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New Brighton (New York)

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Top 5 brewpubs in the Twin Cities

    The Twin Cities have a great and growing beer scene. I've spent the last year traveling the upper Midwest visiting breweries and tasting brews. I've been to about 130 and can say with some authority that the beers brewed in the Twin Cities are among the best in the region. We've got some great brewp ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    Deputy Dan Ruettiman's suicide rocks Ramsey County Sheriff's Department

    Bob Fletcher foe left files detailing his struggle for justice

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    North Minneapolis tornado victims have been forgotten

    Officials moved on, but neighborhood never got help

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Bill Kling: The City Pages Q & A

    Kling built MPR from a small station in Collegeville, Minnesota.​Bill Kling has come a long way since he started what is now Minnesota Public Radio 45 years ago. He's now the outgoing CEO of one of the most financially sustainable and commercially successful radio empires in the country -- whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Southwest High School is the best in Minnesota

    Not the Taj Mahal, but better than your school.​Any minute now, all those families who abandoned Minneapolis and St. Paul for Edina, Minnetonka, and other assorted Twin Cities suburbs "for the great schools" are going to be sticking "for sale" signs on their front lawns, right? Nah. Just kid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon May '11

    Forum goes to the grave, but Rachel's *finally* opens...​NOW OPEN Morgan's New World Tavern (14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville) The Nicollet (1931 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis) Glory Days Bar & Grill (500 Fifth Ave NW, New Brighton) Modern Times (3200 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis) Sugar Pop (MSP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    First look: Glory Days Bar and Grill

    Glory Days Bar and GrillIn 2011, it's difficult to understand where the concept of the sports bar originated. With multiple and massive flat-panel HDTVs in just about every bar or restaurant in town--regardless of theme or philosophy--it's not easy to remember a time when the sports bar could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Zachary Lyle Spader sentenced for swindling Habitat for Humanity

    Zachary Lyle Spader: Not a do-gooder.​Habitat for Humanity is in the business of making people's lives better by helping them build their own homes. Zachary Lyle Spader, a Habitat employee, was in the business of making the organization's life worse: He swindled it out of $90,000.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Zachary Spader's alleged Habitat for Humanity swindle may bring more charges

    Photo by Jason Taellious, Flickr.Spader admitted to his bosses pocketing about $60,000.​Zachary Spader, formerly a manager of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, was charged in Ramsey County this week for allegedly pocketing tens of thousands from the store. Police now say Spader could be on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    David LaRochelle turns pumpkins into art

    courtesy of David LaRochelleMinnesota author David LaRochelle illustrates children's books and pumpkins. See a slideshow of LaRochelle's amazing art​If your idea of carving pumpkins involves the typical triangle eyes and a crude gap-toothed smile, prepare to have your mind expanded. David LaRo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Antique car run from New London to New Brighton this weekend

    Coco Mault via Flickr.com​This Saturday will begin with a bang for New Londoners as a starting gunshot announces a 120-mile antique car run to New Brighton. The event features pre-1920s vehicles, and because they are unable to go faster than about 18 miles per hour (not because it's forbidden, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Anthony Smeby arrested after carjacking in Dinkytown with toy gun

    Photo: banspyAnthony Smeby was found passed out behind the wheel of the stolen car​When Ramsey County Sheriff's deputies finally tracked down the car he's accused of taking at gunpoint in Dinkytown, Anthony Smeby didn't prove to be much of a challenging arrest. He was passed out behind the car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Thomas Joseph Neeland arrested in Andrew Battees' murder

    ​Minneapolis police say a suspect has been arrested in the murder of 16-year-old Andrew Battees. Thomas Joseph Neeland, 26, is currently in custody at the Hennepin County Jail on a charge of probable cause murder. Minneapolis cops found Battees early in the morning of June 13 laying in the fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Hendrickson children, burned in tent fire, were homeless

    Screengrab via WCCO​The pictures on the TV news last night were pretty disturbing: Caiden Hendrickson, 3, and his little brother, 14-month-old Cameron, laying in hospital beds at Hennepin County Medical Center, horribly burned. The two boys were injured after their tent caught fire on Friday ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2010

    Minneapolis skyway can be yours for just $50,000 cash

    Plus: Unibrow bandit strikes with furrowed fierceness

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    Hecker, Petters, and Pawlenty: Turkeys of the Year 2009

    The Twin Cities dirty dozen we're thankful to see go away

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Hecker, Petters, and Pawlenty: Turkeys of the Year 2009

    The dirty dozen we're thankful to see go away.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Victim of fatal crash hoped for more out of life

    The 39-year-old victim of a tragic, fatal accident in St. Paul late Sunday night had plans for a better life.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Tornado reported near downtown Minneapolis, warnings continue in metro area

    The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning in parts of Hennepin, Anoka and Ramsey Counties. This warning is in effect until 2:45 p.m.

