Sondi Sepenuk · October 24, 2024
Several years ago, the Brookside Homeowners Association decided that, with the summer weather being increasingly hot, it would be better to move the annual Brookside Block Party from July to […]
Sondi Sepenuk · November 30, 2023
The end of October and the beginning of last month saw a plethora of parties and events involving locals. Halloween, 2023! Before the sun went down, before the lights came […]
Suzan Filipek · May 31, 2018
Brookside will hold its 39th annual neighborhood block party on Sun., June 10. “Our neighborhood has the distinction of holding the longest running neighborhood Block Party in the City of […]
Billy Taylor · March 1, 2018
Recent increases in criminal activity have alarmed residents, especially in single-family neighborhoods, where reports show an uptick in crime. As noted in this newspaper last month, the increases, primarily in […]
John Welborne · December 28, 2017
Nearly 50 Sycamore Square and Brookside property owners attended a December 19 public hearing about rezoning single-family parts of their neighborhoods to curb what many describe as “McMansionization.” The term […]
Billy Taylor · June 1, 2017
Before further pursuing an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), residents attending the May 18 Brookside Homeowners Association community meeting were asked to consider seeking adoption of one of the city’s […]