Ghost of Midnight

Front Porch Forum offers advertising space to local businesses at bargain prices right now as we’re working to develop as a new kind of service. With 10,000 Chittenden County households subscribing already, including one-third of our pilot city, Burlington, we have a sizable audience available for local businesses. Several are reporting strong responses [...]

The depth of community running through Burlington’s Old North End is bubbling to the surface more and more these days. As discussed previously, a number of residents used Front Porch Forum to spark a discussion about drug dealing, public safety and overall quality of life issues. Some natural community organizers among them, channeled [...]

Thanks to Greg for his kind words posted today on his own FPF neighborhood forum…
I didn’t want last week’s 400th issue of South Union Neighborhood Forum go unrecognized, so Congratulations, the Wood-Lewis’, on the quadracentenary of our Front Porch Forum! We’re so lucky to have you and this valuable community resource, and keep up [...]

Update: We’ve had a few reports of this same problem happening for Gmail users.  So… if you’re not receiving your FPF email, regardless of your email host (Yahoo, Gmail, etc.), please follow the steps below.
Original posting: Yahoo Mail’s spam filter technology has a tough assignment… no doubt. But recently it started blocking many Front [...]

We frequently are asked about what’s “allowed” to be posted on Front Porch Forum.  Here’s a sample inquiry from this morning in one of our neighborhood forums…
For Michael - or whoever does policy decisions - I’ve been approached by a colleague to use my access to the Shelburne portion of the Front Porch Forum to [...]

Posted to Front Porch Forum neighbors by Emily in Burlington’s Old North End today…
Yesterday evening I discovered that some kind souls from my neighborhood had surreptitiously replaced my tattered, duct-tape covered bike seat with just about the jazziest bike seat there ever was. It was the best surprise and you can bet I have been [...]

Union Square Ventures announced today that they’re investing in MeetUp.  I’m glad to hear it.  MeetUp has been chugging along, innovating and growing since its start in 2002.  I wonder how many dot.coms took USV money since then that are now out of commission.
Brad Burnham has an interesting post for USV and says, in part…
We [...]

At Front Porch Forum we value each and every subscriber… that’s why we make a priority of customer service.  It’s great to see that effort reflected in comments back… such from Kim in Essex this morning…
I wish that everyone I worked with was as responsive as you guys!  Thanks so much.
And from Nancy recently…
I am [...]

Bonnie posted the following note of appreciation to her town neighbors on Front Porch Forum today…
Dearest Neighbors, Thank you so much John for offering your Subaru.  Your generosity is amazing.
Thank you all so much.  I’m humbled to think about how many people living in our community, were willing to help me out.  Many many thanks!
I’ve [...]

This is a good fun…
Water-balloon toss? Shot-put with a bowling ball? Come show your “side-pride” as Burlington Field Day pits the North End vs. the South End in a day of fun athletic competition.
The third installment of Burlington Field Day will be held at Battery Park on July 26.  South Enders need to exact some [...]