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Ben Pokrzywinski, a co-owner of two local small businesses who will serve Ward 2, and Karen Peterson, an assistant professor at UND who will serve in the at-large seat, are both excited to bring their outlook to the council.
Teri Hammarback, the co-president of the Heritage Village Foundation, said the nonprofit has just finished paying $27,000 in special assessments for another project on 20th Street Northeast. Hammarback said the special assessments for proposed work on Fifth Avenue Northeast will create additional burdens for the organization.
A planned street improvement project in East Grand Forks brought about concerns from a non-profit organization...
This article was written for the Herald's Greater Grand Forks Community section, which was published in the Herald's Aug. 27 print edition.
By Doug Barrett May 3, 2021 | 1:02 PM The East Grand Forks council will get a chance to override a mayoral veto tomorrow (Tuesday) night ranking the roundabout project at Bygland Road as the city’s top priority for federal funding. Mayor Steve Gander has rejected the April 20 th council action to designate the roundabout as the project of choice for $860,000 dollars in Federal Subtarget Funding. Gander has pushed for continued study of both the roundabout and the reconstruction of 10 th Street Northeast. In his veto letter the mayor says his sense in the community is that the ro...