The frigid winds of winter are dissipating and neighbors are beginning to take the covers off of backyard pools, bring out the gas-powered lawn equipment and the outdoor barbecue grills.

When Betty Hays, who will celebrate her 96th birthday this week, lost power and heat for three days during the weekend's storm, her sons made their way down her unplowed street and carried her out on a lawn chair.

Signs draw attention to dog poo left on someone's front lawn in Sherman Oaks on Dixie Cyn. Ave. | Photo by polaroid-girl via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr One annoyed neighbor's humorous attempt to educate neighbors on letting dogs relieve themselves on their lawn makes for good camera fodder. And this isn't the first time we've seen this type of "activism" in Sherman Oaks. A few years ago ...

Cut the lights, fire the cops, let the grass go brown: One city just says no ... National Post (blog) Neighbors are encouraged to bring their own lawn mowers to local green spaces, because parks workers will mow them only once every two weeks. If that. ... and more »

Bobbie Wehrer's plan to open a child care center for as many as 12 children in her residential Baldwin Borough home was a cause for concern for many of her neighbors. read more »