Some Virginia homeowners are now under mandatory water restrictions that reach straight into the yard, garden, driveway, and pool. Louisa County Water Authority issued the restrictions for customers on its Green Springs/Zion Crossroads and New Bridge/Lake Anna well systems after months of dry conditions lowered well levels below normal for this time of year. 29News …
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A homeowner in Greensboro, North Carolina, finally has her driveway and carport finished, more than a year after the work should have been done, according to WFMY News 2. Lisa Stamer hired a contractor for what was supposed to be a $25,000 to $30,000 job. The work began on schedule, then stalled for months without …
A homeowner in Huntersville, North Carolina, is facing charges after police responded to a late-night party on Devonshire Drive and found more than 100 teenagers drinking inside. Carla Rochelle Reaves, 54, was arrested at the scene. Officers went on to issue roughly 40 more citations for underage drinking. According to WSOC-TV, the call came in …
A Casselberry, Florida, woman who was facing fines over the four hens in her backyard has convinced the city to take another look at the rule itself. On Monday, commissioners voted unanimously to pause enforcement and have staff draft an ordinance that could make backyard chickens legal. In the meantime, the birds get to stay …
A viral hailstorm video from an Oklahoma farm shows the owner of a flock of chickens outside rushing the birds toward the safety of their coop as ice pelts the property. The chickens made it inside, but not before experiencing hail firsthand. It’s a good thing, as the size of the falling hail is quite …
Andy Gorman has spent more than a decade turning his Sharonville, Ohio, yard into a working farm. Last fall, the city cited him under its zoning rules, and he beat the citation on appeal. The farm has continued to expand since. The citation, issued in October 2025, was tied to his at-home produce sales, according …
Home insurance is changing the cost of owning a house before some buyers even reach closing and before some current owners finish a renewal. The U.S. Treasury Department found that homeowners insurance premiums rose 8.7% faster than inflation from 2018 to 2022. Consumers in the 20% of ZIP codes with the highest expected annual losses …
Homeowners in Georgia and across the country are blaming a water pipe manufacturer for tens of thousands of dollars in damage to their homes, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. The investigation found widespread complaints from homeowners and a string of federal lawsuits against the company. All of them point to PEX water pipes …
A Fort Lauderdale homeowner is disputing more than $60,000 in water bills after an underground irrigation pipe at the property broke and ran for weeks before anyone noticed. The City of Fort Lauderdale says the meter accurately recorded the water that left the system. But the homeowner, is adamant that the math doesn’t work out. …
An Ellsworth, Maine veteran got a new front porch last week after a friend of his wife rallied two local businesses and the Maine Veterans Project to do the job. The retired firefighter’s old porch was about 30 years old. He’d been patching it together to keep it from falling apart, so the upgrade was …