By: Alison Mott

Alison Mott — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:17:18 +0000

Front porch forum in my neighborhood is a virtual “stoop” – the word we used to use in Brooklyn to describe the three or four concrete steps in front of the skinny 2 or three story buildings we lived in – a la, “Come to my stoop after lunch and I’ll tell you what Tony did to that little brat at the dance,” or “Come to my stoop any time and I’ll pick some a them figs from my tree for you. Oh Madonne, Magnifico!”
At Front Porch Forum my neighbors identify lost/stolen pets and bikes, talk or rant about city ordinance decisions, invite people to summer barbecues, entreat youth to help shovel snow, find room-mates, offer free appliances, and track possible stalkers. It’s a rich representation of the generous, thoughtful, caring people in the Old North End.

By: Members say it best at Ghost of Midnight

Members say it best at Ghost of Midnight — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:39:00 +0000

[...] And from the stream of FPF comments on the PBS blog MediaShift… Is there an echo in here? There oughta be for the Front Porch Forum in Burlington, VT. Not only is it a source for hyperlocal news, but it is also a record of our times a la Studs Terkel. All history is personal – isn’t that the premise. What Michael Wood-Lewis and family have created is nothing short of a perfect marriage between technology and community, from the banal to the profound – and everything in between. -Richard [...]

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By: Alison Mott

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