Category Archives: Social Networking
Talk among neighbors leads to good things…
#VT – I have made several requests on Front Porch Forum lately and I just feel I should return here to say how heartening it is to feel the generosity and kindness of this community so palpably. Within minutes (literally, minutes) of posting these requests, more than a dozen folks reached out with ideas and offers. Wow.
Posted to the Richmond FPF by Amy today.
Please note that my family and I really appreciate FPF, my son found summer work when it was very hard to find a job around the area, please keep up the good work!
Posted on the Weybridge Cornwall FPF by Kelley today.
Cat that reads
#VT – “We just want to thank everyone who reported sitings of our wayward cat, Zoe. She decided to return early Tuesday morning completely happy, healthy and none-the-worse for her travels after almost three weeks away. Clearly, she reads Front Porch Forum.”
Shared by Jill on the Starksboro FPF today.
How do you know when your church bell is broken?
#VT – Hi Everyone, Sascha posted on the Williston Front Porch Forum that she missed hearing the Church bell ring on the hour. After investigating, I discover that the reach rod which controls the hammer that strikes the bell had broken. I guess it just got tired after a hundred and thirteen years of raising that hammer. I will have to have a new rod fabricated and should have the bell back in operation in about a week. Thank you Sascha.
Shared by Bill today on the Williston FPF.
Ferrisburgh folk watch out for each other
#VT – Several postings this week on the Ferrisburgh FPF…
1. I spoke with someone today whose home was entered. There was a resident IN the home who ‘startled’ the intruder. He said that he wanted to rabbit hunt on the property. This resident gave the partial description. The guy was skinny wearing a muscle shirt, black tattoo on right arm, rotten top teeth, seemed to be in his 30s. Another saw the car, a small silver beater car, but could not get the plate number. Car has also been spotted in Panton.
2. That sounds like the same person who entered a home in Pittsford and assaulted a girl there. tatoo on his arm too. WCAX had this report on line today.
3. We have a potential identity of this person and have shared the information with the state police. Front Porch Forum effectiveness at its finest!
Using FPF during crisis…
Paul Costello at Vermont Council on Rural Development shares insights about local communities using Front Porch Forum during the recent flash flooding…
Last week, a post in Richmond enabled a family to find a nearby rental property, after rain ruined their home’s septic system. A farm owner in Waterbury was able to raise enough donations that she got her farm back on track and created a loan fund to help other farmers in need.
A post in the Town of Huntington shared explicit and helpful details about road repair progress throughout the town, as well as the National Guard’s call for a “water buffalo” to aid in the process. The latter turned out to be special equipment that provides a portable water source on a temporary basis. It was relied on heavily while repairs in Huntington were underway.
Community groups get the word out
#VT – I can’t believe that we have over 400 Hyde Park Front Porch Forum neighbors!
Last night, we had a Hyde Park Community Collaborative Group meeting, and we all talked about how often we use Front Porch Forum to get the word out about what we do… the Library, the Hyde Park Community Circle, Hyde Park Partners in Education (P. I.E), the Second Congregational Church, Hyde Park Energy Committee, Village Improvement Association, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hyde Park, the Town of Hyde Park… as organizations and as individuals in the community.
The more neighbors who read FPF, the more we can keep people informed in an easy, unobtrusive way about what is going on in Hyde Park. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to join FPF, simply so that they may know about all of the amazing things our community has to offer… we’ve had great fun on Front Porch Forum and hope that more friends and neighbors will too!
Posted recently on the Hyde Park FPF by Amy from the town library.
More Addison Co. Towns Open FPFs
#VT – Leicester, Salisbury, Cornwall, and Weybridge joined Front Porch Forum recently… welcome to these Addison County towns! Please tell friends in these towns to sign up at FrontPorchForum.com … thanks!
See the full list of 94 Vermont towns that use FPF (more than 50,000 households!).
Speeding White Hummer
#VT – Thanks everybody who posted or emailed with ideas for keeping our backroads safe for the all of us. Because of Front Porch Forum, the word got out, and community pressure seems like it is going to have an effect on changing the reckless driving. I am hopeful about it. We’re lucky to have this forum and lucky to live here in this great community.
Posted by Diane on the Moretown FPF today in response to an ongoing conversation about speeding there. This is a popular subject on several FPFs around the state. Vermonters continue to impress with their ability to tackle challenging topics with civility… while getting results.
Neighbors help rescue Radio Flyer
#BTV #VT – Thanks to some observant and helpful neighbors, my adult Radio Flyer bike is back in my possession! Front Porch Forum is great!
Good news shared by Don in Burlington’s South End on his neighborhood FPF today.
Books, boxes and FPF help Williston neighbors connect
#VT – Janet posted the following on the Williston Front Porch Forum today…
The response to my offer of free packing materials was a bit overwhelming as my first outing on FPF. Apparently lots of people are moving around! I’m sorry I couldn’t respond to all of you personally, but want you to know that the boxes have now found new homes.
An interesting FPF connection story: one woman suggested I take some boxes to the Williston library to help with the transport of books for the July book sale. When I took a load over to the library, the very same neighbor was volunteering at sorting books! We met face-to-face and had a chance to chat and hope to see each other around the village again. Sounds like just what FPF is designed to do!
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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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