Neighbors

ABC Picks Up 5 New Dramas & 4 New Sitcoms

The Huffington Post | Maggie Furlong | Posted 05.15.2012

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ABC went on a bit of a pilot pick-up spree today for the 2012-2013 TV season, ordering five new dramas and four new comedies to series. The five dr...

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You're Never too Old for Love

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 04.15.2012

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Laverne H. Bardy

We met online. He was from West Virginia; I'm from New Jersey. He was looking for Happily Ever After. I was looking for something to do Saturday nights.

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Technology Killed Neighbors, Kindness

The Daily Collegian | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mr Rogers, Neighbors, Technology, Communication, University, Technology Education, College, Iphone Distractions, Technology Distractions, Cell Phones, Iphones Classrooms, Technology Classrooms, Iphones in College, College News
The Daily Collegian

Technology is at our fingertips every moment of the day, and we're losing sight of our old ways. We can connect more with someone who is halfway across the world than someone who goes to the same school.

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Potluck in the Lobby

Liz Neumark | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Manhattan Real Estate, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Slidepollajax, NY Real Estate, Slideadbigshot, New York News
Liz Neumark

The theme repeated over and over again, was the joy of being with people we all like and enjoy -- and right in our own 'backyard!' A virtual New York City extended family.

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The Neighbor Break-Up

Pamela Haag | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Relocation, New Economy, Divorce, Children, Neighborhoods, Mobility, Geographic Mobility, Richard Florida, Neighbors, Childhood, Real Estate, Recession, Neighborly Relations, Culture News
Pamela Haag

I just learned that our neighbors are moving, to another state. In the most tangible, quotidian ways, we've woven a social fabric together, for our children, especially, and now it's partially torn.

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Man Asks Neighbor If He Can Leave A Body In The Trash

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Murder, Tacoma, Video, Body in Garbage, Neighbor Puts Body in Trash, Body in Dumpster, Dumb Criminals, Neighbor Puts Body in Garbage, Neighbors, Washington Crime, Crime News

It's hard to turn down a neighbor who asks to borrow some sugar, but when the person next door wants help covering up a crime, it's time to install a ...

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Not Such Neighborly Love

Jane Buckingham | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: White Pages, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Los Angeles News
Jane Buckingham

What happened to getting to know our neighbors? What happened to riding around on bicycles, throwing block parties and selling lemonade?

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Neighbor Enables Aging Parents to Stay at Home

Leann Reynolds | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Elderly, Neighbor, Caregiving, Elder Care, Neighbors, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Leann Reynolds

Neighbors can fill the gap when it is too much for one person to juggle a full-time job, solid relationships with a spouse and children and the needs of aging and ill parents.

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Can Your Neighbors Make You Happier?

Peter Block | Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Community, Neighborhood Happiness, Neighborhood Happy, Neighbors, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Peter Block

The way to a good life is not through consumption. It is, instead, a path we make by walking it with those who surround us.

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Urban Chicken-Keeping and Staying on the Neighbors' Good Side

Megan Paska | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Urban Homesteading, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Backyard Chickens, Urban Farming, Neighbors, Compost, Urban-Chicken-Coops, Living in Brooklyn, Backyard Farming, Brooklyn Farms, Brooklyn Farming, Brooklyn Chickens, Green News
Megan Paska

I accepted a long time ago that I am likely a homeowners worst nightmare.

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Do You Miss Manners During An Etiquette-Challenged Winter?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Snow Blower, Rudeness, Snow, Winter, Etiquette, Laziness, Neighbors, Snowstorm, Manners, Snow Plows, Winter Issues, Culture, Healthy Living News
Dave Astor

The second half of this winter has been less snowy than the first half, but it's hard to forget various breaches of etiquette during the flake-filled time prior to early February. Yes, it was a case of "Residents Gone Bad."

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Finding Neighbors

Alicia Anstead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alicia Anstead

"Neighbors" has given rise to countless confusing discussions about race and about art. The play isn't necessarily great art, but it does tap into something raw.

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How do I make friends in the middle of nowhere?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friend, Move, Friendless, Depression, Living News, Lonely, Adjustment, Friendship Advice, Retirement, Book Clubs, Moving, Breaking News, Nimh, Friendship, Friendship-Expert, Work, Alone, Relationships, Neighbors, Breaking Living News, Colleagues, Online Book Clubs, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

For many of us, workplaces have supplanted the roles once played by neighborhoods QUESTION Dear Irene, I just found your site while looking for a ...

