by Renée Stewart-Hester | Nov 1, 2021 | Ingredients, Local Makers, Recipes
“Beekeeping is really a labor of love.” The holiday season is back on in full force, and many home cooks are gearing up to serve Thanksgiving and December holiday meals that will put the exclamation point on “Dinner is served!” While tried-and-true menu items are de...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 1, 2021 | Local Makers
Business provides an easier at-home baking experience. Sweet memories were a primary ingredient for Sarah Lofgren’s business, Baking It Real, a cookie kit design company. The Maple Grove resident’s childhood memories of baking treats alongside her mother inspired her...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Nov 1, 2021 | Arts
Resident offers tips for nighttime photography. Arbor Lakes Christmas placed first in the Activities and Events category of our annual Focus on Maple Grove photo contest. It was taken early one evening at The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes with a Sony A7R4 camera with a 35mm...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Nov 1, 2021 | Wellness
New orthobiologics program finds its footing. For the past five to 10 years, surgeons and practitioners across TRIA Orthopedics have explored the promising new field of orthobiologics, a treatment derived from tissue that’s injected into an affected area with the...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Nov 1, 2021 | Senior Living
Senior Communities Guide fills information space. Julie Hamilton turned her 25 years of web development experience toward a new project—creating a comprehensive online guide of senior communities in Minnesota. The goal was to create a transparent and safe website for...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2021 | Garden, Outdoors
“… we all need to get outside and dig in the dirt a little more.” “If you had told me 10 years ago that I would become a chicken lady with a 3,000-square-foot garden, I would have told you [that] you were crazy,” Emily Bretzel says. “When we bought our house, we were...
by Kevin Castellano | Sep 1, 2021 | Drinks, Ingredients, Noteworthy
This cocktail is very easy to prepare and noncommittal, too, as these ingredients are often available in smaller format bottles, so give it a try. 2 oz. dry vermouth 1 oz. Benedictine (a liqueur flavored with 27 flowers, herbs, roots and spices) 3 dashes of absinthe...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2021 | Noteworthy, Sports
You know it’s time to replace a piece of equipment when its replacement parts can’t be found. Such was the case with the Maple Grove Senior High School football stadium’s scoreboard, which was replaced this summer with a new video scoreboard. “The entire Maple Grove...
by Samantha DeLeon | Sep 1, 2021 | Arts, People
Smokin’ Henways virtually produce new album. By dropping the curtain on live entertainment, the pandemic took a toll on the music scene. But this wasn’t necessarily the case for Craig Schmoller of Carver and Joe Sherohman of Maple Grove, who created and produced an...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Sep 1, 2021 | Education, Giving Back
Local nonprofit turns stumbling blocks into stepping stones. While Sara Swan has over two decades of experience in special education, she initially didn’t have plans to turn a one-off mentorship into a full-fledged organization. But, she ended up developing Looking...
by Ava Diaz | Sep 1, 2021 | Landscape
Lawn greeting service spreads joy through one-of-a-kind signs. Many Minnesotans love anything on a stick (à la the Minnesota State Fair food extravaganza), so why shouldn’t celebration proclamations get the same treatment? Casey Pierce of Maple Grove thought so, and...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2021 | Photo Contest
Lamp post and sun oblige for winning photo. Maple Grove Sun Light, by Rod Smoliak, received first place in the City Landmarks category in our annual Focus on Maple Grove photo contest. This shot was taken with a Sony A7R4 camera with a 150-600mm telephoto lens, at...
by The Art Girls | Sep 1, 2021 | Arts, Noteworthy
“Blue skies smiling at me, nothing but blue skies, do I see.” These song lyrics by [Irving Berlin] feel so appropriate as we soak in these last days of summer sunshine. This beautiful abstract painting by Minneapolis artist Emily Frank feels all-encompassing of beach...
by Beth Lang | Sep 1, 2021 | Book Club
If your idea of a good read is a story to help you your mind unwind, then try The Big Four by one of the world’s greatest mystery authors, Agatha Christie. This novel is a change from her usual storyline. While it is a Hercule Poirot novel, it involves an organization...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2021 | Renovate
Paint expert provides tips for homeowners. At this stage of the pandemic, a fair amount of homeowners have given the interiors of their homes a glow-up, a redo, a transformation—call it what you will. But all that effort begs the question—now what? Head outside, take...
