Marjorie Otto

file photo Urban Roots has partnered with numerous St. Paul organizations, including Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services. That particular partnership includes an urban farm at the Village on Rivolli housing development in Railroad Island, where the high tunnel seen above was installed in 2018.

file photo Urban Roots, the East Side youth urban agriculture nonprofit, will be spending 2019 celebrating its 50th anniversary. The organization has a number of gardens across the East Side, including its original garden on the corner of Third Street and Maria Avenue, which it established in 1996.

courtesy of Google Maps Following a Jan. 4 crash that killed one pedestrian and critically injured another on McKnight Road near the Villages on McKnight apartments, Ramsey County engineers held a community meeting to discuss short-term and long-term changes to improve safety on the busy throughway.

courtesy of Bockley Gallery Pao Houa Her, an East Side-raised photographer, has been taking pictures for years that focus on the Hmong-American experience. A never-before-seen set of photos, which focuses on her childhood home near Lake Phalen, will be on display at the East Side Freedom Library Feb. 22 through March 17.

submitted photo Kassim Busuri will serve as the city council member for Ward 6 through the end of 2019.