Frederick Melo

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Fringe review: “A Girl Scout’s Guide to Exorcism” is a must-see

By: Frederick Melo

This well-paced, smartly-written horror comedy offers some meditations on overzealous friendships and overzealous adherents to social movements, but it mostly just delivers the laughs

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Fringe review: “Allegro” moves but doesn’t soar

By: Frederick Melo

There’s poignancy and laugh-out-loud humor to be had in this swear-heavy melodrama, but everything needs to be picked up a notch.

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Fringe review: ‘A Jingle Jangle Morning’ needs more jingle jangle

By: Frederick Melo

A young heroine’s interdimensional odyssey to save the moon has its high points, but lacks comedy and cohesion.

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St. Paul may have $6 million in funding for downtown Pedro Park

By: Frederick Melo

If approved by the city’s capital improvement budget committee, that would still leave $1.5 million to fundraise.

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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter unveils 3.7 percent tax levy increase — and a plan to buy every city resident’s medical debt

By: Frederick Melo

The mayor proposes partnering with RIP Medical Debt to buy $100 million in debt from city residents.

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Kelly McGrath’s path to general manager of the Xcel Energy Center — from planning for the Pope to 50 Cent and the Minnesota Wild

By: Frederick Melo

She navigates concerts, hockey tournaments and competition with Minneapolis stadiums.

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United owner Bill McGuire paints new vision for development around Allianz Field

By: Frederick Melo, Molly Wilson

The original vision for real estate around the stadium never materialized, but McGuire said he’s making progress on a new plan.

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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter wants a new sales tax to fund road reconstruction. How much does St. Paul already spend on roads, anyway?

By: Frederick Melo

For years, local spending on road reconstruction has been mostly flat, and state and federal grants have been highly variable.

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Transit advocates push for new option as MnDOT takes feedback on I-94 redesign ideas

By: Frederick Melo

MnDOT will hold the first of several public meetings Wednesday on its 10 concepts for redesigning seven miles of Interstate 94.

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St. Paul City Council approves $6 million for Pedro Park

By: Frederick Melo

The new 0.87-acre park will be funded in large part by $6 million in general funds and city bond funds,