BY MEGHAN KEANE
“It is time to advance a non-toxic, vibrant economy and protect the public by reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act. I urge you to support the strongest version of this reform. We can’t do it without you!”
Read more on Carleton MPIRG Pushes for Chemicals Ban in Detox Minnesota! Campaign…
BY JEFFREY JUUL
In this economy, even the surest of dreams can easily be dashed. For her whole life, Mary Schmitt knew she wanted to be teacher.
“This sounds cheesy but I’ve wanted to teach my whole life. I have been playing teacher in my bedroom since I was in second grade.”
Read more on In a Tough Job Market, This College Grad Landed at the Head of a Class…
BY KAITLIN MUTH
“It’s a considerable challenge,” says Simon Tyler, director of the Northfield School of Arts and Technology (ARTech). “We’re going to need to borrow money,” adds Nalani McCutcheon, the executive director of the Cannon River STEM School in Faribault.
Read more on Local Charter Schools Take Extra Hits in a Tough Financial Year…
BY KATE MACDONALD
Dale Vangrevenhof
There is a saying that you never truly know what you have until you lose it.
What Dale Vangrevenhof had was a job. What he lost was much more.
Read more on Shattered by the Recession, He Rebounded with Community Support…
BY DEBBIE WONG
Armed with scientific calculators, students at Carleton College were doing math – but not just any math. They were adding up calories and cents, selecting foods to buy from a small-scale model grocery store they’d built in the classroom. Their goal: to satisfy their dietary needs with limited money.
Read more on Food Stamps Fail to Reach the Elderly Poor in Northfield, Carleton Students Find…
BY EMILY HARTLEY
The Ragstock Used and New Clothing Store. Photo by Veasey Conway.
Jane Greenwood is in constant motion, lifting boxes, sifting through clothing and pacing up and down the aisles in the back room of the Clothes Closet.
Read more on In Tough Times Some Used Goods Shops Thrive, Some Feel the Pinch…
BY LEAF ELHAI
Homes at Viking Terrace. Photo by Hai Ngo.
When his car broke down in mid-November, José Ramos and his family faced a difficult decision. The cost of replacing the vehicle’s broken water pump put a considerable strain on José and his wife Angelica’s budget, but the repair was “a necessity,” Angelica and José decided.
Read more on For Northfield’s Hispanic Immigrants, the Recession Hits Twice as Hard…
BY DEBBIE WONG
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.”
Those words are displayed on the front wall of the Main Street Moravian Church in Northfield, and they are the words that Pastor Amy Gohdes-Luhman used to open the Town Hall Meeting on drug abuse held in Northfield on Nov. 8.
Read more on Former Young Addicts Speak About Drug Abuse in Northfield…
BY KATIE WILLIAMS
Tyler BoddySpargo, Dia Davis
A food drive last Friday on the Carleton College campus raised enough money to buy 65 pounds of fruit juice, milk, yoghurt and other foods that were donated to the food shelf at the Community Action Center (CAC) in Northfield.
Read more on Carleton Student Drive Collects Food for Northfield Pantry…
BY BRIAN GILBERT
Listen to: A Podcast with Janet Lewis Muth
What major factors contribute to good health? Janet Lewis Muth has three possible answers: access to affordable housing, access to public transportation, and access to affordable, healthy food.
Read more on The Health-Wealth Connection: Janet Lewis Muth…
