Part of Building Bridges

REPORTS of a plan to build a hotel on part of Paradise's Thorndon Park in a land swap with the State Government has taken local residents by surprise.

EIGHT new bushfire safety groups have formed in the Hills this fire danger season, as neighbours band together to prepare their streets to survive a blaze.

LOOKING out for one another goes without saying for Alison Ave neighbours.

THE death of a man whose body lay unnoticed in his caravan for five days has sparked South Coast Police to plead with residents to check on their neighbours.

IN AUSTRALIA for just six weeks, Rachel Mwebia already feels part of the Christie Downs community.

NEIGHBOURS The Robertsons and Mathesons are such good friends they even spend their wedding anniversaries together.

THE death of an elderly man whose body lay unnoticed in his home for two weeks has sparked emergency services to plead with inner-north residents to check on their neighbours.

FOR Kiwi Drake, moving into a house by himself was scarier than doing it tough on the streets of Adelaide.

NEW Marion migrants trying to adjust to the Australian life are being embraced by a range of council-run community programs to ensure they don't become isolated.

MAX Stacey jokes that he's one of the antiques at Warradale Meals on Wheels.

FORCED police entry into the homes of vulnerable Hills and Inner Southern residents has plummeted by 75 per cent in the past 12 months in the wake of a Messenger…

BLACKWOOD Uniting Church is reaching out to those quietly struggling in our communities with a free weekly meal.

A STRONG neighbourhood bushfire plan helped to save lives and property from a fire deliberately lit last week just metres from Hawthorndene homes.

FOUR new bushfire safety groups have formed in the south this fire danger season, as neighbours band together to prepare their streets to survive a blaze.

MARGARET Sidorak says living on the same Glenside street as Sue McNulty is like "having your sister live next door".

PERSECUTED for speaking out in the Democratic Republic of Congo, journalist Seraphin Nyirenda has now been asked to share his stories and experiences for Salisbury Council.

FOR Jade Byrne-Peterson of Smithfield, after-school hangouts consist of cups of tea, not computer games.

THE Nor'Easters are out to share a good time with as many people as possible.

SING-ALONGS, board games and lunch outings are bringing elderly residents closer together at Mitchell Park Neighbourhood Centre.

SYLVIA McMillan has made it her business to drag senior citizens out of their homes and rebuild their friendship circles.

SETTLING into the Australian way of life is about to become easier for some of the city's international students.

FOR Kiwi Drake, moving into a house by himself was scarier than doing it tough on the streets of Adelaide.

ELDERLY southern residents will make new friends against the clock in a new speed dating-style activity aimed at reducing social isolation.

WHEN John Binding thought he was having a heart attack two weeks ago he called two people the doctor and his neighbour, Lisa Smith.

HELPING an asylum seeker settle into Australia and tracking down his son in Paris inspired Verity Skye's debut album.

THEY'VE been Edwardstown neighbours for almost 37 years and friends for just as long.

ART is bringing the elderly residents at a Rostrevor nursing home together.

CAMPBELL Laughton finds a friend behind every door he knocks on Prospect's Labrina Ave.

THEY'VE been Edwardstown neighbours for almost 37 years and friends for just as long.

LIVING either side of the River Torrens hasn't stopped Vesna Blain and Pompeo DeAngelis being great neighbours and even better friends.

ROSE Darling doesn't need a guard dog to protect her home from strangers.

WHAT goes around comes around for 94-year-old Gordon Cornelius.

PUTTING out rubbish bins and buying groceries are the chores Elizabeth South resident John Foster does 11 times a week, all with a smile on his face.

FAMILIES have moved in and out of Ada St over the years, but the sense of community has lived there for generations.

THE Bones and the O'Mahonys have so much in common, it seems they were meant to be neighbours.

ANDREA Hider regards her Tranmere neighbours Terry and Laurel McDonnell as extended family.

COMMUNITY leaders and politicians have backed Messenger Community News' fresh push for stronger neighbourhood networks, saying it will help save lives.

LONELY Hills residents will be encouraged to take part in community activities through a new Mitcham Council support service.

WHEN Therese Minitong-Kemelfield fled war-torn Bougainville Island to Australia in 1990, she was forced to leave four of her five children behind with relatives.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to help new arrival families to unravel the mysteries of the inner-north suburbs.

"THERE'S only one Cyril Foster," say the residents of Anchorage St, Seaford.

A FALL two years ago made Ethel Pine even more determined to become friends with her neighbours.

COMING to terms with his divorce was a long and difficult process for Wynn Vale man Tony Lay.

JENNY Jones' family says the best thing about their Albert Park home is living next door to Elma Struthers.

EACH other's friendship helped Warradale neighbours Mary Nixon and Gail Warren to get through a testing 2009.

OSCAR the Grouch is the last one to admit he's a good neighbour - but he is.

TRUFFY Maginnis catches up with her 83-year-old neighbour Lissa Claridge twice a week for a walk and "a nice yarn".

ROSTREVOR resident Sam Kershaw has a problem with locking herself out of the house.

WHEN the Furslenrecht family faced two deaths in three months, it was their neighbours, the Mitchells, who were there to offer support.

WHEN Cynthia Jones finally solved the mystery of her moving wheelie bins, it was the start of a wonderful friendship.

A PROGRAM aimed at preventing social isolation at residential aged care centres has led to a "wonderful friendship" between Mary Fisher and Ruth Wilkinson.

NICK Kontogiorgis is more like family than a neighbour to residents of Lincoln Crt, Blakeview.

WHEN something gets done in Greenwith, it's a fair bet Ken O'Leary has had a hand in it.

ANNIE Cook says staying in her Fulham Gardens home would be impossible without the help of her neighbour Don Milne.