Dear Abby: neighbor's granddaughter has a friendship on the brink

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA verdict is in on a next-door neighbor dispute, and it has been a long time coming. Dear Abby has ruled.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChip, it's an advice column. A reader says her neighbor Dee's granddaughter, Sarah, keeps ringing her doorbell and teasing her cats.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the New York Post says she told Dee, and Dee said she'd talk to her.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe misbehaving stopped briefly, then resumed about two weeks ago, with Sarah skating back and forth outside the apartment.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSkating.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHere's the ruling.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSaying you can't make Sarah mind is no excuse, because the adult in the household is responsible for what Sarah does. Sarah isn't even the defendant!

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe advice is to stay friends with Dee, as long as Sarah behaves herself.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a probation agreement for a friendship, and I think it's fair.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the cats got justice, and Dee got a deadline she doesn't know about.