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by Todd Melby, August 12, 2008 • Preservationists are fretting over the fate of the Bardwell-Ferrant House, a Moorish Revival house located at 2500 Portland Avenue South in Minneapolis. Two years ago, the 1883 house sold for $385,000 (minus about $7,700 in owner upgrades). Today, Countrywide Mortgage is trying to unload the foreclosed property for $229,900.
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• Watch Homeless Youth: Finding Home, a documentary following six homeless youth in Minnesota on TPT Channel 17 on November 22nd, at 8 pm. (If you miss it, see part of the documentary right here: MORE »
This is the place to look for recount data — updated from the Secretary of State’s web site every night.
Check out the MPR site that lets you decide on challenged ballots. As close to being an actual recount judge as you can get!
And this is the place to send your recount stories — editor@tcdailyplanet.net. Check this space every day for more stories! MORE »
This Thanksgiving, families throughout the Twin Cities will gather at the table and be thankful for what they have, despite the rough economic climate. But Thanksgiving can also be a time for people to help those less fortunate themselves: here is a list of ways you can help on Thanksgiving Day and beyond. MORE »
I Spy with My Little Eye Minnesota. V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet. The Voyageur’s Paddle. The Legend of the Loon. The Legend of the Lady’s Slipper. If you can’t find enough picture books to fill your child’s shelves with the hoariest lore of our great Gopher State, it is not Kathy-jo Wargin’s fault. For pete’s sake, she’s even given us The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell. MORE »