Big Sister Association of Greater Boston's mission is to help girls realize their full potential by providing them with positive mentoring relationships with women. We have two programs in which we are looking for mentors.

1. Our "Community-Based Mentoring" program matches girls between 7-15 with caring and supportive adults. Matches meet on days and times of their own choosing at locations throughout the Greater Boston community. The program's flexible structure allows the two…

At work, I've been exploring cool tools to help transform raw data into actionable information. 

I used TagCloud.com to visualize where our members live and how long they've live there.

As you can see the majority of members live in Jamaica Plain, followed by Roslindale, and then Charlestown. Note this data was is pulled from when members first signed up - and people move around.…

Neighbors,

Thanks to you, we have exceeded our fundraising goal. In total, we raised $660.00. NeighborsForNeighbors.org will remain online for another year!

So what's next?

Look for an email from me in the coming weeks with my thoughts about the potential roles we can play  as a network in the future.

What I will need from you is your input on what you think we should do next based what matters most to you, what is needed, and where we can…

Around 9:30 am on Easter Sunday morning, a coyote was spotted at the top of the Cranston Street near Sheridan Street. When it saw a person, it fled down the cliff to Paul Gore Street, where it was sighted a second time.



Jack Chapin from the Massachusetts Environmental Police came out to investigate.  Chapin talked with the person who had seen the coyote and concerned Cranston Street residents.  Here is a summary of the information he shared with us.



The eastern coyote…

Neighbors,



It costs $600.00 a year to keep this network online. The bill for 2012 year is due on April 12, 2012. 

Please make a secure tax-deductible donation now!

• $2 pays for one day
• $12 pays for one week
• $48 pays for one month…

As part of Boston Shines, we are looking for areas within Jamaica Plain that need improvement in the following areas; crosswalks painted, abandoned cars removed, lots cleaned up, graffiti removed and any other blighted areas that need attention.

Please report back any of these conditions to Area E-13 Community Service Office.

Sergeant Eric Krause

Boston Police Area E-13

3347 Washington St

Jamaica Plain, MA …

Pre-Festival Music Showcase Concert to feature NEFFA artists

Lynn Noel, Corvus, Wear My Letter and Marylou Ferrante

Although the New England Folk Festival has been around since 1944 and in April will present its 68^th annual edition in Mansfield, “NEFFA” (the “a” stands for “association”) is not, to the general…

Billie Hockett was a mainstay of the Boston-area Celtic community. I had the pleasure of assisting her with several Music for Robin concerts she produced at the Emerson Umbrella in Concord and St. John's Methodist Church in Watertown. She was probably best known to many for her untiring work producing a weekly events listing (the 2/22/10 edition is viewable in the original blog, see link at end).

Billie passed November 7, 2011 but lives on in our hearts and music and, for some 350 of…

notloB Parlour Concerts

This Friday at Tony Williams Dance Center in the Brewery Building!

Join us and learn this amazing martial art and get a great workout in return!

Fridays from 6:30-8:00pm
$5 for your first class ($15 drop in rate)
www.jamaicaplaincapoeira.com
See you there!

Leopardo

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston's mission is to help girls realize

their full potential by providing them with positive mentoring relationships

with women. We have two programs in which we are looking for mentors.

1. Our "Community-Based Mentoring" program matches girls between 7-15 with caring

and supportive adults. Matches meet on days and times of their own choosing at

locations throughout the Greater Boston community. The program's…

Beacon Hospice provides comfort and dignity to those with life-limiting illnesses.

A hospice volunteer offers companionship, support, a helping hand. No matter who you are, you have something to offer hospice patients. You can make a profound difference in a person's life whether it is a 15 minute visit, writing letters, playing music, or just sitting quietly, holding a patient's hand. Volunteers play an integral role in Beacon Hospice's team approach to care that focuses on…

Come join us Friday evenings at Tony Williams Dance Center and try this amazing Afro-Brazilian art form. First class only $5 dollars, $15 drop in rate thereafter.

http://jamaicaplaincapoeira.com/

Hope to see you there!

Leopardo

There is currently a proposal to develop a  a five-unit condo development at 71 South St. in the space that is currently a two-family Victorian. This dense development in JP is a concern outlined in this article from the JP Gazette. If you want to weigh in on the issue, there is a public hearing with the Board of Appeals which will decide whether the zoning variance will be approved or…

BCYF And Roslindale Community Center Council

Partner To Improve Your Community Center

As we head into a new year, the BCYF Roslindale Community Center is celebrating new additions to the facility that have been made over the last few months, and planning for more.

In the fall of 2011, Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) installed new aluminum seating in the gymnasium.  The fold-up units can be…

We have had many reports of theft involving electronics such as laptops and cell phones within the last few months.  The items have been stolen during residential/vehicle breaking and entering, street robberies and general theft.

Certain smart phones, such as the IPhone, have a locate feature that can aid the police when reported stolen.  There have been several arrests around the city by using this feature.  Contact your cell phone carrier for more…

Do remember when you were young, so often being full of anticipation, yet having to wait.  You were waiting for Christmas, waiting for your birthday, waiting to be old enough to stay up past 9pm, waiting for school to get out, waiting for you drivers permit, waiting for graduation, waiting, waiting, waiting.  Do you remember your parents saying, "Wait till you get older, then you will..?"…

I have requests from elders in Jamaica Plain looking for volunteers willing to help shovel (and/or remove snow from cars) during snow storms.

If you can hekp, please contact Janice Williams, Ethos, 617-477-6616