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Public input needed to prioritize parks and trail needs. Meetings scheduled.

Jun 22, 2011 No Comments

The public is invited to attend public meetings which will solicit citizens’ opinions on city park and trail priorities.  The meetings will be held 6-7:30 PM on the following dates;

Wednesday, June 22 at the Central Hillside Community Center located at 12 E. 4Fourth St.

Thursday, June 23 at the Duluth Heights Community Center located at 33 W. Mulberry St.

Tuesday, June 28 at the Portman Community Center located at 4601 McCulloch St.

Wednesday, June 29 at the Morgan Park Community Center located at 1242 88th Ave. W.

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Job opening at the Duluth Art Institute

Jun 21, 2011 No Comments

The Duluth Art Institute is accepting applications for an operations-development manager.

To apply: email a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to Samantha Gibb Roff, executive director, Duluth Art Institute, 506 W. Michigan St., Duluth, MN 55802 — getart @ duluthartinstitute.org.

Please no phone calls.

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Lost Dog at Lakeside Super One

Jun 19, 2011 26 Comments

Dog lost or abandoned at Lakeside Super One

This dog was lost or abandoned at the Lakeside Super One. I was told he jumped out of a pickup truck and the truck took off. Not sure if they knew the dog had jumped out or if it was intentional. It’s a youngish fixed male, perhaps chocolate lab or chocolate lab pit bull mix. Very very friendly and sweet dog. This happened Sunday morning, June 19.


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Planetarium

Jun 18, 2011 1 Comment

File name: Summer Solstice Celebration 2011

Join us at the planetarium to say farewell to the old planetarium.

Stonehenge will be on display
Free ice cream
Summer solstice shows on the half hour.

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Sunday Morning Chester Creek Cafe

Jun 18, 2011 No Comments

Mimosa Bluegrass Brunch

Bluegrass

Fathers Day Brunch


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Homegirl Justy Dodge Makin’ ’em Smile in the Big Apple

Jun 15, 2011 1 Comment

Justy Dodge Photograph: Jakob N. Layman

Mrs. Goose’ close pal Justy Dodge has the Joke of the Week on Time Out New York. Who knows? Maybe the right person will crack a smile and who knows where that could lead in a city that has launched the careers of 10,000 entertainment icons?

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Looking for a Guitar Setup

Jun 14, 2011 18 Comments

I’m wondering if anyone has recommendations about someone who can do guitar setups in the Twin Ports. Thanks!


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Stand in Line Tonight; Sale Opens Tomorrow

Jun 13, 2011 No Comments

The DPL Friends sale starts in just 24 hours; stand in line now if you want to be first. Or, maybe, just get their early tomorrow.

Video of 2009 Friends Sale

From the Friends: The 2011 Book Sale will be held June 14-17

The Friends of the Duluth Public Library annual used book sale is held this year in June. The first day of the sale is for Friends members only; anyone may join the Friends on that day by paying the membership dues ($10 annually for an individual) at the table in the Michigan Street Lobby.

Build your own home library and contribute to a good cause at the same time. The 2010 sale raised more than $30,000! These funds are given back to the Library to purchase special materials and to support specific programs.

The Book Sale is the Friends’ major fundraising activity. All proceeds from the sale are returned to the Library and are used to purchase new materials and to support programs and special activities.


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The War Continues…

Jun 13, 2011 3 Comments

Norton’s going crazy this morning while checking up on my PDD.

Blackhole Toolkit Website 5 is hitting my firewall pretty hard…


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Challenge: Gary-New Duluth vs. East Hillside / Chester Park

Jun 10, 2011 45 Comments

The challenge is to list the Pros and Cons of living in either location. GO TEAM GO!


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Homegrown Rummage Sale

Jun 09, 2011 No Comments

A number of folks expressed interest in buying our snazzy Homegrown tees this year, which were only available to volunteers and musicians. Well, we’ve got a few leftover so Rummage Sale time it is. If you’re headed to the Park Point sales tomorrow, June 10, stop by and visit us on Minnesota Ave between 18th and 19th, on the Lake side.

We’ll also have CDs, including the new Mayor’s Mix, Homegrown coozies, and tees screenprinted with the logo above.


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Cheap date for North Shore hikers, agoraphiles

Jun 09, 2011 10 Comments

For the price of a few gallons of gas, you can have a full, free day at Split Rock Lighthouse. It’s the annual open house for Minnesota State Parks, so park admission is free. So is admission to the Minnesota Historical Society Split Rock Lighthouse site.

Did I make up word, “agoraphile”? It’s the opposite of an agoraphobe (someone afraid of crowds). The park and especially the Lighthouse will be crowded!

 

By the way, gas is often 3-4 cents cheaper per gallon in Two Harbors. Something about Hugo Chavez…


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Yeehaw and Yahoo!

Jun 09, 2011 No Comments

Yahoo! thinks we’re pretty.

Stop: Duluth’s four-mile lakeside sports path shows off the city highlights: a rose garden, pre-Prohibition brewery, an aerial bridge, and the largest grain elevators in the world.


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Learn your local wildflowers

Jun 08, 2011 No Comments

Let’s say you’re a wildflower and you happen to like cool, moist, acidic woods. Suppose you’d find a place to live around Duluth? That’s what happened for Cornus canadensis, the bunchberry or Canada dogwood.

For four great random facts about the bunchberry, read more at my blog.


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Hello, West Duluth. Is it Lionel Ritchie you’re looking for?

Jun 08, 2011 12 Comments

LionelHelloRitchie

This poster was hanging on the pillar outside Insty-Prints at the Spirit Valley Shopping Center in West Duluth on Tuesday. Everyone at Insty denied involvement and seemed unaware of it. The tear-offs at the bottom are lyrics from the song.

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