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- UC Youth Writes Legislation
- Cristo Rey Boston Shines
- Stopping Bad Behavior - #15
- Maria Talks to Teens about Sex
- Grove Hall Peace Walks
- Build-a-Garden Program
- Meet Simba, Police Dog
Neighborhood News
- Alma Serret - In Memoriam
- Henriquez Mtg on Funding Cuts
- SNI Meeting "Very Helpful"
- Dimitrio's Pizza Shut Down
- Tito Finalizes City Hall Staff
- Pigeon Droppings(!) at Madrag
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Schedules June Neighborhood Walkthrough in Upham's Corner
Since the April Safe Neighborhood
Initiative meeting , significant
progress has been made on some issues.
More issues have been added to the
active task list. A neighborhood walkthrough is set for
June 21.
Photo of abandoned property on Humphreys with piles of trash in front.
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Violinist
Shaw Pong Liu
 Violinist Shaw Pong Liu was featured in the first
Greater Boston House
Concert Series.
She is a gifted and
multi-talented musician who
knows how to reproduce the music of the world around her (waves,
trucks, birds) and she is a 'travel agent' who can lead her audiences
on
musical journeys.
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VNA
Boston Celebrates 125th Anniversary
On May 26, 2011 the Visting Nurses Association of Boston held a
reception at the Grove Hall Branch Library to mark their 125th
anniversary.
A traveling exhibit featuring a
timeline of the organization's contribution to public health nursing is
the perfect way to tell their story.
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Pigeon
Droppings - They're Gone
Pigeons living above the
Madrag Clothing store had dropped almost an inch of pigeon droppings
(guano) on the sidewalk.
A month later?
The pigeons have flown the coop, their guano is gone and Madrag's
(almost) looks good.
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Upham's Corner InSight
into the News
Thought of the Day: "It is Memorial Day."
 The first recorded
celebration of what became Memorial Day took place
in Charleston South Carolina in 1865.
Freed enslaved Africans
founded
Decoration Day by celebrating at the Washington Race Course which had
been used as a temporary Confederate prison camp for captured Union
soldiers. Nationwide observances quickly caught on in the North.
Beginning in 1866 the South planned events as a result of associations
established to care for cemeteries for Confederate soldiers and to
erect monuments as a way of remembering the Confederate
tradition.
For over 50 years northern states praised the Union soldiers while
southern states mourned the loss of Confederate soldiers. Just
before WWI the two sides forgot and the nation united its focus on the
soldiers. sacrifices away from the issues.
Photo - Dorchester North Burying Ground, Upham's
Corner
Remembering
Oh, sweet words of valor and selflessness
Come, speak to us with a balm of healing.
Help us celebrate this day, Memorial Day,
Dedicated to our fallen heroes,
From war or illness, accident or age,
Whose lives were given but not in vain.
Clear our minds that we may listen
To tributes honoring our brothers and sisters
Watch ceremonies of military flare and marching bands
Stand with people in solidarity and strength
Kneel at gravesides in humility and prayer
And never, ever forget.
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 Not a Celebration
of War
Rev. John Odams -
Pilgrim Church
Memorial
Day is not a celebration of war. It is a
time to remember and a time to heal.
Experiencing
the pain of loss, we forget that we,
too, will join the
ranks of those who have gone to the other side.
Looking
to those who have gone before us is looking
to our place of
origin. We are a continuation of the
past, not just the next volume. Healing
comes out of remembering the past.
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Zachary
Cohen Talks about Upham's Corner Main Street
 May 25,
2011
Zachary Cohen, Executive Director, Upham's Corner Main Street is
leaving the organization he has served for the last four years, leaving
it in much better condition than it was back in 2007.
He talks about
the challenges, accomplishments and the future of Main Street.
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Urban Safari -
Upham's Corner Main Street Fundraiser
Wed, June 22, 2011
Set aside Wednesday, June 22 2011 to attend the .Urban Safari and BBQ
Bash. sponsored by Upham.s Corner Main Street.
More than just a night
at the Franklin Park Zoo.s Barnyard, the evening.s adventure includes
music, food and drink, games and prizes and a silent auction.
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