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Friday, August 13, 2021 9:00:00 AM
Tanya Young tells people she was raised to be a train operator on the METRO Blue Line.
As a child, she lived just east of Hiawatha Avenue, at the time a one-lane highway with apple trees. Her mom ran a business in downtown Minneapolis, and
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Posted by John Komarek |
Thursday, July 29, 2021 3:15:00 PM
Abdulrzaq (Ab-dul-ra-zaq) Ali didn’t intend on immigrating to the United States from Yemen, but fate made him follow his heart.
“I came here as a tourist, and to visit my sister,” Ali said. “Then, I met the love of my life and we got
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Posted by John Komarek |
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:18:00 PM
Years of Service: 5
Garage: East Metro
Lives: Woodbury
Family: Wife, three kids, and two grandchildren
After 27 years working at a big box grocery store, John Brown decided it was time for a change. He had a degree as a diesel
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Posted by John Komarek |
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:57:00 AM
Years of service: 15
Lives: St. Paul
Garage: South
Family: Wife and four daughters
In 1991, David Stiggers came to Minnesota by way of Chicago to try to make it big in hip hop music. One of his songs, “Iluvyalikeachickenwing,” even
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Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:55:00 AM
Growing up in Toronto, Ismail Jama often got around using the city’s subway and streetcar networks. So when he moved to Minneapolis as an adult, he was naturally intrigued at the prospect of becoming a train operator at Metro Transit.
To give
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