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One's Man's Hubris Is Another Man's Flood

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Watchdog, Neighbors, Mcmansions, Development, Old Shacks, Suburbia, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Tina Traster

I know. No one likes a snitch. But I've learned other people's mistakes are costly.

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Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Barry Wellman, Faux Friends, Friends, Sociological Analyses, Close Friends, Economic Disparity, Income, Emotional Sharing, Television, Relatives, Social Connections, Social Networks, Media Panic, Surveys, Robert Putnam, Claude Fischer, Neighbors, Internet Use, Nostalgia, Self-Disclosure, Confidants, Myths, Loneliness, USA Today, Education, Social Ties, Social History, Internet, Social Isolation, New York Times, Facebook Friends, Bowling Alone, Miller McPherson, Healthy Living News
Bella DePaulo

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

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Knowing Your Neighbors Is Good for the Economy

Micki Krimmel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Neighbors, Economy, Local, Los Angeles News
Micki Krimmel

The sad side effect of our convenience culture is that we spend less time with family and friends. We have lost the sense of "community" with the people around us.

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Sarah Palin, a Hell of a Neighbor? (VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe McGinniss, Neighbors, Sarah Palin, Comedy News
Doug Molitor

The foe of everything you hold dear, of education, of the Constitution, of democracy itself, lives close enough to snap candid photos of you unawares. If it were me, I'd move.

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'In The Neighborhood': After Sleeping At My Neighbor's House, He Became Family (PHOTOS)

Peter Lovenheim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community, Neighborhoods, Slideshow, In the Neighborhood, Books, Sleepovers, Neighbors, Marriage, Heart Disease, Books News
Peter Lovenheim

That first sleepover was a revelation to me. The intimacy of our conversation and the closeness I came to feel with Lou exceeded my expectations--and I think his, too.

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'Relationship' Is a Very Big Word

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bella DePaulo

There's something troubling about the use of the word "relationship" that excludes all relationships but romantic ones. All other adult relationships aren't just excluded in the wording; they're absent from the studies.

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'In The Neighborhood': Sleepover At The Neighbors' (PHOTOS)

Peter Lovenheim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Murder, Rochester, Neighborhoods, Books, Sleepovers, Community, Slideshow, Neighbors, In the Neighborhood, Airlines, Books News
Peter Lovenheim

Why is it that in an age of discount airlines, unlimited cell phone minutes, and the Internet, when we can create community anywhere, we often don't know the people who live next door?

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Godzilla Is My Upstairs Neighbor: New York During the Recession

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Godzilla, Noise Complaint, New York City Apartments, New York City Housing Code, Neighbors, Madonna, New York City, Noise, New York News
Tonya Plank

I've lived in a studio apartment on the second floor of a Manhattan brownstone for six years. The first four and a half were wonderful: I loved my nei...

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Thy Neighbor's Ass

Alfred Gingold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Brooklyn, New York News
Alfred Gingold

This is Brooklyn, where the weirdos are more than part of the passing parade; they live here.

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New York Neighbors Are Wonderful! (or Never Install An Air Conditioner in the Middle of the Night)

Pamela Newton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Air Conditioners, Bruce Willis, Park Slope, Air Conditioning, New-York-Temperature, Helping Others, New York Apartments, Neighbors, New Yorkers, Healthy Living News
Pamela Newton

This little tale is a warning about improperly installed air conditioners, midnight flights of fancy, and heat-induced imbecility but most of all, it's about kind and helpful New Yorkers.

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From Helping Vietnam Veterans to Helping My Neighbors

Kim Callahan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Spring Cleaning, Economic Downturn, Charity, Neighborhoods, Service, Economic Crisis, Neighbors, Healthy Living News
Kim Callahan

Times are tough, every day we hear how businesses, government agencies, and charities are struggling, but so are some of your neighbors.

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Trading Backyard Bounty: Foraging For Fruit Gains Popularity

nytimes.com | Kim Severson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sharing, Independent Farmers, Organic Gardening, Fruit, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Produce, Neighbors, Gardening, Giving, Fallen Fruit, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

It was just another day of urban fruit foraging for Ms. Wadud, one of a growing number of people who looked around their cities, saw trees full of fru...

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