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The January meeting of the Northeast Neighborhood Advisory Board (NAB) was sparcely attended and proceeded through the agenda quickly.Officers were elected to the board. Reports from the Reno Police Department revealed that most major crime in the neighborhood is not occuring at a rate lower than last year (assuming 2006 v. 2005 rates). Police are ...

Here is the agenda for the next Neighborhood Advisory Board meeting, Monday, January 8, at 6PM in the Senior Center at the Washoe County Building complex, corner of Sutro and 6th Street. Read and believe it may affect your home and neighborhood. Attend if you can.

Burglars looking for potential targets after Christmas may shop the empty boxes at your house, says Sgt. John Tarter of the Reno Police Department."The boxes from higher priced Christmas gifts such as computers, computer game systems, televisions and similar items that are left by the curb provide burglars with information that can help them target ...

Reno Direct carries the following update from agencies involed:The first issue concerns Mr. Floyd Fields (male 63 years old). Fields has recently been assessed as a Tier Three Sex Offender by the State of Nevada Sex Offender Registry . Mr. Fields notified the Reno Police Department that he is currently residing in the 100 block ...

It has been awhile since I have had report of major or minor crimes in the neighborhood. This is either a good sign that things are calming down or folks think I have abandoned this project. I have not. BUT...I attended last month's monthly NAB meeting to find more board members and participants with presentations ...

It has been awhile since I have had report of major or minor crimes in the neighborhood. This is either a good sign that things are calming down or folks think I have abandoned this project. I have not. BUT...I attended last month's monthly NAB meeting to find more board members and participants with presentations ...

Received this email:We're sorry the following problem was found during review of your submitted report T06000272:Tim,I will forward the information to the Graffiti Task Force. I will tell you that NDOT will not let our team paint out the graffiti on State property. This graffiti has been discussed with NDOT and the Graffiti Task Force. ...

A neighbor on Epic emailed today:I am not sure how to post this but I thought you would be interested to know... that several fires were started between the hours of one and four a.m. this morning behind our homes on Epic Avenue. The fire department responded to all three and I ...

Some vandal or vandals (Shyboy and Looney) tagged the Shell station at Clear Acre and McCarran last weekend. It was done early in the morning according to the clerk contacted. On an intersection as busy, 24/7, as that, it seems more like those who saw it happen did nothing than nobody saw it occure. Both ...

The annual Cops and Kids Fair is tomorrow, Friday, August 18th! It will be at Traynor Middle School and Pool, 1700 Carville Drive, Reno, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Many varied elements of the Reno Police Department will be partaking through displays and demonstrations. Emphasis is on building bridges between police and youth in ...

More on the Get To Know Your Neighbors event can be found here.Still looking for volunteers for our event on the 26th; especially those with BBQ stuff (grilles, coolers, etc).Two teenagers were caught in the Kietske/Plumb area tagging their neighborhood. They face gross misdomenor charges. I have made a report on new tagging under the ...

More on the Get To Know Your Neighbors event can be found here.Still looking for volunteers for our event on the 26th; especially those with BBQ stuff (grilles, coolers, etc).Two teenagers were caught in the Kietske/Plumb area tagging their neighborhood. They face gross misdomenor charges.I have made a report on new tagging under the bridge ...

Richard Flyer of the Conscious Community Campaign is having a Get To Know Your Neighbors Day as part of his campaign on August 26th. It is a grassroots attempt to bridge communication gaps between neighbors. Click on the link and read a full article from the Reno News and Review. It covers most of the ...

Our second meeting, on July 20th, was attended by about 35 to 40 neighbors. The Meadowview Clubhouse proved an ideal meeting place (although the lack of air conditioning makes the golf course clubhouse more appealing during this hot weather). Thanks to Mr. Tom Wood for making it available (gratis), and to all those attending for ...

The weather has become an issue. Read here about how to deal with it.

As you see here (click on photo to enlarge), the graffiti on the Clear Acre/395 Bridge has been painted out! The color used is the color that will be, and it "is as graffiti-resistant as they could find." Thanks must go to several individuals; Councilman Dwight Dortch, his CommunityLiaison Michael Chaump, several Watch families and ...

Our July meeting has been set for 6:30 PM on Thursday, July 20th at the Meadow View Club House, corner of Scottsdale and Starks. It should last one to two hours. We hope to have window decals for all that would announce our Neighborhood Watch is active and watching! There will be a flyer handed ...

As the full minutes of the Neighborhood Advisory Board will be published when available on Reno Direct, only highlights not ordinarily contained in those minutes will be mentioned here.NAB Ward 4 chairman Bill Donalson has been ordered to serve in Iraq for the next 18 months. We all wish the best to him and his ...

Michael Chaump has emailed that the Neighborhood Watch sign and decal money has already been allocated. We need to set a number on how many signs and decals will be needed. The Neighborhood Advisory Board will decide on that figure at the next regular meeting. Signs up by August is do-able!I figure ten signs and ...