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Speaking of trash debates, why does Saint Paul only provide one trash can for all of Mattocks Park, asks one writer. Ano...
09/14/2025

Speaking of trash debates, why does Saint Paul only provide one trash can for all of Mattocks Park, asks one writer. Another reader declares that "a letter to the editor actually changed my mind" on the Summit Avenue bike path. Other writers also provide input on bikeways.

Trash and consequences

Dave Wright previews the girls' volleyball seasons for eight area schools this season.
09/13/2025

Dave Wright previews the girls' volleyball seasons for eight area schools this season.

Area preps serve up another season of girls’ volleyball.

A change to Saint Paul’s billboard replacement policy has met opposition from the Union Park District Council. The chang...
09/12/2025

A change to Saint Paul’s billboard replacement policy has met opposition from the Union Park District Council. The change is to a city policy that allows billboard companies that take down billboards in neighborhoods to earn credits toward putting up larger, electronic or dynamic display signs along freeway corridors.

A change to Saint Paul’s billboard replacement policy has met opposition from the Union Park District Council. The UPDC voted September 3 to oppose the change and the process the

Many theater companies have opened their seasons while outdoor concerts continue. Among the outdoor events planned are t...
09/12/2025

Many theater companies have opened their seasons while outdoor concerts continue. Among the outdoor events planned are the inaugural Viva La Vida: Taco and Tequila Festival, featuring Latin Grammy Award winners Los Amigos Invisibles (pictured) September 20-21.

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The Saint Paul City Council gave ChiroMed Clinic owner Jay Cherner until September 1 to clean up vandalized billboards a...
09/11/2025

The Saint Paul City Council gave ChiroMed Clinic owner Jay Cherner until September 1 to clean up vandalized billboards atop his building on University Avenue. Cherner called the time frame “simply unrealistic” and sought a deadline of November 1 instead. The billboards remain in their blemished conditions as the business owner cast blame on the Saint Paul Police Department for ongoing vandalism in the area.

ChiroMed Clinic owner blames police for issues

Ramsey County is looking at the largest property tax increase in recent history next year—a 9.75% hike, to support a 6.5...
09/11/2025

Ramsey County is looking at the largest property tax increase in recent history next year—a 9.75% hike, to support a 6.57% increase in the county budget for 2026.

County Board will hold hearing on budget and levy at 5 p.m. Sept. 22.

Columnist Dave Wright compares the attendance and attention bestowed on the Golden Gophers compared to the Tommies, whic...
09/10/2025

Columnist Dave Wright compares the attendance and attention bestowed on the Golden Gophers compared to the Tommies, which recently joined the U of M as an NCAA Division I school.

This is a tale of two Twin Cities colleges vying for the attention of the sporting public. Both opened their football season at home — oddly, on a Thursday night.

A walking tour and conversation about the future of West Seventh Street is set from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 10,...
09/10/2025

A walking tour and conversation about the future of West Seventh Street is set from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, at Joe and Stan's. Other upcoming events include a free farmers market Friday, September 12, at Allianz Field, the Twin Cities Bike Tour Sunday, September 14, and a mayoral candidate forum Wednesday, September 17, at Johnson High School.

WEDNESDAY/SEPTEMBER 10

Pat Harris launches the book "A Season on the Drink" from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, at Mancini’s Char House, 531 W....
09/09/2025

Pat Harris launches the book "A Season on the Drink" from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, at Mancini’s Char House, 531 W. Seventh St. A second signing event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 12, at the Saint Paul Saints game at CHS Field.

A Season on the Drink is the story of a team of unlikely sports heroes by an author who may appear to be just as unlikely. Former Saint Paul City

Saint Paul’s proposed 2026 budget focuses on housing, public safety and the city’s changing downtown. The budget Mayor M...
09/09/2025

Saint Paul’s proposed 2026 budget focuses on housing, public safety and the city’s changing downtown. The budget Mayor Melvin Carter unveiled September 4 at Allianz Field comes with a 5.3% increase in the property tax levy but few new initiatives in the face of fiscal challenges.

But proposal comes with 5.3% increase in tax levy.

Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter used his 2026 city budget address September 4 to announce his plan to introduce a citywid...
09/09/2025

Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter used his 2026 city budget address September 4 to announce his plan to introduce a citywide ban on assault weapons, guns in libraries and recreation centers, and guns with binary triggers. The mayor also wants to require all fi****ms to have serial numbers to address the issue of “ghost guns” that are often homemade and hard to trace.

City ordinances would require change in state law to be enforceable.

As Ernest Bisong sees it, Selby Avenue JazzFest is the long lost brother of Walker West Music Academy. Bisong is the new...
09/08/2025

As Ernest Bisong sees it, Selby Avenue JazzFest is the long lost brother of Walker West Music Academy. Bisong is the newly appointed artistic director for Walker West, and he has taken over the management of the 24th annual JazzFest on September 12-14 at the corner of Selby Avenue and Milton Street.

Selby JazzFest returns with lineup of local, national talent.

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The Villager is published every two weeks by Villager Communications Inc. The paper is delivered to 50,000 households and businesses in the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Lexington-Hamline, Macalester-Groveland, Merriam Park, Snelling-Hamline, Summit Hill, Summit-University and West End in St. Paul; the Longfellow and Nokomis neighborhoods in Minneapolis; Lilydale, Mendota and Mendota Heights.

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