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Mary Lou Green September 7, 2026

Did you know that by City Ordinance property owners are responsible for maintaining their property from the center of the street in front to the

Skinker DeBaliviere Neighborhood Mourns Jo Ann Vatcha, Long-Time Resident

Margaret Welch September 7, 2026

Volunteered for The Times for 50+ years The Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood, the city of St. Louis and this newspaper lost a champion with the death

“Squeaky Wheel” Moves Playground Renovation Forward

Margaret Welch September 7, 2026

And Alderwoman Shameem Clark-Hubbard Doesn’t Mind “That is a tetanus shot waiting to happen,” is how one toddler’s parent described the Four-Corners Playground before renovations

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Grace UMC Community-Wide Food Packing Event

Amy Milton September 8, 2026

Grace UMC will host a community-wide food packing event to pack 2,400 meal kits (14,400 meals) for Midwest Mission to distribute to international destinations. Children who are in first grade

Any Porch Is Center Stage for PorchFest

Tim Woodcock September 8, 2026

Save the date for PorchFest STL on Sunday, September 20. If you need a reminder, it falls on the same weekend as the Forest Park Balloon Race. Last year, 50

Celebrating 50 Years of Cookies and Community:

Jan Bierman September 8, 2026

The Skinker DeBaliviere Cookie Exchange Party For 50 years a group of ladies gathered at Jan Bierman’s for the annual Christmas Cookie Party. The objective was simple: bake 10 to

Block Captains Needed!

Margaret Welch September 8, 2026

A few weeks ago, my husband, Jeff, our neighbor, Margaret Welch, my granddaughter Nora, and I were walking to the new playground at Greg Freeman Park around 7:30 a.m., on

In Your Ear

Hawkeye Z Hoerr September 8, 2026

My wise readers (a redundant term) will recall my frustrations with technology, specifically the apoplexy caused when I purchased a new Spade Health4 watch. It was fine except that I

Skinker DeBaliviere Community Housing Corporation Begins Search for New Executive Director

admin September 8, 2026

The Skinker DeBaliviere Community Housing Corporation (SDCHC) has begun a search for its next executive director, opening the application process for a part-time leader to oversee the nonprofit’s housing, redevelopment

This Land Is Your Land: The Songs and Lights of Summer Insects

Mark Banaszak September 8, 2026

Close your eyes at the end of a hot summer day, and you’ll hear it — the humming whine of cicadas rising and falling. Open your eyes as day fades

Kids Corner – September-October 2026

Fei Powell September 8, 2026

Fall Campfires! (And marshmallows) Fall is around the corner and it’s the perfect time of the year to take your kids camping. But if it’s a rainy day, you can

Book Review: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Karen Stokes September 8, 2026

I just finished Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano and wanted to write this review immediately — mostly because after reading the reviews, I expected more. And I didn’t want time

Book Review: My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Karen Stokes June 13, 2026

Occasionally, books have a way of tapping into emotional wells that surprise us. My Friends by Fredrik Backman did just that for me. This book did an amazing job of

Meet Chad Wallace

Margaret Welch June 13, 2026

Neighborhood Connector, Postman and So Much More Who walks or drives almost daily the 6000 and 6100 blocks of Waterman, McPherson, Kingsbury and Westminster wearing a blue uniform, carrying a

Kids Corner – July 4 Star Craft

Fei Powell June 13, 2026

The only thing better than fireworks is making them with your kids! All you need are cardboard, red, white and blue chalk, scissors and pencils or any fun writing instrument.

Editor’s Note – September-October 2026

Linda Cross September 8, 2026

Although summer has yet to officially come to a close, we are beginning to see ads for back-to-school sales that remind us that fall is right around the corner along with more structure and less daylight. While we are squeezing the last summer activities — gardening, swimming and evening walks,

Editor’s Note — June-July 2026 – Change Is Inevitable

Linda Cross June 13, 2026

Change is inevitable, the only thing you can count on are death and taxes, change with the times. As I age, these sayings become more poignant. I have never sought change. I like being comfortable and I admire those who constantly challenge the status quo and are energetic about making

Editor’s Note – April-May 2026 – A Time of True Contrasts

Linda Cross April 20, 2026

This time has been a true time of contrasts for me. Spring is my favorite time of year, new growth, rebirth, sunshine, and birds singing. Looking forward to how our city and neighborhood come alive with activities during the summer months. Along with that has been the nostalgia of my

Editors Notebook

Lana Stein April 1, 1994

During the latter half of the week of November 14, readers of the Post-Dispatch and watchers of the local news on TV learned that an undercover police officer had been shot in the leg after he and his partner stopped to question people in our neighborhood. The written coverage gave

Editor’s Notebook

Lana Stein June 1, 1992

Sometimes it takes an event of almost cataclysmic proportions to wake Americans and their government up to the extent of problems afflicting a segment of their community. Surely the aftermath of the verdict in the Rodney King beating case qualifies as such an event. Yet, even a brief passage of

Introducing THE PAPER

admin April 1, 1970

This is the first issue of The Paper. Through the efforts of many, many neighbors and friends in the west end community, it is yours to read and enjoy. The idea for such a paper is an old one. But it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that interests coalesced

Skinker DeBalivere Community Council July Meeting Recap