Beginning with this month’s issue, LHENA has hired Wedge resident Quinton Skinner as the new editor of The Wedge newspaper.

Skinner is a fifteen-year resident of the Wedge, living in a 100-year-old house on Dupont Avenue South. His wife, Sarah Walter, is a Hennepin County Public Defender. His two children both attend Jefferson Community School.

“I’m excited about this opportunity to edit a community paper in a neighborhood that I love,” Skinner says. “My goals, after tackling all the logistics involved, are to really sharpen the paper’s focus on this always lively and diverse slice of urban living. I’ve lived in a number of places over the years, and the Wedge has come to define what I think of as home.”

Skinner grew up in Ohio, lived in Northern and Southern California, and then the Boston area. He moved to Minneapolis in the mid-1990s. He is the author of the novels Amnesia Nights and 14 Degrees Below Zero (both set, in part, in the Wedge). He currently writes theater criticism for City Pages, as well as other local publications.

“I suppose setting both of my novels here attests to my affection for the area,” Skinner adds. “And for both of my children, this is the only home they’ve known. Delving into the history of this community, while helping document its ongoing progress and future—now that’s going to be a lot of work. And a lot of fun.”

Newspapers for the previous year are linked to the buttons on the left, but you can see all of the PDF files available on the Site Map button to the right.

A Wedge Newspaper Committee meets on an "as needed" basis in the LHENA offices at Jefferson School (see address and map to the right) to review issues concerning The Wedge. Contact the LHENA office if you have an issue for the committee to address.

For a list of all of The Wedge papers available on-line click here for the Site Map.

Quinton Skinner, the Editor of The Wedge, can be contacted at: Wedge.Editor@yahoo.com or through the LHENA office.

Susan Hagler, the Advertising Representative for The Wedge can be contacted at: susanhagler@earthlink.net.

We encourage everyone in the neighborhood to patronize those who advertise in the The Wedge.

For classified ads, political ads and any general inquiries about The Wedge contact the LHENA office (612-377-5023) or at: lhena@thewedge.org and someone will get back to you.