Hello. I was out of town and missed this past JPNC meeting regarding the Whole Foods in Hyde Square. I would like to be able to express my opinion to the JPNC and was wondering if there was a way to do so via email. I know there are various JPNC members here so I thought I would post here for information (and for the sake of anyone else who did not attend the recent meeting).

 

I see there is an email address on JPNC's website (info.jpnc AT gmail.com) but I was unsure whether…

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Interesting opinion piece from the LA Times. Did you know that Jamaica Plain was a "worn-out, working-class Boston suburb"? That's some great fact-checking!

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/23/opinion/la-oe-hochschild-unemployed-20100523

FYI, it looks like the BPL will go forward and close 8-10 library branches and many people think that the JP branch at Sedgwick is in danger of being one of the branches that is closed. There is apparently a petition available at the JP library, but it's also important to contact your local representatives if you're interested in keeping an important part of JP.…

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As an FYI...



As noted in today's Globe, friends and family of Surendra Dangol, the murder victim of the Tedeschi hold-up, have put together some funds to help pay for the funeral expenses and otherwise of Mr. Dangol. I believe that Citizens Bank has a fund set up at the local JP branch on Centre Street (as noted in the article), but you can also donate through the Greater Boston Nepalese Community website at http://www.gbnc.org/.…



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