Graffiti Paint

Police Explorers, with help from Vineland officers, clean graffiti off an old clothing factory on South Seventh Street in Vineland on Friday. / Staff photos/Craig Matthews Carissa Forrest, 13, a member of the Police Explorers, helps paint over graffiti

GLEN RIDGE - It's becoming a familiar - and not exactly a welcome - sight for Glen Ridge residents and police, whether it's marker scribbles on a street sign or swirls of spray paint on a bridge. Graffiti is seen on the Freeman Parkway

By AP CINCINNATI — Statues, parking meters and other fixtures around Cincinnati are being targeted by graffiti artists who use yarn, not spray paint. The city has become a battleground for what's known as yarn bombing, yarnstorming and guerrilla

The painters, ages 5 to 18, are painting the parking lot and alleys next to the AIHFS Health Clinic with images of the Earth, animals and gardens. While the murals allow the youths to decorate their neighborhood, they also reduce the amount of graffiti

Last summer, vandals sprayed graffiti along the Keller building's entire west side. Edwards declined the free removal service and said it took him three to four days to remove the markings with various paint strippers, a wire brush and low-pressure

Ten kids arrested for graffiti had their work on display after finishing Paint Straight - a city Probation Department program that teaches young vandals legal ways to hone their art. The program had its first gallery show at Shop Talk and Art Gallery

Only white garage doors seemed to have been painted with graffiti. Like the Hassenkemps, many of the residents used white spray paint to cover the comments and drawings on their garage doors and property. James Davis, a 43-year resident and a retired

"We have to paint over the walls of the Benson Park Chalet about every two weeks because of tags or because the graffiti is offensive and obscene," he added. On June 15 alone, the Sûreté du Québec reported that more than $2500 in damage was caused by