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Posts tagged with "North Minneapolis"
New Heritage Park facilities focus on North Side seniors wellness
May. 9 | First YMCA designed to meet the needs of age 55 and older By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Heritage Park Senior Services Center is nearing its official June 14 grand opening. In an official statement released...
Waste disposal poses pollution threat to Northsiders
Apr. 11 | News Analysis By Lissa Jones Contributing Writer Proposals are currently under consideration to significantly increase emissions from Minneapolis polluters that have a disproportionate impact on low-income...
Northside Achievement Zone envisions a ‘tipping-point’ of success
Feb. 22 | By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer Over the next five years, just over 1,000 families in an 18-by-13-block area of North Minneapolis will be participating in a $28 million social experiment. What is at stake is much more than...
City Foreclosure Wrests Prime Northside Land From Black Developer
Jan. 11 | Is ‘Heritage Park fatigue’ causing City leaders to neglect the historic project? Or is a land grab underway? By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Minneapolis City Council recently voted to begin foreclosure proceedings against...
We still need help here!
Jan. 11 | African American children continue to die, and with them our spirits On Christmas day, December 25, 2011, three-year-old Terrell Mayes, Jr. enjoyed Christmas and the love and warmth of his family. By the late evening of December 26, Terrell...
Free Kwanzaa camp organized for Northside youth
Jan. 4 | By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer The Clyde Turner Basketball Camps came to North Minneapolis’ Farview Park Community Center and offered a free five-day Kwanzaa basketball camp from December 26 to December 30 for boys and...
We Win observes Kwanzaa at the Capri
Dec. 21 | By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer On December 14 the We Win Institute held its annual Kwanzaa celebration. This year it was observed at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis. The celebration included live entertainment by the We...
Seen on da Streets takes the clinic to the community
Dec. 14 | News Analysis By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer Young Black men, naturally propelled by their hormones and bombarded by media images, especially music videos, are practically programmed to pester young Black women for sex....
Can Black stations win the radio ratings game? KMOJ’s general manager on the complexities of counting a growing Black audience
Dec. 14 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Radio broadcasters added nearly 1.7 million weekly listeners in the past year, and radio reaches over 93 percent of Blacks in the U.S., says the nation’s leading radio ratings service. Arbitron...
