Front Porch Forum: Connecting Strangers in the Neighborhood
Mention the Internet, and most people think of the World Wide Web, of reaching out across the globe for news, long-lost friends, or low-price bargains. But in dozens of Vermont towns, residents are...
View ArticleNeighborhood Sites Can Awaken Community Involvement
"When I was first on my own I used to bemoan that my fellow renters could hardly be bothered to return a wave but someone kept stealing my newspaper...," wrote author Laura Grace Weldon in a recent...
View ArticleDesign Decision for Local Online News: What's the Secret Sauce?
An awful situation for any parent ... my wife suddenly needed to drive four hours to Boston Children's Hospital to shepherd our son through a medical emergency. He was already in Boston, but Valerie...
View ArticleHow Social Networking Can Help Neighbors During Disasters
Can social-networking sites be used by neighbors to help each other during disasters, as well as with more pedestrian issues the rest of the time? NPR recently covered political scientist Daniel...
View Article'Neighbor Connect' Space Heats Up as HuffPost Buys Localocracy
Congratulations to Conor White-Sullivan and the team at Localocracy, which became a recent acquisition of the Huffington Post, as reported by Kara Swisher on WSJ's AllThingsD. Arianna Huffington said,...
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