At North Park, it’s the result of a decades- long process that meant concentrating on at least one energy-saving and intentionally-designed project each year, “with sustainability and creativity at its core,” according to North Park Principal Jeff Cacek.
“Students are learning to be citizens of the world,” said Cacek, in a school that, over the years has added rows of solar panels to its roof, installed rain gardens and created an edible schoolyard. Every effort has provided a new learning experience for students, according to Cacek.

The half-mile long reconstruction of Johnson Street NE north of 18th Ave. NE and south of Lowry Ave. NE was scheduled to begin May 3, and at press time barricades and detour signs were being placed. The project includes pavement replacement, improvement of right of way for all users and modes of travel, and adding green space/boulevard.

A massive blaze destroyed the rooftop and damaged the interior of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Polish National Catholic Church at 2200 5th St. NE. Captain Anura Si-Asar of Minneapolis Fire Department reported firefighters responded to the fire at 6:52 p.m. Monday, April 19. The two-alarm fire had flames shooting off the roof as well as the bell tower. The interior of the church sustained heavy damage from water and soot after the roof and ceiling collapsed. Father John Kutek, the pastor at church said, “All the parishioners have the church in their hearts, and all are grieving the loss.”

Maple Hill was a peaceful neighborhood in 1905, populated mostly by immigrants from Sweden and Poland. The ethnic flavor of the neighborhood began to change over the next two decades. Lured by work on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads, Italians began making their way west from Chicago. By 1920, the area bordered by Hennepin Avenue on the south, Fillmore Street on the west, Broadway on the north and Johnson Street on the east housed 44% of Minneapolis’ Italian population, which then numbered 766.

A companion and I first discovered Islands of Peace probably 40 years ago. At the time, beyond the signature bridge which is still there, was nondescript seemingly abandoned straight pavement and a lot of back-water. Ill-used, I suppose, the park lived up to its name, peaceful even in proximity to a roaring freeway a few blocks south.

Reaction to Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts Downtown Minneapolis, April 20, 2021 4:30 pm. 

The Northeaster reached out to Katrina Lund, Director of Community Engagement at Eureka Recycling, 2828 Kennedy Street NE, to better understand what plastics residents can throw in their blue recycling bins. Eureka is the vendor the city of Minneapolis uses for recycling.

Little did Ishwari Rajak, Himalayan foods cooking instructor and chocolatier, know when she was a young child, that she would eventually move across the world from Nepal to sell chocolates and other Nepalese-inspired items, and teach cooking classes from her kitchen.

The PSEO program was enacted by the Minnesota Legislature in 1985. It allows high school students to take college courses while attending high school and receive credit for them. Tuition, fees and books for PSEO students who earn dual credits are paid by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to the colleges and universities in which PSEO students are enrolled. Since 1985, 200,000 teenagers have participated in the program.

In mid-December 2020, Michael Rainville, Sr. announced he is running for Third Ward City Council. The Northeaster’s full article appears in archives at: https://www.mynortheaster.com/wp-content/news-archives/201216Northeaster/#page=1 (Dec. 16 edition) Rainville has roots in Northeast and work experience in downtown. His issues are social justice and public safety, also getting the hospitality industry […]