An Ohio family wanted to bring a beloved community tradition with them after moving from Colorado. Their homeowners association sees things differently. Lana and James Carter installed a Little Free Library outside their North Ridgeville home in late June. Lana told 19 News that their former Denver neighborhood had several of the book-sharing boxes, which…
One Mumsnet user has drawn a line in the autumn leaves: they are not sweeping them up every single day. In a Sept. 10 post to Mumsnet, the individual, under the username Whyhavethestreetlightsgoneoff, explained that their husband likes to keep the front and back gardens clear of leaves. The poster, meanwhile, does not particularly care…
An already strong El Niño continues to intensify across the tropical Pacific, and forecasters say it could become the most powerful event on record since 1950. You may also hear it called a “super El Niño.” That, however, is not an official scientific category. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) classifies events as weak, moderate, strong,…
Day after day, a Toledo woman has witnessed hundreds of spotted lanternflies take over her backyard, coating everything beneath a tree with sticky residue and leaving her unable to comfortably use part of her own property. Heather Keyes found herself reaching a brick wall in her battle against the relentless army of spotted lanternflies. As…
Imagine going through all the planning, decision-making, coordinating, working, and paying involved in home renovations—and then having to undo it all. One Lake Tahoe homeowner will pay $150,000 and remove several unauthorized improvements. This move follows regulators’ discovery of construction work at a lakefront property conducted without the required approvals. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency said…
A Wisconsin homeowner says a camera at the entrance to his subdivision photographs his vehicle virtually every time he leaves home or returns. Now, he plus two citizen groups are asking a court to put new limits on how police search the information collected by those cameras. According to the lawsuit filed in Waukesha County…
An argument over a family working on their car seemingly escalated into something much bigger when an HOA president threatened a $500 fine, a lawsuit, and immediate eviction. The family rents an apartment in Orange County, California. u/M3atba11s shared the dilemma on Reddit’s r/legaladvice community, explaining that the dispute began when the poster’s father and…
An Ohio homeowner says a neighbor’s oak tree came plummeting onto their parked car during a windstorm. When the dust settled, there was roughly $6,000 in damage done. If that weren’t enough, a considerably messier dispute over who should pay for it soon came crashing onto the scene, too. According to the homeowner’s post in…
There are no obstacle courses or competitive relay races at this Mississippi boot camp. The cutest little recruits do, however, learn how to forage, swim, climb trees, and stay out of traps. Woodside Wildlife Rescue in Pass Christian calls the program its “raccoon boot camp,” where young raccoons separated from their mothers are prepared for…