Dave Healy is a 30+ resident of St. Anthony Park and a retired college teacher and administrator (Bethel College and the U of M) and editor (The Writing Center Journal, Public Art Review, Park Bugle).

Despite its once-predicted demise, the printed book is alive and well. And the same is true of independent bookstores, whose numbers have doubled nationally in the last eight years. Riding that wave ...

Sammy Nelson’s outlook for 2026 at the Gibbs Farm: Pathways to Dakota & Pioneer Life is proof that a cherished historic resource is also a place for innovation. Construction is planned for 2026 at the ...

For high school graduating classes, 2020 has been a year like no other. Starting in mid-March, the nation’s coronavirus pandemic prompted Minnesota to implement “shelter in place” mandates that ...

Three months after the Bugle launched its 2025 annual fall campaign, donors met the newspaper’s challenge in contributing more than $50,000 in funds for our operations. From July 1, 2025 to Jan. 14, ...

The Como Park High School girls basketball team on Wednesday night won in Class 3A section 3 quarterfinal s play. The Cougars, at their home court, defeated Highland Park 75 to 33.

I want to express my thanks to local businesses who did not permit any political advertising in their spaces during the recent primary and special election period. Political decision-making has become ...

A summer road trip to Medora, North Dakota, rekindled my fascination with the unique badlands in the western region of this prairie state. Similar to the colorful layered formations found in ...

Adam Daniel of GB Leighton. The Durkee family played host to a series of front yard concerts at their home. Photos by Kim Durkee. As it turns out, Kim and Paul Durkee’s front yard makes for a great ...

When El Aguila Restaurante opened for business at 1552 Como Avenue in July 2023, it marked the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition for its owners. Owners Jose Landaverde and Ana Vargas had always ...

“We are all beginners when it comes to dying and death,” says Anne Murphy, an end-of-life edu­cator, of St. Paul. Anne Murphy “Deepening our relationship with death is a way to deepen our bonds with ...

Turn off. Tune out. Drop in. That is the essential philosophy behind Mick Grotzke’s Present Company, the recently opened retail store/workshop space/mini mart/hangout spot devoted to analog activities ...