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Student voices: Know your limits

May 19, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

I did not used to have an issue with waking up for school. However, as the school year has progressed, my inability to be up in time for school is dwindling rapidly. Continue Reading

Andrea’s column: Andrea’s animal kingdom

May 18, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

When my husband and I moved to our little community 11 years ago, we weren’t sure if we should pack our bird feeders. Continue Reading

Nathan’s column: What’s your bid?

May 17, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

Minneapolis, it seems, is a popular place for people who want to mix money up in their dating lives. Continue Reading

Column: What’s your bid?

May 16, 2013 in The Farmington Independent

A few weeks ago in this space I wrote about a survey that found Minnesota was one of the country’s hot spots for finding a sugar daddy. Now it seems Twin Cities residents are signing up in droves at whatsyourprice.com, a dating website that promises to remove the complications from matchmaking by allowing users to bid actual cash for a date with people they find attractive. Continue Reading

Chuck’s column: Prom is a big deal at RHS

May 16, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

It’s Prom weekend here. Probably the second most popular social event of the high school year, with Homecoming taking first place. It’s truly an event around here and I do mean an event. Continue Reading

Student voices: Time will come to plan for the future

May 13, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

I truly wish I knew what I wanted to go to college for, but it doesn’t come that easily to me. Continue Reading

Andrea’s column: Run for the roses

May 11, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

Last week, when I called my son to ask where and how I could (legally) place a bet on the Kentucky Derby, he said he might meet a friend at the track in Shakopee on race day and, if he did, he would gladly place my wager. Continue Reading

Column: A pretty good staycation

May 11, 2013 in The Farmington Independent

I took myself a little staycation last week. I couldn’t have planned it better. Unless, of course, I’d taken it this week. Had I known I’d get a full week of sun instead of a half week I might have rescheduled. Continue Reading

Nathan’s column: Still committed to your city

May 10, 2013 in Rosemount Town Pages

It’s been two months now since we combined the two newspapers we produce in this office. That’s 10 issues and counting of combined Farmington and Rosemount news, and one comment we have heard multiple times from our readers. Continue Reading

Column: Still committed to your city

May 9, 2013 in The Farmington Independent

It’s been two months now since we combined the two newspapers we produce in this office. That’s 10 issues and counting of combined Farmington and Rosemount news, and one comment we have heard multiple times from our readers. Continue Reading