Friday Neighbor News

Five easy tips on how to be a good neighbor [Orlando Apartment Life]

A Wisconsin couple sues neighbors on both sides for harassment [United Press International]

Ted Kennedy's neighbors in Hyanis glad to see the Senator back at home [Boston Herald]

Middle schoolers get to know their neighborhood through an organized clean-up [Oneida Daily Dispatch]

Cincinnati neighbors band together to fight crime [Local12.com]

Thursday Neighbor News

Man tries to help neighbors by buying firetruck; neighbors respond by complaining that the truck and its oversized garage are an eyesore [Chicago Tribune]

In more uplifting fire news (if such a thing exists), residents of an apartment building fire in Houston described making sure their neighbors got out safely as "the only thing that mattered" [Click2Houston]

San Franciscans rally against Prop 98, which many claim would end rent control in California [BeyondChron]

Headline of the day: Park Ave. Party Church Told To Take It To Chelsea [Curbed NY]

Neighbors help create a new community center in San Diego [SignOnSanDiego.com]

Wednesday Neighbor News

Gentrification on the horizon in LA's Boyle Heights [LA Times]

Akron hosts its second annual Neighbors Day [Terra Not Terror]

A highly politicized examination of gentrification in London's Hackney area [Guardian Unlimited]

San Francisco neighbors work together to improve safety at a dangerous intersection [VOA News]

Friday Neighbor News

A Postcard from Harlem in a time of great change [TIME]

Cleveland examines the role of artists in community renewal with conference [Cleveland.com]

Neighbors band together to fight graffiti in Green Bay [WBAY]

The homeless are our neighbors [OregonianLive]

Neighbors worry that Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail could raise crime, speed gentrification [Medill Reports]

Thursday Neighbor News

A question posed to Chicagoans: What's the worst neighborhood noise you've ever had to deal with? [Apartment Therapy: Chicago]

Short and sweet letter-to-the-editor explaining why supporting the neighbors kids benefits everyone [Port Townsend Leader]

BeyondChron reviews a new book about gentrification in San Francisco [BeyondChron]

A new website in Austin helps neighbors to lend and borrow items from each other [KXAN.com]

Wednesday Neighbor News

A neighborhood dance center in DC is threatened by gentrification [District Chronicles]

Oregonians come to the rescue of neighbors who lost everything in a fire [Outlook]

A cranky neighbor complains about having cranky neighbors. Surprise! "Privacy" fences are involved [HeraldTribune]

San Francisco activists fight gentrification with a night of "Supernatural Shenanigans in Defense of Street Culture" [Indybay Media]

A Portland biker responds to recent slams in that city that claim biking is an option for only a privileged few [BikePortland.org]

Tuesday Neighbor News

High end restaurant gentrified out in the Meatpacking District; Germans try to understand [Miriam Meckel]

Bike commuters not gentrification on wheels in Portland [Bike Portland]

Inside the mind of a neighborhood retail broker [New York Times]

Neighborhood summit on Jamaica Plain gentrification in Boston [Boston Globe]

Reminiscing about a great neighbor [Pics & Pieces]