LINDEN HILLS OPEN AGAIN

The two old Linden Hills mansions in Little Falls are open for overnight visits, tours and receptions again. The city council approved an agreement yesterday to let a private nonprofit group manage and promote the nineteenth century Musser and Weyerhauser buildings. Friends of the Linden Hill will pay the city a dollar a year for the lease and want to put the buildings on a sound financial footing. Director of the Friends board Susan Paulson told the Brainerd Dispatch the board is relieved and excited about the future. The city will still own the buildings and still retains control of the money left for upkeep.