edina Skies Edina skies are safe for the time being, after the Metropolitan Airports Commission opted to nix a major shift in flight patterns over select swaths of the city. Owner Says Prices Will Be Cheap at New Liquor Store in St. Louis Park …
Friday, November 23, 2012
The most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments from around the west metro between Nov. 16 and Nov. 22.
Each week, Patch users contribute numerous insights, opinions and observations. The following is a collection of the most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments that appeared on Patch sites in Eden Prairie, Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Richfield, Shakopee, Plymouth, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story and join in the conversation. (The comments below are not meant to reflect the opinions of Patch or its staff.) *** Disqualifications at State Cost Minnetonka Girls the State Swimming Title What looked like a victory at state by 44.5 points ended in a fourth place finish for the Skipper swimming and diving team. georgia was impressed with the team's reaction: Good …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Southwest Minneapolis, Richfield, Edina get reprieve from new routes.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- James Sanna
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Area residents’ ears are safe—for now. According to Fox 9, the commission governing the Twin Cities airports will let the FAA implement a new set of flight paths over Mendota Heighs, Eagan, and the Minnesota Valley, but will leave the current system in place in Minneapolis, Richfield, and Edina. FAA officials told the Metropolitan Airports Commission that the split implementation will delay any implementation on either side of the Minnesota River until 2014. "Organizing works," tweeted Southwest Minneapolis' City Councilmember Betsy Hodges (Ward 13), shortly after MAC took their vote. FAA officials had asked the Metropolitan Airports Commission to endorse a set of technologies called RNAV and PBN, the technologies would allow air traffic …
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Located in Minneapolis near the MSP Airport, the more than 180 plots are in-demand for Richfield residents.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Drew Miller
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Richfield Community Gardens are in full bloom as Minnesota’s growing season kicks into high gear. Located in a solitary field just west of a Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport runway, the gardens are accessible via 28th Avenue in Minneapolis, just south of Hwy 62. Typically ready for planting in the first week of May, the Wood Lake Nature Center runs the community gardens in conjunction with the city. Richfield Bloomington Credit Union is a co-sponsor of the project. Karen Shragg, the Wood Lake Nature Center’s manager, said interest in renting plots has ballooned over the past five years. “[This year] on the second day we sold out in maybe 15 minutes,” said Shragg. “Five years ago it was plodding along pretty nicely, and then two years ago it…
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sparsely attended meeting remains part of MAC's mission to inform the public.
The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) revealed future development plans alongside forecasts of likely aviation activity for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Thursday night during an open house. With the airport being in Richfield's and other cities' backyards, the public forum was meant to reveal the commission’s plans for both federal and state environmental assessments regarding two different development options currently being considered by the commission. While MAC has also considered a "no action," which would leave the airport as it is, on Thursday the public was given a chance to look over two significant construction options, currently termed “airlines remain” and “airlines relocate,” while asking …
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Five things you should know today.
1) Richfield Public School's free summer breakfast and lunch program is still running and open to all children 18 years old and younger. For times and places for the free food, click here. 2) If you missed it, former Richfield and Augsburg Park baseball player Donald Blunt signed a professional contract with the St. Paul Saints Saturday. Click here for the full story. 3) The Metropolitan Airports Commission is holding two open houses Wednesday and Thursday to discuss its plans for development at the airport and how that will affect air traffic. See the attached PDF for all the details. 4) The 133rd Airlift Wing, located just on the other side of the airport, is celebrating its 90th birthday with an air expo Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. …
James Sanna
2:30 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
FWIW, while reporting on this topic, I sometimes heard Minneapolis folks say that they would rather have the flights be distributed over a large number of houses as they are now, rather than concentrated in a few narrow spots, making life extra-unpleasant for those few folks. more ›