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"The Cultural Heritage of St. Louis Neighborhoods" is the topic of a series of four free Saturday seminars discussing preservation of St. Louis, neighborhood by neighborhood, which will be held at Washington University beginning November 10.
The recycling station behind the People's Clinic and Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council offices has closed down as of Wednesday, October 17.
Last month The Paper polled its readers to see what they thought were the most pressing problems or issue facing our neighborhood.
It's no news: The Crime Committee reports that while residential burglaries are down in some sections of the neighborhood, they continue to be the leading crime statistic.
Kingsbury Redevelopment Corporation, an outgrowth of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, is still working on its function, the rebuilding of the area between Delmar and DeGiverville, west of DeBaliviere.
At the September SDCC Board meeting, a representative of The Paper appealed to SDCC for funds to clear some outstanding debts and finance part of the current issue.
What are the three most pressing problems (ranked in descending order Of importance) you think that the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council should be trying to solve?
Police Department reveal that residential burglaries and robberies in the SDCC area rose in the first quarter of this year and dropped somewhat in the second quarter.
Skinker-DeBaliviere enrolled 145 children of various ages in the St. Louis Parks and Recreation Swim Program this summer.
Lack of federal funds have forced the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council into the position of coordinator of our neighborhood’s summer programs, according to Cal Stuart, Exec.
Mr. Ed Walsh from St. Roch's, with the help of the other churches, is lining up teen-age coaches so that neighborhood youngsters can use the ball fields in Forest Park reserved for the SDCC playground group.

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RochtoberFest

St. Roch’s neighbors and friends are invited to Rochtoberfest, an evening of barbecue, good food and community fellowship on Saturday, November 7.

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Join us for a free concert and fundraiser to support The Times of Skinker DeBaliviere, St. Louis’ oldest neighborhood newspaper.

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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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