Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)
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A Boston transplant turned longtime City Hall/urban news reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota (twincities.com) but my true claim to fame is I wrote this 3-part comic book: https://fredmelosupervillains.thecomicseries.com
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Took me a bit but yes, Arby’s has the meats, BK has the beef, Sydney Sweeney has the bodacious blue-eyed genes and Fred has the renderings… The future Midway Diner. The four-story TreeHouse office building that will house a French bakery. A 1-acre park lined by Bailey’s Nursery flower gardens…
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Could be big…
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What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
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Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink
Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.
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What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
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Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink
Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.
twincities.com
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I just picked my kid up from school on a Metro Transit bus and now I’m heading to Allianz Field on a Metro Transit bus. Ask me anything.
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The vote was not unanimous. Regent James Farnsworth, who represents the district, called the arrangement “convoluted” this week and opposed transferring ownership outside of the university itself.
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The historic Eastcliff house in St. Paul — the U of M president’s mansion — will be sold to a nonprofit foundation for $2.2 million, and then leased back rent-free to the U of M. Here’s how that works, and what the U gets out of it: www.twincities.com/2025/10/09/u...
UMN regents vote 9-2 to transfer Eastcliff to the university foundation
The $2.2 million sale will allow the foundation to lease the 20-room structure back to the university on a 40-year lease, rent-free.
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The historic Eastcliff house in St. Paul — the U of M president’s mansion — will be sold to a nonprofit foundation for $2.2 million, and then leased back rent-free to the U of M. Here’s how that works, and what the U gets out of it: www.twincities.com/2025/10/09/u...
UMN regents vote 9-2 to transfer Eastcliff to the university foundation
The $2.2 million sale will allow the foundation to lease the 20-room structure back to the university on a 40-year lease, rent-free.
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EASTCLIFF, LET ME LEASE BACK YOUR WINDOW: The University of Minnesota on Thursday will discuss selling the 20-room president’s mansion to the U of M Foundation for $2.2 million — and then leasing it back for zero rent. twincities.com/2025/10/07/u... #FreeRent #Eastcliff #StPaul
U of M considers selling historic Eastcliff mansion to its foundation
The mansion in St. Paul has housed eight university presidents and recently Gov. Tim Walz.
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“Is it because we don’t care about Black and brown people who need their infrastructure updated?" She did not give a yes or no response when asked later if she thinks Summit Ave needs reconstruction either way: “All of our streets in St. Paul need to be redone.” www.twincities.com/2025/10/07/s...
St. Paul’s mayoral candidates diverge on Summit Ave. bike trail
State Rep. Her questioned the planning around the bike trail, but said she was not ready to cancel it.
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“I’ve endorsed none of the candidates. I don’t expect to.” City Council President Rebecca Noecker says she hasn’t taken sides in the St. Paul mayor’s race, and other key voices are also either on the fence or sitting things out. Here’s who, and why:
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this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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Yeah, even that part is unclear. The ICE statement made it seem like there were, in fact, criminal charges. What they are and where these folks are being held and for how long… all tough to navigate.
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Has the government shutdown impacted your business, benefits or day-to-day life? Will it? We're looking for some local examples. You can email me at Fmelo (@) pioneerpress.com or Alex at: ADerosier (@) pioneerpress.com.
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