ABOUT
ABOUT LIVING THE GOOD LIFE, ESPECIALLY 4@DURING THESE TOUGH TIMES.
>>> THE SAYING GOES, GOOD
FENCES MAKE GOOD 4@NEIGHBORS.
NOT SO FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT
LIVE ALONG IVY AND WOOD ROAD.
>> AS WE4@ GRAPLED HOW TO
NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC, THE
FRIENDS FOUND 4@A WAY 4@TO CORN
THE MARK ON COMMUNITY.
WE VISITED WITH THEM AND 4@CAUG
UP WITH THEM AGAIN A YEAR
LATER.
>> Reporter: IT 4@IS 4@4@JUST A
EVENING FOR THESE NEIGHBORS.
>> THIS IS LIKE HEAVEN 4@ON
EARTH.
>> I HAVE THE BIGGEST DRIVEWAY
THAT WAS FACING THE 4@SUNSHINE.
>> 4@FOR 4@FOOD AND FRIENDLY
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS4@ IS JUST A GOOD EXCUSE TO
EAT PIZZA.
I THINK WE DID IT FOUR TIME A 4@
WEEK TO START WITH.
AND THEN IN THE WINTER, 4@IT WA
ONCE OR TWICE 4@A WEEK.
>> 5:00 WE COME 4@OUT AND WE
OCCU4@PIES AREAS IN THE CORNER
AND SPACE OURSELVES OUT ABOUT
TEN FEET 4@TO BE SAFE
>> Reporter: THEY'VE BEEN
QUARANTINING.
NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL
VACCINATED, TH4@EY'VE MOVED 4@4
CLOSER.
>> WHEN I THINK BACK MARCH
16th, 4@2020, IF YO4@U WOULD HA
TOLD ME A YEAR LATER WE 4@WOULD
STILL BE DOING THIS, I WOULD
NOT BELIEVE IT BUT EVERY TIME
WE COME OUT, WE LAUGH 4@AND TAL
ABOUT OUR 4@DRY AS DREARY AS 4@
MAY BE AND SHARE STORIES AND
SUSTAINED EACH 4@OTHER.
>> WE CAUSED A DEGREE OF
INCARCERATION FOR EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE 4@BLOCK PARTIES HAS SUSTAIN
THEM ALL.
>> 4@IT'S BEEN A LIFE SAFER.
>> 4@THEY DUBBED THEMSELVES THE
FLAMINGOS.
>> LOOK AT YOU.
>> WE SAW SO 4@MANY CHILDREN
LEARN HOW TO RIDE BIKES, TWO
WHEELERS.
WE HAVE THIS COMPANY ALWAYS4@ 4@
PASSING BY AND THEY'LL STOP AND
WHEELERS. WE HAVE THIS COMPANY ALWAYS4@ 4@ PASSING BY AND THEY'LL STOP AND@
CHAT.
IT'S BEEN 4@A WONDERFUL WAY TO
ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WHEN IT WAS DARK AND COLD,
WOULD HE GET-TOGETHER AT 5:00.
COME TO THE CORNER.
IT FELT -- I THINK I KNOW HOW
DOGS FEEL WHEN YOU TAKE THEM TO
THE BEACH AND RUN WITH 4@THE
BUDDIES.
THAT IS WHAT 4@IT WAS 4@LIKE.
>> THIS IS THE REFRIG4@ERATOR
SUIT.
>> Reporter: ALL THE COUPLES
HAVE CALLED THIS CAPE ELIZABETH
NEIGHBORHOOD 4@HOME FOR THREE
DECADES, SOME MORE 4@THAN THAT.
>> OUR CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKE
COUSINS.
>> I DON'T 4@THINK I EVER DROVE
BABY-SITTER HOME.
THEY JUST WALKED ACROSS THE 4@
STREET.
>> WE 4@4@WERE ALL REALLY GOOD
FRIENDS BEFORE. YOU KIND OF GO
YOUR SEPARATE WAYS DOING THINGS
AND YOU MAY NOT CONNECT 4@WITH
ANYBODY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
S BEEN REALLY WO4@NDERFUL 4@TO
TOGETHER AND HAVE THESE
STRANGE, WEIRD CONVERSATIONS.
>> IT HAS STIMULATED US WITH
DISCUSSION WITH IDEAS WITH WHAT
TO 4@WATCH ON TV.
>> Reporter: ON THIS NIGHT,
THEY'RE 4@CELEBRATING THEIR ONE
TO 4@WATCH ON TV. >> Reporter: ON THIS NIGHT, THEY'RE 4@CELEBRATING THEIR ONE@
YEAR ANNIVERSARY 4@OF QUARANTIN
BLOCK PA PARTIES.
>> IT'S BEEN A FABULOUS
EXPERIENCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO 4@THANK TONY WH
HAS ORGANIZED 4@US AND KEPT US
TOGETHER.
>> CHEERS.
CHEERS.
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE GO 4@
NEXT STORE TO GET A COUPLE OF
SUGAR.
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DON'T
EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP.
>> WE CAN COUNT ON OUT OF THESE
PEOPLE 4@FOR ANYTHING.
>> IF IT SNOWS, TONY AND RANDY
ARE 4@RIGHT HERE, SHOVELING MY
PATH AND DRIVEWAY.
>> I HAVE A GENERATOR THAT I 4@
NEED TO GET OUT WHEN WE LOSE
POWER.
TH4@ESE GUYS 4@ARE ALL 4@THERE
ME GETTING IT GOING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO
WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE.
>> IF YOU'RE LUCKY IN 4@THE
NEIGHBORS THAT YOU LAND NEXT
TO, CULTIVATE IT.
>> GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.
>> BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS THE
SAME THING AS BEING A GOOD
FRIEND.
>> YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE NO
COMMON THAT YOU MIGHT THINK.
>> THIS HAS 4@BEEN ONE OF THE
LESSONS OF COVID, 4@IS TO BECOM
MORE FAMILY NEIGHBOR SEASON
TRICK.
>> Reporter: HOW LONG WILL 4@TH
KEEP THEIR QUARANTINE CORNER?
>> I HOPE FOREVER.
IT HIT ME WHEN THEY SAID HOW
MEANINGFUL THE RELATIONSHIPS
HAD BEEN THROUGHOUT THE LAST
YEAR.
>> WON THE TH4@AT BE WONDERFUL
SEE THAT IN 4@55,000