Social media can forge relationships, improve efficiency, boost business and promote safety within the neighborhood. But not everyone’s on board.

• Read our January 2012 cover story about the changes to communication that social media has brought to local life.
• Read about how small businesses, local contractors and other neighborhood groups can use social media.
• What’s a friend and a follow? Click here for a glossary of basic social … more

Henk’s deli known for its black forest cakes and sausages, but the cozy European-style café also is a prime spot for Dutch, German and Swiss soups.

“I want to make it big,” says the 21-year-old LHHS grad with a laugh. The question, “What are your hopes for the future?” was admittedly a silly one.

When he was a student at Lake Highlands High School, Cameron Bruce Nelson was, by his own admission, a “total delinquent.”

“Are they here yet? Are they here yet?” Piper loves company, so when her human, Vera Shelby, announces that the ladies of the Royal Highlands neighborhood are coming for lunch, the Boston Terrier takes her post at the dining room window.

Lake Highlands residents Jose Ramirez and wife Josefina Orozco have breathed new life into Northlake Shopping Center’s Divine Coffee Shop, giving it a thorough renovation and renaming it JJ’s Cafe.

Based on the popular 1985 book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” tells the tale of a young boy and his adventures after giving a mouse a cookie.

Lake Highlands’ Madeline Apartment owners Joe Killinger and George Pino created the Rent Rite Directory to help better screen prospective residents. The comprehensive database offers free incident reports designed to alert landlords to write-offs, criminal activity, skips and proxy renters.