Mark your calendars and start cleaning out your closets! The NEighbors Sale Weekend is coming up Friday, May 10th and Saturday, May 11th.

What is it exactly? It’s a weekend of garage and yard sales across six of the neighborhoods in Northeast Minneapolis. Over 150+ sales are anticipated for this year. Neighborhoods included are Audubon Park, Columbia Park, Holland, Marshall Terrace, Waite Park and Windom Park. Households and businesses in the participating neighborhoods can register their sale at the Eastside Co-op or at windompark.org and will be included on the sale map/directory.

THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 1st

The registration fee is $10 ($8 for Eastside Co-op members). Sale maps will be available the week prior to the sale at the Eastside Co-op and other area businesses, and also at windompark.org. Save your map for special offers throughout May at area businesses.

For sale info and updates visit:

• www.windompark.org
• www.facebook.com/NEighborsGarageSaleWeekend

Or call Andy Hersey at 612-710-3018.

Choo Choo! Canadian Pacific Railway and Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the 2011 Holiday Train event in Northeast Minneapolis, to support the food shelves at East Side Neighborhood Services.

The 2011 Holiday Train event will be held Sunday, December 11, 2011, 7-9 p.m. at Shoreham Yards, 2800 Central Ave. NE, Minneapolis. The Holiday Train will be arriving at 8 p.m. This is the CP Holiday Train’s only stop in Minneapolis this year…don’t miss the train!

The 2011 Holiday Train event will give local Minneapolis community members the opportunity to donate cash or food to support food shelves at East Side Neighborhood Services, benefiting residents of Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis and surrounding areas. This event brings the community together for a night of free live musical entertainment, kid’s activities, horse drawn carriage rides, refreshments and to support the local community with food shelf support.

East Side Neighborhood Services is a non-profit human services agency that provides services to individuals, families and neighborhoods primarily of Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Three food shelf locations operated by East Side Neighborhood Services provide food to over 2,000 individuals each year.

For more information about the 2011 Holiday Train Event, or food shelves at East Side Neighborhood Services call 612.781.6011 or visit www.esns.org.

Date: Monday, October 24, 2011

Time: 1:30pm or thereafter

Place: Minneapolis City Hall
350 South 5th Street, Room 317
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Purpose: To gather public opinion regarding Prom Catering’s request for an On-Sale Liquor License with Sunday Sales, Class B. If approved, they intend to operate their facility at a golf course open to the public with the ability to hold events like wedding receptions and other private gatherings.

Applicant’s Name (Legal Entity): Prom Management Group, Inc.

DBA/Trade Name: Prom Catering

Complete Address: Columbia Golf Course
3300 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Telephone Number: 651-501-8191

Current Licenses: Liquor Catering Services

Requested License(s): On-Sale Liquor with Sunday Sales, Class B

Nature of Entertainment: The Class “B” License permits live music and singing without limiting the number of musicians or singers or the type of amplification. Dancing and singing by patrons and disc jockey services are permitted. Stage shows, skits, vaudeville, theater, contests, dancing by employees or agents of the licensee, and patron participation in any of the aforementioned are prohibited.

Off Street Parking: The Minneapolis Zoning Department requires 90 off-street parking spaces and the applicant has exceeded this requirement with 184 parking spaces provided on-site.

You are invited to attend, express your opinions, and/or submit such in writing. Please use the next page to make written comments or contact Michele Olds at michele.olds@minneapolismn.gov or 612-673-5484.

Information in Other Languages: Yog xav paub tshaj nos ntxiv, hu 612-673-2800. Macluumaad dheeri ah, kala soo xiriir 612-673-3500. Para mas información llame al 612-673-2700.

Full Hearing Notice – Prom Catering

Come support our friends at the Farmers Market at the 2011 Corn and Brat Feed!

This tasty grillout, with farm fresh sweetcorn and Kramarczuk bratwurst, is a classic summer fundraiser.

Saturday, August 13 · 9:00am – 2:00pm at the Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market.

7th and University Ave NE

Today’s weather is very uncertain. The parade will be called  either on or off at 3p.m. based on the recommendation of the Minneapolis Police Department.

Notification will be given in the following manner either way:

• Via email to the primary contact
• An announcement will be posted on the parade homepage www.minneapolischamber.org/parade
• A message will be placed on the voicemail of this number 612 378-0050

If the parade is NOT cancelled we will proceed as normal with step off at 6:30p.m. If severe weather occurs once the parade is underway it will be delayed one half hour and the situation will then be re-evaluated and the parade will either proceed or be cancelled.

If you do decide not to participate a notification would be appreciated at any point in the day via email clevens(-at-)minneapolischamber.org/parade.