"It's to cheer things up," said Mr. Burke, a block captain in the association.

She gives the police the license numbers of drivers involved in suspicious activities, and is a block captain for Home Alert.

A block captain delivers the Sentinel, the homeowner's association newsletter, and communicate with area residents.

"She introduced herself as the block captain," Mrs. Riley said.

Charley wanted me to introduce all the block captains and anybody else important.

Too bad that everyone now knows that the product doesn't match the marketing, so now they're heading toward internet "block captains".

Eddie Hunter, a block captain, said he questions whether the redevelopment plans will bring what the community really needs: job opportunities.

Three more fatalities were reported in Philadelphia, where block captains swept along row houses, checking on the elderly.

Maybe it was a neighborhood watch thing and Bill Miller's the block captain.

This is as streety as electoral politics gets, campaigning to run the block captains.