April 2010 Blog Posts (24)

Community Stakeholder Meeting for the Boston Public Library

15pm

In a little more than 12 hours the community meetings will be done and we will finally know 'the list' of branch libraries that are at risk of closure in the Boston Public Library system. That is when the real work begins; that is when we stop having to fight rumors and start to fight plans.

We will need everybody for this fight: all 26 branches, all 500+ workers,…

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Added by Brandon Abbs on April 6, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

REMINDER: When to add a Blog, Forum Discussion, Group, and Event.

Neighbors,

Please take a second to familiarize yourself with which features to use when.

Below is a breakdown of features in a nifty presentation and in detail below:

BLOGS:

Blogs are where you share your ideas, interests, concerns and information about the neighborhood and yourself with the entire community.

Good Examples:

- Captain Greland's…

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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 5, 2010 at 10:34am — No Comments

Crime for March of 2010

Spring Cleaning!!

During the Month of March we have seen a significant decrease in many crimes. We had two robberies, and one attempted robbery compared to eleven for the month of February and twenty-two for the month of January.

We have seen a small increase in residential breaking and entering. The vast majority were entered through unlocked…

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Added by Sgt. Eric Krause on April 1, 2010 at 4:09pm — 1 Comment

At the JP Forum: Why We Can’t Get Ahead: Job Challenges for the American Worker – Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times

When: Thursday 8 April 2010 at 7:00 PM

Where: First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist

6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain 02130

Speaker: Steven Greenhouse, New York Times business and economics correspondent

Since the recession’s peak, the U.S. unemployment rate has been hovering around 10 percent. But the challenges to the American worker go beyond the current economic crisis. Steven Greenhouse will talk about how American companies have squeezed… Continue

Added by Liz W. on April 1, 2010 at 3:08pm — No Comments