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Rising costs of living: What can we do?

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Last week's discussion on the rising costs of food and fuel, and what we can do about it, generated a collection of good ideas. We hope many of you will come out this week to continue the conversation:



Thursday May 26, 7-9pm at First Church UU




After discussing what rising costs meant for us and the impacts we were seeing in the neighborhood, everyone…

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Added by Orion Kriegman on May 24, 2011 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Senior LAFFAPALOOZA

Laughing At & Understanding Good Humor Seminars Institute, Inc (L.A.U.G.H.S.) presents its First Annual community event for ETHOS and Senior palooza month.  We are calling on all seniors  to come out and join in some fun and playful activities while learning about the health benefits of humor and… Continue

Added by dorothea Keeling on May 23, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Exodus of the Tiny House: a Benefit Show!

this is the

EXODUS OF THE TINY HOUSE

a benefit show!



with performances by



TREVOR OVERSHINER

EVAN GREER

WOELLERT & CLARK PUPPETEERS

YOUNG PILGRIM

ANNIE & MICHAEL

+ more tba?



Anya, Gabe, and Riley have been building their tiny house since last November. It's finally finished! Let's rock!





6:00 - 7:00 HOUSEWARMING - free food!!



8:00 - 11:00 BENEFIT SHOW

suggested donation of $5…
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Added by anya bredbeck on May 15, 2011 at 9:56pm — No Comments

Keep the T Rideable for Mothers with Children

The T is looking do ban open strollers, but taking a poll first. "Do you think baby strollers should be folded before customers board a bus?"
The most effected demographic by this rule would be single mothers with children, mostly in poor or minority neighborhoods that rely on bus traffic and are already historically under-serviced…
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Added by Jonathan on May 12, 2011 at 4:20pm — 3 Comments

Come to the Playworks 5K Run for Recess - 5/14 in Franklin Park!



Time: May 14, 2011 from 10am to 12pm

Location: Franklin Park (Giraffe Entrance to the Zoo )

Street:…

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Added by Kim on May 7, 2011 at 11:41am — No Comments

The House Fiscal Year 2012 Budget increased the Public Health Budget by $9 million

The House increased the Public Health Budget by $9 million, below is a detailed look at the Public Health consolidated amendment for Fiscal Year 2012:



 $375,000 is provided to the Food Protection Program (4510-0020) to carry out mandated food inspections and related activities that identify and prevent food-borne illness that could potentially harm public health.



 $889,889 is provided for SEAL Dental Program (4510-0025) to improve the oral health of MassHealth…

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Added by State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez on April 29, 2011 at 1:44pm — No Comments

out of state plates... i have a plan!

i thought now would be a great time to argue the issue of out of state license plates taking up all of the residential street spots.  I have a plan!  Apparently (someone correct me if i didn't read this properly) MA excise taxes are due from everyone who parks their car in MA for more than 50% of the year.  (This would apply to all of the students and such who claim that their car is their parents' and thus don't register or insure it in…

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Added by Susan on April 28, 2011 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

Decriminalize prostitution

[This was originally posted as a reply to another blogpost a few days ago. Since it probably got lost in the shuffle and I think it is an important post, I'd like to try to let it stand alone for a while.]



I'd like to suggest one campaign, I believe in, that few would speak up for (and is probably very controversial). That is that prostitution should be legalized, or at the very least, we should not insist that the police crack down on prostitution. Prostitution is more of… Continue

Added by keith barton on April 26, 2011 at 7:00pm — 8 Comments

Attorneys For Low Income Families At Risk

I received the following today and it occurred to me that this could have a broad reaching impact throughout the City of Boston and beyond.
I offer it as received from a local business person and associate.
 
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Law Office of Lisa A. Modecker

26 Cummins Hwy.

Suite 1

Roslindale, MA 02131

 

April 2011



Dear Colleagues & Friends,

 

I am writing to you as an Attorney,…
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Added by Dennis Kirkpatrick on April 25, 2011 at 10:50pm — No Comments

Run of the Charles Race: Come celebrate our two all-women teams!

 Saturday, April 30, 6:00 p.m.:  Come party with us!

