It’s a dark winter evening, and I’m about to drive 10 minutes to pick up 8 over-ripe bananas from a neighbor. As I grab my coat, my husband wonders aloud whether I have lost my marbles. “You’re ...

Early this year, the Buy Nothing Evanston Facebook group had fewer than 10,000 members. Now it has over 12,000. Couple Ellis and Erin Booker started the Facebook group in 2021. “Ultimately, the goal ...

Naomi Serviss scored a bookshelf and a guitar stand. Michelle Wolf got three spin bikes ‒ two for a teacher friend's classroom and one for herself. Joni Holderman got a gently used rug that retails ...

For years, the freewheeling virtual community — where neighbors share free goods — has been roiled by battles over the use of its name. A government shutdown made things worse. By Emma Goldberg In San ...

When Amber Hicok noticed her community in Jackson County lacked a local “Buy Nothing” Facebook group, she decided to create one herself — a move that has helped hundreds of residents give away items ...