Monday, May 14, 2012
Local Republicans readying for Paul's appearance Friday.
See updates below. Ron Paul is set to speak at the Minnesota Republican convention Friday, and party activists in the Fifth District are preparing for a possible Paul win—with one local activist saying "I get the feeling I'm witnessing history." Paul is poised to make a strong showing in Minnesota after congressional-district conventions gave him 20 of 24 available national delegates. The Texas congressman was denied a speaking slot at the 2008 state convention, but has proven a popular candidate and speaker here since—turning fans away, for example, from an over-capacity speech in Arden Hills shortly before Minnesota's 2012 caucus night. On Monday, Paul announced his campaign would stop spending money in states that haven't yet held …
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Golden Valley resident Lawrence Brown died at the age of 92.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Marilyn Gorlin, one of the powerful women who shaped Minnesota’s DFL Party from behind the scenes during the tumultuous 1960s and ’70s, died on Thursday at age 86. She lived in Golden Valley.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The 51-year-old local man founded a company devoted to helping the disabled live independently.
Like many entrepreneurs, Kevin Sullivan figured he would have to take it upon himself to change something he didn't like. Sullivan was his own first client in 1991, when he founded a company devoted to helping the disabled live at home and, according to its mission, “control their lives and their health care needs in an atmosphere of independence.” In Sullivan’s time as the company’s founding executive, In Home Personal Care grew to serve and employ hundreds of people, and Sullivan established himself as one of Minnesota’s leading advocates for the disabled. On June 14, Sullivan was found dead, seated behind the wheel of his minivan, in the parking lot at the Ridgedale Byerly’s. He was 51. His mother, Laura Sullivan, recalled Kevin as a …
Monday, January 24, 2011
The loving family of former youth baseball coach Dick Isaacson is requesting all memorial gifts be donated to the Golden Valley Little League in his honor.
Friends, family and Golden Valley baseball fans are saying goodbye to a local legend. 82-year-old Richard "Dick" Isaacson died on Jan. 18. And while his friends, neighbors and loved ones feel deep pain because of his loss, they also feel a deep sense of appreciation for his accomplishments in Golden Valley. “Dick lived and breathed sports,” says Dick's daughter, Diane Thorvilson. Thorvilson spoke with Patch about her father’s devotion to athletics and coaching sports, among many other things. Aside from being an avid softball player, bowler, and competitive Bridge player for most of his adulthood, Dick was best known for his coaching skills. He first began coaching baseball and football back in 1961, while his sons were involved in youth…
Bob in Boston
12:27 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Doesn't make any sense to call Ron Paul the underdog when he's already won more delegates than Romney in 10 states including Romney's home state! It's Romney who's the underdog at the conventions - it's only the media and the GOP establishment who keep saying Romney's the winner! more ›