(From waer.org)
The next time I’m in a bit of a homeowner’s pickle, it will not surprise me one bit when my next door neighbor is ready to lend a word of advice or even more.
In the decade that my dear wife Karen and I have lived in this Syracuse city neighborhood of Syracuse, Tim Garriques has been a constant in his availability.
Even though we don’t hang out, it’s reassuring to know that friendly faces will always be available in this day and age.
This is the first of my new weekly posts about Syracuse and the Central New York community for the site for our local National Public Media radio station.
Of course, I always strive for that universal chord that will let you relate to the topic anywhere in the world.
If you’d like to read my entire post on the WAER.org site, click the link below.
http://waer.org/post/any-syracuse-season-good-neighbor-great-thing
Mark Bialczak 
Good Neighbor Tim sounds like a great guy. I wonder if he’s any relation to our former neighbors in Liverpool, George and Nancy Walters. In the non-winter months, it wasn’t unusual to see George on his riding mower in our back yard … mowing our grass as well as his. In exchange, George and his son, Craig, often played catch (baseball) in their yard and ours. It was a very happy arrangement.
We were equally blessed by great neighbors here in Melbourne, Florida. Last summer, the day before we were going on vacatio, our roof sprung a leak and water poured into our living room. Two of our neighbors threw tarp over the damaged area and supervised the repair work while we were gone.
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Good neighbors in two states! You and Dave are blessed, Judy. The roof fix and supervision, you can’t put a price tag on that.
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Right, Mark. I really don’t know what we would have done if they hadn’t offered to help. They really were/are a Godsend.
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Argh, for some reason the whole story won’t load on my computer. It has the top part of the screen but nothing to scroll too. Grrr, curses! I ought to read about neighbors and learn to appreciate them because I tend to hide from mine.
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It is comforting to know I can county on Good Neighbor Tim, Aussa. My entire piece is on another site, FYI. It wouldn’t load for you? Drats.
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Yeah I clicked over and it wouldn’t load beyond the top… let me try it now that I’m on a different computer…
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It was very difficult to make the decision to move when we did. The neighbors waiting for us in our new neighborhood made the difference. And we’re ever so lucky to have them.
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It does make life less stressful, certainly, Colleen. I am happy for your and your family!
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what a wonderful story about an amazing neighbor. good neighbors are what make a community feel like home. he sounds like a fountain of historical information and kindness. you are very lucky. congrats on the new gig )
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It is quite handy to have somebody who was here when our old house was new ready and willing to share the history, Beth. And thanks for your congratulations, too!
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