Grounding & Sunshine Spring has sprung (unless winter decides to give us a few more surprises!) and that means warmer weather, more sunshine, and more reason to get outside. Of course, this gives more opportunity for exercise and cleansing fresh air, but even the subtle more passive aspects of being outside are essential to healthy living.
with How the years have changed In 'Downton Abbey,' the unhappily wed Lord Shrimpie Flintshire says, 'Love is like riding [horse] or speaking French: If you don't learn it young, you may never get the hang of it.' I thought about what I didn't learn young (riding, love) and what I did (French, being alone) and concluded: If you learn being alone too young, you may never be able to shake its hold on you. As a boy in those days now so foreign to me and to all of us, my mother would drive me to the mall, and a place like that for a boy was like going into the woods, a smothering place that, in hindsight now, was less safe than we thought, and in hindsight was more safe than I thought.
BRIAN LARSEN Traditional sacred stories first published individually by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the 1970s have been brought together in a new book titled Nanaboozhoo Babaamosed: Nanaboozhoo Went Walking & Other Stories from Grand Portage. The stories were first published as part of the Bilingual Reading Series, Ojibwe Cultural Resource Center of I.S.D.
Playhouse Auditions The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold Auditions on Tuesday, April 16 at 6 PM at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 51 West 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN for the summer repertory plays. For more Information go to https://www.grandmaraisplayhouse.com/ summer-rep or contact the Playhouse at sue@grandmaraisplayhouse.com.
Go Dog North Shore is kicking off spring with a series of volunteer work days to get the park ready for summer and to finish the trail improvement boardwalk project that started in 2023. We are in need of helpers on the following Saturdays: April 27 Spring Clean-Up Day & Boardwalk Construction.
The recent closure announcement from Almost Home Appliance has many Cook County community members wondering what other options are available for purchasing and repairing home appliances locally. Some may not be aware that Isak Hansen Independent Hardware, Home Center, and Custom Builders in Lutsen, MN, sells and services appliances. For over 90 years, Isak Hansens has been here to support the needs of Cook County residents. Boreal Community Media reached out to Tom Dwyer, owner of Isak Hansen, to learn more.
University of MN Extension, Cook County Soil and Water, and Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center are partnering to present a workshop on tree planting and care for beginners. The workshop will take place Tuesday May 14 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Northland Foundation is accepting applications from northeast Minnesota businesses through May 21, 2024 The Northland Foundation announces the Promise Act Grant Program, making available $1.1 million for grants to eligible northeast Minnesota businesses and nonprofit organizations. Funding and eligibility guidelines were established in law during the 2023 Minnesota legislative session.
Reprinted from the May 20, 1971 edition of the Cook County News-Herald. Remember Bud Hennessey’s Superette? It was located next to the Post Office when the Post Office was on the corner of Highway 61 and 5th Avenue in downtown Grand Marais.
10 YEARS AGO APRIL 12, 2013 v By a 4-0 vote, the Cook County North Shore Hospital board voted to accept the 2014-2015 Hospital and Care Center Association labor agreement at its April 7 meeting. Under terms of the agreement employees will get wage increases ranging from .75 percent to 2 percent.