Northeast Minneapolis is represented in the Minnesota Legislature by District 60A, which includes Minneapolis Ward 1 and precincts 1-4 in Ward 3. Sydney Jordan was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2020 in a special election after the death of longtime Rep. Diane Loeffler. She has lived in several Northeast neighborhoods, and currently resides in Northeast Park. Challenger Mary Holmberg lives in the Marshall Terrace neighborhood.

Every once in a while, the Northeaster’s publication schedule coincides with National Newspaper Week, a celebration of newspapers started in 1940 by the National Association of Newspaper Managers (NANM). This week, October 6-12, is one of those “whiles.”

A crowd of perhaps 100 people gathered in the former Antioch Church worship space in the Waterbury Building at Jackson and Broadway Streets to watch the south-of-the-border version of WWE on Saturday, Sept. 21. To say they were enthusiastic would be an understatement. They cheered, booed, jeered, cat-called, hissed, whistled, blew plastic horns and whistles and twisted wooden ratchets to encourage their favorite luchadores or distract their opponents as circumstances demanded. The sounds of bodies slamming onto the canvas-covered stage echoed throughout the room.

Ice skater, photographer Roy Blakey passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 94. Roy Austin Blakey was born in Tulsa, Okla., on July 19, 1930, to Bernard and Josie Blakey. As a child, he was enthralled by the Technicolor movie musicals of the 1930s and ’40s, but it was […]

The bicycle giveaway that took place at the school on Thursday, Sept. 12, was the culmination of a joint project between the school and Fridley-based Medtronic Corporation. The Medtronic Foundation, which financed the event, focuses on supporting volunteerism and “supporting the communities where Medtronic employees live and give.” 

The City of St. Anthony Village has a relatively short history compared to other Minnesota cities — just over 75 years. Conserving and sharing that history is the historical society’s mission.

Neighborhood associations are key to city living as the largely volunteer-staffed groups provide services, events and resources to bring neighborhood residents closer together and keep the neighborhoods vibrant. But at the end of the year, key neighborhood association funding sources provided by the State of Minnesota will sunset, prompting many […]

Minneapolis Commissioner of Public Safety Todd Barnette spoke to a crowd of 40 at a Sept. 6 meeting at the Ukrainian American Community Center, “The one thing I would say to you about reform in the police department is that you don’t hear a lot of good things that are happening here, because we haven’t done a good job of getting those stories out.” Getting those stories out was why Third Ward City Council Member Michael Rainville arranged the meeting. Also present was 2nd Precinct Inspector Nick Torborg. 

Sitting alongside Mustafa King Nelson, aka Big 40, while he plays hours of music from his 3,000-plus playlist through his speaker is something to behold. Nelson plants himself on the corner of 18 ½ Ave. and Central Ave. NE daily around 3 p.m., observing the scene and choosing that day’s repertoire.