Midway Como Frogtown Monitor

Lloyd’s Pharmacy reopens down the block after fire

Owner and pharmacist Jim Stage stands in front of the temporary location for Lloyd’s Pharmacy at 694 Snelling. (Photos by Tesha M. Christensen)[/caption] Six weeks after … more

by Tesha M. Christensen | 8/18/20

Will they find new locations in the Midway?

Fire destroyed the Foot Locker at the Midway Center on May 28, 2020. The leases for the stores there have been terminated prior to redevelopment. Some are looking for new locations in the Midway. … more

By JANE MCCLURE | 8/18/20

Springboard for the Arts springs back

Executive director Laura Zabel stands outside the new headquarters for Springboard for the Arts in Frogtown. A second renovation is in progress, following extensive property damage … more

By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN | 8/18/20

What if I need to...

Capturing moments By Abha Karnick South Minneapolis writer and photographer, Abha Karnick They look at the combination, never verbally questioning. But they don’t have to – … more

By Abha Karnick South Minneapolis writer and photographer, | 8/18/20

She gets people talking

Shanene Herbert of Healing Justice St. Paul engages youth through power of words Shanene Herbert at the “Youth Will Rise” March on July 3, 2020 on the University of Minnesota Campus. Over 100 … more

By Margie O’Loughlin | 7/15/20

Help kids through trauma

Telling his own children about George Floyd’s death was one of hardest things Rev. Ronald Bell ever did Reverend Dr. Ronald Bell Jr. with his wife, Dr. Eboni Bell, and his two sons. Bell encouraged … more

By CHLOE PETER | 7/15/20

Maxfield students, teachers wrestle with COVID-19, George Floyd’s murder

I Am Somebody Maxfield Elementary School Principal Ryan Vernosh had just four days to lead Maxfield into a completely different learning environment. AT RIGHT The poem ‘I Am Somebody’ is said … more

By CHLOE PETER | 7/15/20

Midway YMCA: community response hub

Senior checks, healthy meals, implicit bias trainings and more offered for free; childcare and fitness options available Children enrolled in school-aged childcare at the Midway YMCA enjoy swimming … more

By Margie O’Loughlin | 7/15/20

Uncertain futures

Firefighters were still working at the back of the Sports Dome on Friday, May 29. Over 170 businesses were damaged in the Midway following the murder of George Floyd. (Photos by Tesha … more

By JANE McCLURE | 7/15/20

Will Midway Center be demolished?

City’s first step preserves use of TIF for redevelopment By JANE McCLURE Tenants at the Midway Center, damaged by fire and vandalism on May 28, are being forced to move out. Their leases have been … more

By JANE McCLURE | 7/15/20

We can feel both-and: Support protests and grieve loss of local businesses

Have a little grace Amy Pass There was a saying that was repeated so often when I was in graduate school that we all used to groan when our professors would say it. It was a deceptively simple … more

By Amy Pass | 7/15/20

I can't breathe

South Minneapolis writer and photographer, Abha Karnick I watched his last breath. Millions of people soon would as well. I can’t breathe. He was murdered on my block next to the bus I … more

By Abha Karnick | 7/15/20

Q&A with Otis Zanders of Ujamaa Place

Otis Zanders of Ujaama Place Otis Zanders has had enough. “As the CEO of an organization that serves the most marginalized population in society, African American men, aged 18-30, … more

By Elena Vaughn | 6/25/20

Ron Johnson remembers Lloyd’s

Ron Johnson was working at Target when he heard Lloyd’s Pharmacy was for sale in 1974. He headed to the longtime pharmacy at Snelling and Minnehaha to meet Lloyd Jensen, the 25-year … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 6/9/20

Lloyd’s, Menopause Center burn to ground

Midway resident Beverly Jones has bought medicine at Lloyd’s Pharmacy since the 1970s, when they delivered to her home. A few of her kids worked there, as well. “This is a … more

By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN | 6/9/20

How to shrink the racial divide?

A conversation with the Truce Center’s Miki Lewis Miki Lewis is the founder and director of the Truce Center in St. Paul. (Photo by Margie O’Loughlin)[/caption] By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN The first … more

6/9/20

Through East African eyes

Unrest painful reminder of violence immigrants left behind Youth & Family Circle Eexecutive Director Mahmud Kanyare helps during a food give-away for hundreds of East African families at the … more

6/9/20

Over 170 businesses damaged in Midway

Big Top Liquor, in the former Midway Perkins, was looted and set ablaze on Thursday, May 28, and the next day staff from Restoration Professionals was on site to board up the building. Firefighters … more

By JANE McCLURE | 6/9/20

There’s only one race, and that's the human race

Valerie Castile (photo courtesy Philando Castile Relief Foundation) By Margie O’Loughlin Valerie Castile became known to the wider world when her son Philando was murdered by a St. Anthony police … more

5/30/20