I saw a couple of teenagers over in Somerville knocking down construction sandwich boards--I watched to see if they did the one with a light and/or next to a car and since they didn't, I didn't call the cops. But this kind of stupid vandalism really pisses me off.
Are you on The Arlington List? I mention it specifically because a message alerting people that this happened is traditional there, but also because I think you might enjoy it. It's pretty high volume, but you have the option of setting it to "no mail" and checking it out on the web at your leisure, or you can shunt it into a separate gmail label and just delete all unread if you get behind (I read mine whenever it hits 50 conversations and usually find 3-4 that interest me). After a couple of decade of having my community defined largely electronically, I find that matching an electronic community to my geographical one has made me feel much more connected to where I live. And it's great for advice on service people, ways to buy/sell stuff cheaply, information about local news/issues/elections.
And, again, my sympathies on the current violation and its attendant hassle.
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Date: 2010-08-28 03:00 pm (UTC)I saw a couple of teenagers over in Somerville knocking down construction sandwich boards--I watched to see if they did the one with a light and/or next to a car and since they didn't, I didn't call the cops. But this kind of stupid vandalism really pisses me off.
Are you on The Arlington List? I mention it specifically because a message alerting people that this happened is traditional there, but also because I think you might enjoy it. It's pretty high volume, but you have the option of setting it to "no mail" and checking it out on the web at your leisure, or you can shunt it into a separate gmail label and just delete all unread if you get behind (I read mine whenever it hits 50 conversations and usually find 3-4 that interest me). After a couple of decade of having my community defined largely electronically, I find that matching an electronic community to my geographical one has made me feel much more connected to where I live. And it's great for advice on service people, ways to buy/sell stuff cheaply, information about local news/issues/elections.
And, again, my sympathies on the current violation and its attendant hassle.