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Oldest neighborhood newspaper in St. Louis · Independent and all volunteer-run since 1970

Tag: Editorial

As someone whose home has been burglarized, I know the frustration of talking to the police only to be told both in word and attitude that I needn't expect to get anything back and that I should know better than to live in this area and so I deserve it.
Globe-Democrat circulation must be ’way down in the West End.
It probably didn’t surprise anyone in this neighborhood to read a recent article in the daily press stating that the ordinance requiring real estate companies to register the names of the straw parties they use in real estate transactions was being ignored by the real estate industry.
In the first five months of 1972, the industry recalled more cars than it sold.
I propose that we admit defeat as soon as possible.
With the local papers and national magazines filled with articles on the inefficiency, waste and corruption that have wasted billions aimed for helping poverty stricken people and cities, it seems appalling that the Skinker-DeBaliviere Youth Council proposal discussed in this issue has to go scrounging around for funds.
"You might, as well be living, in the city!"
We have had another instance of a person seeking conventional financing for a home in our area and again coming up against a blank wall.
Recent reports indicate that St. Louis will be obtaining special federal funds because it is a city whose residents have fled the central city with unusual speed.

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Kids Corner — Christmas Trees!

Original printed byline: Fei Powell Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2026. The holiday season is upon us and winter…

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Why Not Vote?

by Jo Ann Vatcha [Editor’s Note: Fifty years ago, longtime Times editor Jo Ann Vatcha wrote this reflection on voting and the…

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