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    Minneapolis's Metro Gang Strike Force strikes out

    Also: Pat Buchanan's Minnesota, rubber-ball fetishist burglar

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Minn. terror suspect's trial scheduled to begin in October

    Salah Osman Ahmed, 26, of New Brighton, Minn. is accused of supporting terrorism, lying to authorities, and planning to kill people outside of the country.

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Meet Bob Fletcher: Ramsey County's most controversial cop

    Ramsey County Sheriff fends off charges of cronyism

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Little Caesars sued by New Brighton woman

    A New Brighton woman says Little Caesars sneaked money out of her paycheck.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    MSP Music Expo this weekend

    The New Brighton Tri-City American Legion will host an audiophile's delight this Sunday.

  • Feature

    January 16, 2008

    Superheroes in Real Life

    Inspired by comic books, ordinary citizens are putting on masks to fight crime

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Doug Hoverson

    Inspired by comic books, ordinary citizens are putting on masks to fight crime

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Doug Hoverson

    Inspired by comic books, ordinary citizens are putting on masks to fight crime

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Doug Hoverson

    Inspired by comic books, ordinary citizens are putting on masks to fight crime

  • Restaurants

    January 24, 2007

    Drink Globally

    Minneapolis's newest wine bar, Toast, allows you to drink like any number of rural villagers, steps from the skyscrapers of downtown

  • News

    January 24, 2007

    Gangs of St. Paul

    In the capital city, a generation of younger, harder, more randomly violent gangsters wage war on themselves

  • Restaurants

    February 23, 2005

    Indian Exceptionalism

    Two new restaurants reinvigorate what was a seriously depressing local Indian food scene

  • News

    April 23, 2003

    Death by DU

    Depleted uranium: A deadly tool in the U.S. arsenal

  • Restaurants

    November 15, 2000

    Meet Miss Ratafia

    Depleted uranium: A deadly tool in the U.S. arsenal

  • Arts

    March 1, 2000

    Sister Grimm

    Acting with maggots and channeling hermaphrodites, performer Heidi Arneson parades her inner monster

  • Arts

    February 9, 2000

    Two's a Crowd

    Local exhibitionists throw a party of one in Intermedia Arts' "Absolute Originals"

  • Arts

    August 4, 1999

    Safety in Numbers

    Nymphomaniacal roommates! Meta-Willy Lomans! Dancing Canadians! City Pages reports from the biggest, baddest Minnesota Fringe Festival to date

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    A Change of Habits

    When Kate, Brigid, Rita, and Jane McDonald joined the Sisters of St. Joseph nearly 50 years ago, they knew that nuns worked hard, lived modestly, and wore long cloaks. The sit-ins, marches, and street protests didn't come till later.

  • Arts

    March 17, 1999

    He That Hath Ears to Hear

    As a playwright, singer, and adman, Craig Wright has played to many audiences. As a divinity student, though, he'll soon perform the mother of all scripts, chapter and verse.

  • News

    February 3, 1999

    The Path of Lease Resistance

    Hennepin County Housing Court was set up to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. So why do the landlords keep winning?

  • Books

    July 29, 1998

    Hog Tide

    There's too much pork for just one fork in St. Paul's stretch of the Mississippi

  • News

    September 10, 1997

    Shootout on 39th Street

    Gangland fears, carjackings, welfare-bashing: The O'Kasick brothers' crime spree--which ended 40 years ago this week--had it all.

  • News

    August 6, 1997

    Power Play

    Seducing away well-connected legislative staffers who work on energy issues is part of what Sen. John Marty calls NSP's "record of undue influence."

  • News

    February 17, 1997

    Brother Sun Sister Moon

    Seducing away well-connected legislative staffers who work on energy issues is part of what Sen. John Marty calls NSP's "record of undue influence."

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    The Shape of Things to Come

    Races to watch in the metro area.

  • News

    September 4, 1996

    KEEP ON TRUCKIN'

    On the road with the Concrete Farm dance collective and a big rig.

  • Restaurants

    June 19, 1996

    From New Delhi to New Brighton

    On the road with the Concrete Farm dance collective and a big rig.

  • News

    June 5, 1996

    Memories

    On the road with the Concrete Farm dance collective and a big rig.

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    If These Walls Could Talk

    The history of an entire city echoes through the empty rooms at 3044 Third Avenue South.

  • News

    January 10, 1996

    In The Cold

    The history of an entire city echoes through the empty rooms at 3044 Third Avenue South.

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