‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Sticking with It: Persistence pays off
by Lauretta Dawolo Towns, Banyan Community Coordinator In some ways, theirs is an unlikely story from East Phillips. In other ways, the story represents what many Phillips families experience everyday – socioeconomic hardship. Naomi Mohammed, the beloved keymaker at Welna ACE Hardware, is a single mother of five fantastic children. Five out [...]
Spectacular May
By Harvey Winje In the Heart of the Beast’s MayDay Parade and Festival, hallmarks a new Spring season and the month of May which is full of other wonderful events in the neighborhoods surrounding Powderhorn Park, the destination of the Parade and the site of the Festival of Life that will draw tens of thousands of people on Sunday May [...]
A Plethora
By Harvey Winje When students, public policy makers, funders, journalists and other observers inquire about the area of the Backyard Initiative–Central, Powderhorn Park, Corcoran and the four neighborhoods of Phillips–typical questions residents are asked include: “What are the problems that affect your community? “Is anyone [...]
EDITOR’S NOTE Regarding “SEARCHING” by Patrick Cabello Hansel
Alley Communications has been honored and pleased to have been able to publish this novel by Patrick Cabello Hansel in The Alley Newspaper, chapter by chapter, each month for nearly three years. It has been a first for The Alley and for any local community paper as far as we know. We have been reminded by Jane Thomson, one of our most avid [...]
“SEARCHING” Epilog
By Patrick Cebello Hansel “One person’s found is another person’s lost.” We are taught that this is true, that there always must be winners and losers, that it is part of the way the world is made, that the “invisible hand” directs the fortunes of everyone, and that as one rises, another must fall. But what if by searching and [...]
Alley Communications, Inc., producer of The Alley Newspaper: Accomplishments in 2011
The Alley Newspaper was able to produce a unique issue each month that also had continuity with previous issues and past years which regularly featured articles and art produced by: Bob Albee, Erin Thomasson, Sue Hunter Weir, Patrick Cabello Hansel, Howard McQuitter, Peter Molenaar, Dave Moore, and Janice Barbee. Continued multi-year exclusive [...]
Become an Alley Ally today!
January 2012 Dear Friend of the Alley: The Alley Newspaper is the free community newspaper of the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis, serving over 20,000 residents, businesses, and visitors. Published on a shoe string budget and largely volunteer run, the Alley informs, engages, facilitates communication, and promotes the exchange of [...]