Women Outdoors—a national, nonprofit, all-volunteer organization promoting wilderness activity, leadership and outdoors skills (check out our site)—is thrilled to be sponsoring two all-women teams for the Run of the Charles race on Saturday, April 30—so thrilled, we plan to have…

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Added by Lisa Vaas (Moderator) on April 25, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

Mass. Budget has Good News for our Libraries! Help us to Bring More!

The Commonwealth's House Ways and Means Budget came out last week and it has the potential to increase funding to the Boston Public Library and other libraries in the state with your support!



Currently Reps. Michael Moran, Byron Rushing, Kevin Honan, Nick Collins, and Aaron Michlewitz have an amendment pending, #737, that would increase the amount for the "Library of the Commonwealth" from $.35 to $.359 per resident. Another amendment, #81, by Rep. Peter Kocot of Northhampton, would… Continue

Added by Brandon Abbs on April 21, 2011 at 7:13pm — 1 Comment

Earth Day at Mass Energy

April means Earth Day! How are you celebrating?  

Mass Energy's Facebook has some…

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Added by Kate Bogart on April 21, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Come to Wake up the Earth!! Saturday, 5/7, StonyBrook!

Come one, come all to the most fabulous annual celebration of Spring! Check out Spontaneous Celebrations website for more info:

 

http://www.spontaneouscelebrations.org/

 

Also, try to pick up trash wherever you go--the snow has melted, and our neighborhood needs a little spring cleaning!

 

and check out the Guitar Circle on Sunday evenings at 7:30 at Spontaneous Celebrations on Danforth Street:…

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Added by Monica A. Briggs on April 20, 2011 at 4:23pm — No Comments

60,000 neighbors strong

Neighbors,
 
I'm setting a goal to grow our network to 60,000 neighbors strong. Bold, but possible. 
 
Our attempt to operate 18 neighborhood social networks in 2009 and 2010 did not exactly work. I'll spare you the details...
 
Instead of giving up (not an option for us), we've made our JP network the citywide network and are now setting in motion our plan to become 60,000 neighbors…
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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 19, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

What should we do as neighbors this spring and why?

Neighbors,

I'm inviting all NFN members from all neighborhoods to join this, our new citywide network. 

To get things going, I'm posing the first of a series of questions (the next are up to you - add a blog post now):

This question is: What should we do as neighbors this spring and why?

Specifically, I am looking for examples of actions we can take, behaviors we can change,…

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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 19, 2011 at 8:54pm — 5 Comments

Which bank do you do business with and why?

Maureen just posed a question "does anyone use a national bank with a branch in JP that you are happy with?" in the Jamaica Plain Community Discussion ForumI'd like to expand on her question.

  • What bank do you do business with and why?
  • What else do you wish they offered such as services, extended hours, something…
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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 19, 2011 at 7:16pm — No Comments

Boston Shines 2011

Happy Spring Neighbors!

 

With spring quickly opening up, it is time again to think about the yearly community Clean-Up. This year's annual BOSTON SHINES is the last Saturday morning in April: Saturday, April 30, 2011.

 

This event has…

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Added by Jullieanne Doherty on April 13, 2011 at 4:55pm — 1 Comment

Hey kid, want some candy?

Scary phrase right?

What is even scarier is that the Tobacco Industry is doing this to our young people in MA right now in the form of underhanded tobacco marketing tactics!

Are you serious? Yep, sure am. 

Did you know tobacco products are being made and marketed to look and taste like "candy" and that they are being sold in plain site and as individual units to make them more affordable to young people?

Did you…

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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 13, 2011 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Pardon my french, but...How f*#cked is the T?

Got an important meeting or job interview to make? Your worries about being late because of the T are now over thanks to Howf*#ckedistheT.com.

The sites provides real time data about all operating MBTA T trains. It's very useful site with an o-fun-sive title.

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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 12, 2011 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

JP Members: Changes to where you post stuff

JP neighbors,

Now that we are a citywide network, you will be posting neighborhood related information in the re-activated Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Forum. Please do not add information as a blog post unless you want to start a citywide conversation or are a NFN partner making a citywide announcement. 

For events, it's really important that you tag each event…

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Added by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on April 7, 2011 at 12:30am — No Comments

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