The city has compiled this awesome list of local resources for staying informed, and said we could share it on Albany Patch. It's been in several of the city's activity guides, though it wasn't in the most recent one. I missed it, and thought you might have too. I added a few of my own finds as well -- don't be shy to share your own in the comments! I will update this as new resources arise.

NEIGHBORHOOD LINKS

Join a community or neighborhood group, or start your own! Yahoo and Google groups are a great resource for keeping up with neighbors, planning a block party or finding people with similar interests.

Already have a group and want to list it, or need help starting-up a group? Email Chelle Putzer. Have questions about Neighborhood Watch? E-mail Karina Tindol.

• 500 block of Evelyn (Neighborhood Watch)
• Talbot Avenue Community Group
• 800 block of Evelyn Avenue 
• Ordway Street: This e-list covers about a block or two in any direction from Ordway and Posen.
• 800 block of Cerrito Street
• 900 block of Ramona: This group is set up as an invitation site, so anyone who is interested can email Susie Barnes to join. 
• 900 block of Madison: Neighbors in touch with neighbors 
• Gateview Residents
• West Albany Neighbors can email here to get on a neighborhood list. Check out the neighborhood blog here.
• University Village residents can email village@berkeley.edu to receive the e-newsletter.

OTHER CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS

• Follow the Albany Recreation & Community Service Department on Twitter
• Disaster Tips (via Albany Patch)
• Albany City Share: Albany neighbors who would like to share, give, loan or borrow. Feel free to list stuff, rides, gardens, fruits/veggies, skills, tools, community building ideas, anything you have to share with your fellow neighbors. 
• Albany Community Discussion Group: A community discussion group for the residents of Albany, CA. Postings of events and all items of interest to the citizens of Albany are welcome. 
• Albany Library Blog
• Albany Strollers & Rollers: We are a group dedicated to human-scale transit advocacy in the City of Albany. 
• Carbon Neutral Albany: Carbon Neutral Albany is a group of Albany community members that are committed to reducing Albany's carbon (or greenhouse gas) emissions.
• Forage Albany: Let's make an edible map of Albany, glean unharvested fruit, meet our neighbors, gather and redistribute fruit that would otherwise be wasted, share and trade our truly locally grown food, and become more self-sustaining in meeting our food needs.
• Friend of Opal's Park
• Transition Albany: Join a conversation and diverse events aimed at helping our city make a smooth and creative transition to a lifestyle using much less oil. 
• Find Tony the Tree Man (Albany's urban forester) on Twitter, on Flickr and on Facebook
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley: Sign up to get announcements for progressive religious education, sexuality education programs, family social events, family retreats, Saturday evening childcare exchange, parent support groups and parenting resources. 

ALBANY SCHOOLS

• Albany Schools email and general discussion list
• Albany High School Yahoo Group
• Albany High School newsletter
• Albany High PTSA
• Albany Middle School Yahoo Group
• Albany Middle School PTA
• Cornell Elementary School Yahoo Group
• Cornell After-School Chinese Program
• Cornell PTA
• Cornell Gardens
• Marin Elementary School Yahoo Group
• Marin PTA
• Ocean View Elementary School Yahoo Group
• Ocean View PTA

TWITTER

Add #AlbanyCA to your local tweets to help us build up Albany's Twitter-verse. Have questions about using Twitter? Feel free to email me!

• Find Albany Patch on twitter if you haven't done so already.
• Here's a list of local "tweeps" (people on Twitter who live in or near Albany). (You can "follow" the list to keep track of what local people are tweeting about, and you can follow individuals on the list as well.)
• Here's a list of many Albany businesses.
• Here's a helpful Alameda County list.

FACEBOOK

I like to think of Albany Patch's Facebook page as a community bulletin board. You can find our stories on there, and also post directly to the page if you have thoughts and ideas to share. 

There are also lots of local businesses and resources on Facebook. Here are some I've found.

• 510Families
• Albany Berkeley Soccer Club
• Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson
• Albany Community Foundation
• Albany FilmFest 2011
• Albany High School
• Albany High School Instrumental Music
• Albany Historical Society
• Albany Jazz Band
• Albany Judo
• Albany Karate
• Albany Library
• Albany Police Department
• Albany Pool
• Albany Strollers & Rollers
• Arbabi Imagery | Sean Arbabi photography
• Boffo Cart
• Cafe Leila
• Dogumentarian
• Dorothy Brown Photography
• Eating San Pablo (Ave)
• Eileen Nishifue Gretz Memorial
• Five Little Monkeys
• Green Market Lane
• Holy Cow Coffee Company
• Hotsy Totsy Club
• JLLDay - Jack LaLanne Day
• K2Tog: Knitting the World Together
• Kanna Aoki Studio
• Kingman's Ivy Room
• Lettuce Eat Kale
• Lunch Love Community
• Majkatree
• Marin School PTA, Albany CA
• Nancy Skinner
• Ocean View PTA
• Pukkie
• Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library
• Sam's Log Cabin
• Sarana Community Acupuncture
• Sennin Foundation Center for Japanese Cultural Arts
• Solano Cellars
• Susan Adamé Art
• The Cougar Online
• Zaki Delectable Mediterranean Cuisine

Everybody makes mistakes ... even us! If there's something in this article you think should be corrected, or if something else is amiss, give editor Emilie Raguso a ring at 510-459-8325 or shoot her an email at emilier@patch.com.