Yearly Archives: 2012
Winooski Girl Scout Cookies… SOLD OUT
#VT – I would like to thank Front Porch Forum and the overwhelming response to the left over Girl Scout Cookies. We have sold the remaining amount. Our troop thanks you for your support! I will be sure to post next year when our cookie sales begin.
Posted by Bonnie on FPF this week. Well done Winooski cookie eaters!
Green beans for IT help
#VT – For a while now I have been helping people in and around Duxbury with IT/computer issues. As times are tough for most of us, I trade my services for services/products… I have received green beans, maple syrup and even wonderful cakes as payment. If you need advice, repairs or a whole network set up let me know.
Posted on the Duxbury Front Porch Forum by Keith recently.
Neighbor Love…
#VT – I posted a request yesterday for a truck and help moving a couch from Burlington to Middlesex. Many people responded and the work will be done today! I love Front Porch Forum and the people in Middlesex. Many thanks!
That’s from Pat today on her Middlesex FPF.
Vermont Wildlife
#VT – Front Porch Forum is choke full of unusual wildlife sightings this weekend…
- Mama bear and cubs in the South End of Burlington
- Porcupine near Five Corners in Essex Junction
- Loads of hummingbirds all over
- And turtles on the roads near Lake Iroquois, including this note just posted by Kathleen…
I moved a little turtle today, too, about the size of a baseball. She and I worked together, with the help of an envelope I had, to encourage her to move. I was surprised by the noise her feet made when she literally RAN to the side of the road. I had no idea that turtles could RUN. They can.
How do you find a contractor?
Indeed, how does a person find a home improvement contractor? From Greg Sterling today, a recent survey found that asking a friend is the top approach. This jibes with our experience.
“Seeking plumber/mechanic/roofer/electrician/etc./contractor recommendations” is one of the most common postings on Front Porch Forum.
New bike business in Middlesex gets traction
#VT – Last week I posted a notice on Front Porch Forum about ZoomBikes, a new business I’ve started with a friend selling e-bike kits (to add an electric motor to a bicycle). Thanks for your response! In just three days we had more than 300 hits on our website. In case anyone wonders, posting on FPF works!
Posted by Laurie on the Middlesex FPF today.
Need gift ideas for college graduates… ask the neighbors
#VT – A few weeks ago I posted on Front Porch Forum to get ideas for gifts for two girls graduating from college. I received wonderful responses. Thank you so much. The gift idea I chose was to get paintings from a local artist Nancy Stone. She did the most beautiful “pet” paintings for the girls and at such a reasonable price. I am so thrilled, I had to share. 🙂
Posted on FPF in Williston today by Linda.
Neighbor with tree spurs saves the day
#VT – Lost cat postings are a staple on Front Porch Forum. It’s easy to forget how effective they can be in reuniting pets and families… and in helping neighbors connect and build community. From Jenna today on FPF in Essex Junction Village…
My cat went missing a several days ago, we figured either someone took him in or he got “lost” (read: eaten by fisher cat) in the woods beside our house. Thanks to Front Porch Forum and a kind neighbor’s posting that there was a cat in a tree, we found him. He remained scared and “trapped” for 2 nights – yesterday this kind neighbor used tree spurs to climb the 25-30 feet in the air to rescue Max.
It’s hard to explain in words how amazing this was – thank you for saving our Max. He’s very happy to be home and adjusting to “indoor only” status. My son especially thanks you as Max is his cat. He was devastated when we couldn’t find him.
Thanks again –
Max and family!
UPDATE: Now Patricia adds a dog story from the same Essex neighborhood on FPF…
I just want to say what a great neighborhood we live in, as Jenna (owner of the treed kitty) can attest.
Tonight, my recently adopted Cairn Terrier, Toto, made another escape from my home, and happily ran like the dickens straight to Maple Street with me in pursuit. Some wonderful neighbor whom I have never met, stopped his car at the corner of East & Maple, got out, and apprehended the little rascal for me.
Another neighbor, seeing me quite winded and struggling to carry Toto home, offered me a much appreciated ride home.
This is not the first time a kind neighbor has helped me out in this way, and I am so happy to be living here and happy to have Maple Street Front Porch Forum at our disposal. Thanks to all concerned!
Neighbor to the rescue!
#BTV #VT – Posted by Peggy yesterday on Front Porch Forum to her nearby nieghbors…
Hi All… I left my tennis racquet at the Perley Collins Sports Center in St. Albans and wonder if anyone who travels between the Burlington area and St. Albans might be able to bring it down to The Edge Club at Farrell St in So. Burlington? A $10 delivery tip is included! Thanks!
And today she followed up with…
Thanks so very much to Marcia for stopping in St. Albans to get my tennis racquet and returning it right to my door in Burlington. So very kind and very much appreciated!
Thanks to Front Porch Forum as well… thanks for another successful connection… a really great community networking service.
Gratitude for local community in Central Vermont
#VT – Posted today on the East Montpelier FPF, where one-third of the town has joined in the five months since launching…
I read through the most recent issue of Front Porch Forum and could only feel gratitude for this community.
Thank you to the person who is offering chicks to people who lost theirs to the bears! Warms my heart to know we live in a community where this kind of thing happens.
Thank you to the people who so well articulated my mixed feelings about the elementary school facility project. I think that the public meeting tomorrow night should focus on some of the questions asked at the end of the letter on FPF not just the dollars and cents…
And thank you for all of the postings about dogs, bears, hummingbirds, town roads and more.
And welcome new members most of whom I do not know but feel that we at least have something in common – a good source of neighborly conversation and important information exchange.
UPDATE: And here’s another posting on the East Montpelier FPF…
I just want to say that I think FPF is fantastic. I have not caught on to Facebook (and have no urge to do so). This chatting between neighbors is wonderful.
The conversations that are currently taking place over the School Bond have been well written, informative, and respectful. Thanks.
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Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more
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