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Richard Fryberger: The Occasional Painter

May 4, 2013 in Duluth News Tribune

Richard Fryberger has been creating art for more than four decades, but he has squeezed it into a lifetime he’s 66 filled with career, family, community service, travel adventures, and a dazzling variety of other hobbies and interests. Continue Reading

Five League of Women Voters Duluth members have more than 50 years of service

May 4, 2013 in Duluth News Tribune

You could say that Lee Ball was an accidental president. The Duluth woman was invited to a League of Women Voters Duluth meeting by a friend in 1957. It would be a long time before she missed another meeting.
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Books: A Minnesota take on the world’s oldest profession

September 16, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

Mary Casanova, a Minnesota author of more than 30 books, will be visiting Duluth from her hometown of Ranier on Thursday, Sept. 27 to celebrate the release of “Frozen,” her first book for young adults. Continue Reading

See if there is a party in your neighborhood

August 3, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

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Story of a sinkhole

June 24, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

There is a sinkhole across the street from my house that has become a tourist attraction. I’ve had a front row seat. I met the occupants of the car that sunk into it Tuesday night, watched as it sank lower and lower through the night, and worried that another car would follow suit as the sinkhole metastasized into an eco-disaster. Continue Reading

Honor Flight veteran has put his life to music

May 18, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

If you like jazz, you might stop by Club Saratoga some Saturday afternoon to listen to Gordy Everett croon. You’ll also get to see him do some soft-shoe on stage. “I’m the oldest guy that’s ever been on that stage,” said Everett, 89.
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Column: ‘Women hold up half the sky’

May 7, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

The phrase “war on women” has become part of the national lexicon recently, but this is not a new battle. What we are seeing now is just a new brazenness in tactics.
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Duluth falls short of San Francisco’s peaks, valleys

May 6, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

Since I moved to Duluth, I’ve heard our city described more than once as “the San Francisco of the Midwest” although probably not by anyone who has been to both places. Continue Reading

Column: Connecting young adults to our beautiful city

May 6, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

What connects residents to our community? What makes newcomers want to put down roots and build a life in Duluth? Thanks to a 2010 study conducted by the Knight Foundation, we have the answers.
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Great Space Giveaway generates success in downtown Duluth

April 28, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

All good things take time. Some local entrepreneurs have been learning that firsthand as they have been preparing to open their storefronts in Downtown Duluth.
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