Four candidates are on the November ballot for two at-large seats on the Minneapolis School Board: Michael Baskins, Collin Beachy, Christin Crabtree and Stephanie Johnson. The Northeaster sent each a short questionnaire about their reasons for seeking office. Their answers have been edited for clarity and length.
Present and future of Columbia Heights Schools
Columbia Heights High School enters its second century of service this year, and the city’s schools enter their 132nd year of educating the community’s young people. This past school year, the school district went through one of its most challenging years in that long span of service when ICE agents descended on Columbia Heights, which has a large Spanish-speaking population.
100 years of CH High School
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Columbia Heights High School. The school district applied to the state to have a high school in 1925, and the new high school was dedicated in December of 1926. A statement in the dedication said the new school would be: “A workshop for better citizenship as well as a place of inspiration and advancement for all that is best and highest in life.”
Ready Meats spans three generations, eight decades
For the last 80 years, Ready Meats, 3550 Johnson St. NE, has been providing Northeast and beyond with locally sourced, high-quality meats. In that time much has changed about the meat industry, from consolidation to regulation. But for owner Dave Anderson, Ready Meats has stood the test of time. “I don’t know if we’ve changed too much,” he said. ”It’s still a focus on quality over quantity.”
Store temporarily replaces furniture with gallery
In the wake of Operation Metro Surge last winter, artists across the metro area have created art responding to the federal activity. At findfurnish, 2014 Central Ave. NE, 26 of those artists displayed their work in a new exhibition. Titled “The Radical Act of Having Each Other’s Back,” it opened to the public on Aug. 27. findfurnish’s owner, Brian Wilcox, has previously participated in issues affecting the neighborhood. After moving all the display items out and hanging the artwork, the main floor of the building hosted an estimated 500 attendees on the exhibition’s opening night.
Editorial: Budget needs distinction
On the evening of Sept. 9, the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) held a public hearing on Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 11.3% property tax levy increase for 2027. There’s a worrying wrinkle in this proposal: Frey, who proposed the levy rate in the first place, is one of six people who will ultimately vote on the proposal. This is structurally impractical at best, and it impacts every Minneapolis resident.
Thousands of invasive carp removed from Silver Lake
Silver Lake has a carp problem. Carp, an invasive species introduced to the United States in the mid-1800s, stir up the bottom of the lakes they live and spawn in, reducing water quality in the process.
Items of Note 9/16/26
Items of Note column for the 9/16 Northeaster
In Business 9/16/26
In Business column for the 9/16 Northeaster
In Business 9/2/26
In Business column for 9/2 Northeaster