Tuesday, January 3, 2012
We take a look back at some of the biggest stories of 2011.
Here's a look at the top stories of 2011 on Northfield Patch, both in terms of the number of people who read them and also for the effect they had on the community. Person of the year Nearly 3,000 voted for Northfield Patch's 2011 Person of the Year. Zach Pruitt, director of the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, received the most votes. Craig Swenson, who helps out at the Northfield YMCA and Northfield Senior Center, came in a very close second. • Meet Zach Pruitt, Northfield Patch's Person of the Year • Zach Pruitt is Northfield Patch's Person of the Year • POLL: Vote for Northfield Patch's Person of the Year School levy Northfielders paid attention when Northfield Public Schools wanted to increase its per-pupil operating levy to …
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Plenty of businesses came, went and celebrated milestones. Here's a look at what made news in 2011.
In 2011, businesses opened, businesses closed and businesses celebrated milestones. Some of Patch's best-read stories in 2011 included us breaking the news that Chuck Pryor, proprietor of The Tavern and The Grand, was buying the former Ole Café and reopening it as the Ole Store Restaurant, our first report about Downtown Tobacco coming to Northfield and our look at Tokyo Grill after it opened this summer. Here's a look at some of the Northfield business headlines for the past year. OPENINGS • Northfield Culver's Has New Ownership • New Children's Boutique Opens on Division Street • Northfield KFC to Reopen With New Owner • Northfield Pizza Hut Opens—Will You Order? • Froggy Bottoms River Pub to Reopen Friday • Northfield Pizza Hut Opens …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
September has come and gone—what did you click on?
Here's a look back to September to see what Northfield Patch users were clicking on. DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS Without question, Northfield Patch's Defeat of Jesse James Days coverage was viewed by a lot of people. The best viewed post? It was the one that told you everything we posted. This easy-to-use navigational page kept track of all the coverage of DJJD before, during and after the annual gathering. In all, we had more than 70 posts about DJJD. Other DJJD posts that gathered a lot of views were the video from the DJJD Grand Parade, video of Raider Jess Radtke and his horse April falling during the parade, a behind-the-scenes look at the James-Younger Gang's camp during the week and a follow-up story about the lack of a Spanish-…
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Northfield Patch recaps the happenings of the past week.
GOVERNMENT/POLITICS • Obama Speaks in Cannon Falls • PHOTOS: Barack Obama Visits Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls • PHOTOS: Downtown Cannon Falls Crowded With People for President Barack Obama • Residents Line Cannon Falls Streets to Catch Obama Spectacle • Dakota County Sheriff's Office Newsletter • Two Cases of Measles Confirmed in Dakota County • Jefferson Road Assessment Update; Northfield Council Puts Hold on 'Adult-Use Ordinance' SPORTS • Fall Practice Under Way • Soccer Team Takes On Alumni • PHOTOS: Women Hit Northfield Golf Club for Tournament • Northfield Football Team's Sales Blitz Under Way COMMUNITY • DJJD: James Gang Mounted Shooting and Wild West Show New for 2011 • DJJD: Want to Drink Beer to Support the Northfield …
Thursday, August 18, 2011
In just its second day open, new restaurant serves large lunch crowd.
It won't be a well-kept secret for very long. The Tokyo Grill opened on the south side of Northfield on Wednesday, and business has steadily picked up since, according to restaurant manager Gui Qiu. “So far things have gone pretty smoothly,” Qiu said Thursday afternoon. “We didn't advertise, so it was pretty slow (at lunch) the first day, but it got a lot busier for dinner.” Qiu said word of mouth advertising must be working, because the dining area was mostly full for the lunch hour on Thursday, and he expected business to pick up even more Thursday night. “We had one customer who came in three times yesterday, and I saw another girl who came in with her mom for lunch and brought back two friends for dinner.” Customers who ate lunch at …
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