East Side Review

Amy Felegy is the newest addition to the Lillie News staff. This week’s paper marks her fifth week with the Review, so it’s probably time readers got to know the woman behind the words.

South St. Paul residents petition city to keep library 

“A good name is more desirable than great riches.” —Proverbs 22:1

“A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.” —Baltasar Gracian

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q. I want a copy of a classic devotional text called “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas Kempis. How can I get it through your library?

Continues work to curb youth homelessness

The annual Pollinator Festival, organized by the Lower Phalen Creek Project and held in the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, returned this year on Aug. 3.

Seen from below at Oak Hill Cemetery in South St. Paul Aug. 6, a lone figure crouched over a headstone, bucket nearby and putty knife in hand. 

Published as a part of East Side Freedom Library’s 5th anniversary

Thursday, July 18 — Wednesday, July 24

South St. Paul Secondary School’s affinity groups’ teachers, which includes by Minnesota’s 2019 Teacher of the Year Jessica Davis, have been named a recipient of a 2019 Cultural Jambalaya Diversity Award.