Longfellow Nokomis Messenger

Ward 9 council member Alondro Cono speaks to the crowd of her own neighborhoods and constituents.

Community rallies in support of indoor urban farm at former Roof Depot site

Supporters of the East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm rallied on Thursday night, Sept. 23 in between two votes that will determine the future of the project. On Wednesday, Sept. 22, the city council … more

10/1/21

Plan It October 2021

'HUMAN TOLL: A public history of 35W' opens Oct. 2A new exhibit at Hennepin History Museum (HHM) explores community resistance and resilience and illustrates how freeway construction destroyed and … more

10/1/21

Church members Worku Moges (left) and Melaku Weldetsadik (right). Moges said, “Our landscape contractor looked at the property, and discouraged us from bringing our congregation there. He couldn’t even mow the grass safely, because of buried sharps and IV needles. The shrubs on the outside of the fence are overgrown, but what might be buried there?” (Photo by Margie O’Loughlin)

Homeless encampment on church property ends in Seward

The Debreselam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior (EOTC) congregation is searching for answers, after land it owns in the Seward neighborhood was occupied by a homeless encampment this … more

By Margie O’Loughlin | 9/3/21

This map shows the affect that the pollution from the city's expanded public works site will have on south Minneapolis. The site is in the city's Green Zone and sits along the popular Midtown Greenway bike and walking path.

City plans to increase pollution in Green Zone, tear down Roof Depot building in April

The pollution from the city’s proposed plan to expand its public works facility at Hiawatha and E. 26th would affect a majority of South Minneapolis, pointed out representatives of the East … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 3/24/21

IN BRIEF April 2021

Bartell honored Dawn Bartell, a local American Family Insurance agency owner (4020 Minnehaha Ave. Suite 1010) has been recognized for providing an outstanding customer experience under the American … more

3/24/21

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ACTION

As more people see the need to not just talk about environmental justice and racism but to do something about it, support is growing for the East Phillips Urban Indoor Farm.During a virtual press … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 1/27/21

Augsburg University staff vote to form union

Augsburg employees made history on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, becoming the first unionized professional staff at a private university in Minnesota. Professional and clerical employees voted … more

1/27/21

Tents are set up at various places in Minneapolis, including near a wooded park. Homelessness is prevalent throughout the state. According to Minnesota Homeless Coalition (MHC) Executive Director Rhonda Otteson, 80 out of 87 counties lack enough shelter beds. Half of the people experiencing homelessness are youth up to age 24. People of Color are 10 times more likely than their White counterparts to be homeless. (Photos by Terry Faust)

Minneapolis wrestles with homelessness

The combination of winter weather with its days of cold temperatures and shorter daylight hours, along with the isolation and fear caused by COVID-19, strikes a depressive chord within many. But if … more

By JAN WILLMS | 1/1/21

How might public safety be transformed if we work together?

A few weeks after the murder of George Floyd, I joined over 100 of my Seward neighbors at Matthews Park for an event sponsored by Boneshaker Books. We gathered to remember those killed by police and … more

By MICHELE BRALEY Seward Longfellow Restorative Justice Michele@SLRJ.org | 11/2/20

Blocked: 3rd Precinct Building in Seward

Robin Wonsley Hundreds of people gathered in a parking lot on the 2600 block of Minnehaha Ave. on Sept. 16, 2020 to protest city council plans to lease an adjacent space as temporary … more

By Jill Boogren | 10/2/20

ON THE JOB with Buck Bros.

Longtime Buck Brothers employees Scott Vetsch (left) and Buzzy Napoly return to install new windows at a home where they built a garage previously. (Photo by Tesha M. … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 10/2/20

Why is city excluding neighborhood residents?

Patricia Torres Ray, Minnesota Senator 63 Melanie Majors, Longfellow Community Council Executive Director Why is the city leaving Longfellow residents and businesses out of its plans for … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 7/29/20