Monthly Archives: September 2025

Uncategorized, Veterans

Metro Transit Phase 1 Blue Line Shutdown from Sept 22nd 10 pm to Oct 4th

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Blue Line LRT Shutdown for maintenance for 12 days.

The oldest Light Rail Transit Line, the Blue Line, originally called the Hiawatha Light Rail will be shut down for 11 days from Monday September 22nd at 10 pm to Saturday October 4th. They will be replacing signals and sections of rail for “Phase 1.”

Phase 1? Are there more Phases? Yes there are 3 phases. Phase 2 for 45 days in 2026, and a 53 day one in 2027.

The Legislature approved this? or is this another Met Council Boondoggle?
Phase 1 thru 3 Timeline Link

Will Buses have more Ridership than the LRT?

It will be interesting to see how commuters can do without a multi-million dollar Light Rail Line that seems to be down for maintenance quite often. When the Light Rail line started up 20+ yrs ago they had 3 rail cars per run. Though with fewer riders riding the train, last Winter they went to 2 cars. Maybe it was because they were losing money due to the increase in the cost of electricity.

Have they ever broke even on the LRTs?

Not even with “Transit Agents” are they ensuring that every rider on the LRT is paying to get onto it.

The Green Line will be in operation in St Paul, though it will stop at the Vikings Stadium. Beyond this station, buses will replace the Green Line.

There are links to see where to catch the bus near the Blue Line Stations below.

Blue Line LRT Closure & Bus Replacement Information Link

Blue Line Bus Replacement Bus Stop Location Maps

From 10 pm Monday Sept 22nd to Saturday Oct 4th the Blue Line and part of the Green Line will be replaced by buses

VA-Minneapolis Main Entrance will be Detoured from Sept 23rd 7 am to Sept 24th for maintenance.

One Veterans Dr., the main entrance to the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, will be closed Tues., Sept. 23 from 7:00 a.m. – Wed. Sept. 24. Metro Transit will be conducting rail crossing maintenance and repair that requires the intersection closure of Veterans Drive and Minnehaha Ave. Please follow the Veterans Drive Detour signs and allow extra time.

Travel Times between Stations on the Blue Line PDF

information from the VA Newsletter, and from Metrotransit.org was used to write this post. — admin

HD66B, Politics

Republican Seniors of Minnesota Streaming Guest Royce White on Sept 9th

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There are many Affiliates to the Republican Party of Minnesota. The Republican Seniors of Minnesota is one of them. Often times their monthly email shows up in the inbox and it will announce some interesting guest speakers at their meeting. The problem is it’s usually in the morning on a Tuesday at 9:30 am at the Knights of Columbus/Bloomington Events Center, 1114 American Boulevard West, Bloomington, Map.  The best solution to this problem is if they could somehow stream the meeting so one could listen to their monthly guest speakers.

Guess what? They are streaming their meetings and posting their previous meeting videos on their YouTube and Rumble Channels.

September 9th Meeting Guest Speakers

Their September 9th meeting is going to have the 2024 Endorsed MNGOP US Senate Candidate Royce White at it in the first hour. Then they will have Rick Smith from the Sons of the American Revolution afterwards.

Royce White at the Minnesota State Capitol
2024 MNGOP US Senate Candidate Royce White

Their monthly meetings are now available to you in both live stream viewing and recorded video viewing. To watch, go to their website, republicanseniorsmn.com and click on Live Stream or Past Meeting Videos. No registration or fee is required. Watch on your Smart TV, too.

Past meeting videos are also available on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@RepublicanSeniorsMN), and also on Rumble (Republican Seniors of MN on Rumble.com).

We are posting this as a courtesy to the Republican Seniors of Minnesota Affiliate. Mnhd66brepublicans.org was not compensated for posting this. — admin

Family

2025 #ProLifeSunday Happy Grandparents Day Sept 7th

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Marian McQuade might not be a household name, but she was one of two people who helped launch a Holiday to honor Grandparents across the country.

The first was Jacob Reingold. In 1961 during the White House Conference on Aging, Jacob Reingold of Hebrew Home at Riverdale NY, was inspired by a speech about a new image of the aged. So he worked to get a special day for grandparents to be recognized on September 16, 1961 at Hebrew Home. In 1963 it became an official holiday for the borough of the Bronx, NY.

In 1970 Marian McQuade of West Virginia advocated for a special day to recognize grandparents. By 1973 she had worked with business, faith, political and civic leaders to convince Governor Arch Moore to hold the First Grandparents Day in West Virginia.

In 1978 the US Congress proclaimed the first Sunday after Labor Day to be National Grandparents Day. President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation.

Call Up Your Grandparents to Reconnect

Americans are living longer and the life after retirement seems to become longer as well. Senior Citizens sometimes withdraw from what they used to enjoy when they were working. Their children and grandchildren need to respect and spend more time with them to learn about the triumphs of the past and educate each other as grandparents mentor future generations.  Even if you no longer have living grandparents, older neighbors certainly can benefit from periodic visits from their younger neighbors. You can learn from each other.

Grandparents and Elders have a wealth of knowledge that they’d love to share with their grandchildren and neighbors. Call them or stop by to see them on this #ProLifeSunday.

This article paraphrased elements from the following website. https://grandparentsday.org/grandparentsweek/about— admin