Do you live in a Sears & Roebuck kit home?
April 9, 2010 – 3:51 am | 4 Comments

“My family grew up on the Easthill and I have always loved the structure of homes I rode by on my bike and went trick or treating to on Halloween. But it wasn’t until I was helping my ‘then future husband” purchase a home that I noticed how similar many of the Easthill homes look. In fact, you could say some looked exactly the same? So I went sleuthing…”

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The Beast and Other Memories
March 20, 2013 – 2:20 pm | One Comment
The Beast and Other Memories

I lived on the Eastside Hill from the day I was born in July 1960 until 1975. Our family lived in two different houses, both on Chauncey Street. Until 1969, we lived in a small house in the 1000 block of Chauncey Street, between Highland Ave. and Lyndale Ave., and close to Forest Hill Cemetery. My father grew-up on the Hill and attended the 2nd Ward School, or Boyd School, as I knew it. His parents completed construction on their house located at 1615 Lyndale Avenue in the early 1940s.

For a Greener Hill: Homemade Play Dough
November 12, 2012 – 9:46 pm | No Comment
For a Greener Hill: Homemade Play Dough

by Jessica Miller (Emery Street) | This column provides tips on reducing waste while saving money.
Here’s a play dough recipe that I got from the Children’s Museum in Eau Claire. It’s easy to make …

For a Greener Hill: Lights
October 24, 2012 – 10:04 pm | No Comment
For a Greener Hill: Lights

by Jessica Miller (Emery Street) | This column provides tips on reducing waste while saving money.
Is it better to turn lights off whenever you leave a room, or to leave them on if you know …

For a Greener Hill: Neighborhood “Co-Op”
September 27, 2012 – 9:29 pm | No Comment
For a Greener Hill: Neighborhood “Co-Op”

by Jessica Miller (Emery Street) | This column provides tips on reducing waste while saving money.
Three weeks ago a group of your neighbors (all Kubb players) exchanged emails and decided to work together to …

OUR SCHOOL: Remembering Boyd Elementary
September 5, 2012 – 9:26 pm | No Comment
OUR SCHOOL: Remembering Boyd Elementary

by Brad Mueller
The classroom windows were fitted with black-out curtains-which I suspect were leftover from World War II. The black-out curtains were used to darken a classroom to show one of those …