A Richmond, Virginia, homeowner finally had a low-hanging Comcast wire fixed after he said months of calls failed to get the problem resolved. The wire was left dangling above Brad Armstrong’s driveway after a large tree fell across Cherokee Road in late February and knocked down utility lines, according to 12 On Your Side. After…
A Washington homeowner says a driver smashed through multiple roadside mailboxes before the car ended up on its side against trees on the property. The homeowner shared the account on Reddit, where they said they first heard a loud crash and thought a branch had fallen on the roof. Instead, they found a car near…
A Smyrna, Tennessee, couple says a sinkhole that opened in their yard three weeks ago is still growing, while both the city and their insurance company say the problem is not theirs to fix. Gregg Vickrey told WSMV he first noticed the hole while mowing his lawn on Breslin Avenue. The back wheel of his…
A St. Louis County homeowner is disputing a $12,000 tree-removal bill after an April 27 storm split a tree in half in his front yard. The homeowner, who asked not to be named, told First Alert 4 that his family was sheltering in the basement when they heard a loud crash. When they came upstairs,…
A Mesa, Arizona, man is accused of stealing packages from front porches for more than two months, and police are looking for additional possible victims. The suspect was identified as 28-year-old Luan Nguyen. According to AZFamily, police said video showed Nguyen taking packages from homeowners’ porches between March 27 and June 5. Nguyen was arrested…
A Grover Beach homeowner says indoor security cameras alerted him and his wife that someone was inside their house Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened at a home in the 200 block of North 10th Street, across from Ramona Garden Park, according to KSBY. Police Chief Jim Munro told the station officers were responding to a…
A home burglary in San Anselmo, California, turned into a neighborhood shelter-in-place order after police said a victim confronted a suspect inside a residence and was struck with a handgun. The incident happened Monday evening on Island Drive. According to SFGATE, police received a burglary report at 5:39 p.m. and found a victim with non-life-threatening…
Across older U.S. cities, homeowners can own land that looks useful but is blocked by zoning rules written for different neighborhood patterns. Akron, Ohio, is now considering changes that could make small vacant lots, backyard cottages, duplexes, triplexes, and older residential buildings easier to use for housing. The proposals would remove minimum lot-size requirements in…
As cities update old property values after years of housing-market changes, homeowners can face a confusing wait: the new assessment may be coming, but the final tax bill still depends on the tax rate set later. That is now the situation in Bangor, Maine, where homeowners will go through another tax cycle before the city’s…