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Highlights on Events in Greater Uphams Corner
Unnatural Causes - Is Inequality Making us Sick?
Grove Hall Library
Harvard Scholarship in the Community Series
Thursdays at 6pm
November 29: "Collateral Damage" and "Not Just a Paycheck"
November 1: "In Sickness and In Wealth"
November 8: "When the Bough Breaks" and "Becoming American"
November 15: "Bad Sugar" and "Place Matters"
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News from the Boston Public Library
Overdue Thanks: A 3-Week Overdue Book Drive in November 2012
The Boston Public Library is running a three-week drive to encourage
the return of overdue materials to our shelves. Any overdue book, CD,
or DVD returned to a Boston Public Library location from November 1
through Thanksgiving will have the associated fine cleared. This is in
effect for library users of all ages whether a book is one day late,
one year late, or more. If an item is permanently lost, users will be
responsible for paying only the replacement fee.
This overdue book drive applies only to the actual return of physical
materials from November 1 through Thanksgiving. Library users with
outstanding fines on already-returned books will be asked to clear
their record the usual way: by paying their fines.
We hope you'll participate in this very special book drive and accept our overdue thanks for using the Boston Public Library.
 Dorchester Community Food Co-op Potluck Dinner & General Meeting
Sunday, November 18, 2012
5:30pm until 7:30pm
You are invited to attend
DATE: Sunday, November 18th 5:30-7:30 pm
LOCATION: First Parish Church in Dorchester 10 Parish St., Meeting House Hill
Bring a healthy dish to share
Bring a friend to learn about the co-op
WE'LL COVER THESE AGENDA ITEMS & more:
Membership Drive:
We are on track to have 200 household members-owners by the end of the year.
Come learn how you can help with the drive, and join the co-op if you aren;t yet a member
Meet your neighbors: gather in small groups to create neighborhood organizing teams!
Update on our accomplishments so far:
We have raised the funds for our feasibility and market studies and are choosing our consultants
Learn about our fundraising accomplishments, partnerships, and site possibilities
Next Steps & Projects
Year two of Dorchester Winter Farmers' Market
Grand Opening: Sunday Jan 6!
Codman Square Great Hall. Sundays Jan-March 12-4pm
We will talk about ideas for other innovative projects as we plan for the retail store.
Save the date!
Our first Annual Meeting and HOLIDAY PARTY will be on Sunday Evening Dec 16
Board Elections will take place at the Annual Meeting
Dudley Greenhouse Fall Festival & Market
Nov 20, 2012 4 - 7 PM
The Dudley Green Greenhouse invites you to a family fun event on
November 20, 2012 from 4 to 7pm with a chance to buy fresh and healthy
food at a family friendly fall harvest.
Supporting local food production to grow the community, the Dudley Greenhouse will be celebrating:
- The Fall
- Thanksgiving
- The end of the harvest season
There will be vegetables to purchase, activities for children and the Mei Mei Street Kitchen Food Truck.
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 Uphams Corner Community Holiday Tree Lighting
Sat, Nov 24 2012
Volunteer and Celebrate in the Holiday Spirit:
- 3-5pm Decorate Uphams Corner business district
- 5-6pm Enjoy Santa and the Trolley
Come enjoy Goodie Bags, Hot Chocolate, Cookies, Holiday Music,
Caroling, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, and of course the Tree Lighting!
Meet at the Strand Theatre, mingle, spread good cheer and wait for Mr. and Mrs. Claus to arrive in their modern trolley.
(Corner of Columbia Rd and Hancock Street)
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Boston City Singers Jamaica Plain Winter Stars Concert
Sat, Dec 8, 2012
Boston City Singers Jamaica Plain Winter Stars Concert featuring
Jamaica Plain Training Chorus and Dorchester & Jamaica Plain Kodaly
Classes - 11:00 am - Hope Central Church, 85 Severans Street, Jamaica
Plain
Also in Uphams Corner Calendar
Boston City Singers Winter Stars Concert
Sun, Dec 16, 2012
Winter Stars Concert featuring Boston City Singers Concert Chorus (3
divisions and Dorchester Training Chorus at Holy Family Church, 24
Hartford St., Uphamâ₉„¢s Corner, Dorchester. Doors open at 2:30; Concert
at 3:00
Also in Uphams Corner Calendar
Boston City Singers - Dorchester Community Concert
Tue, Dec 18, 2012
Dorchester Community Concert featuring Boston City Singers Concert
Chorus and All Saints Choirs to benefit All Saints Church, 209 Ashmont
Street, Dorchester, 7:00 pm
Also in Uphams Corner Calendar
Featured from Prior Issues
Pilgrim Church - Celebrating 150 Years Unbroken Service to the Community
Nov 2, 2012
 Pilgrim Church formally begins their year-long 150th anniversary celebration on Nov
24, 2012 with a banquet at Florian Hall in Dorchester.
A time to honor the past, it is also a chance to look forward to
another 150 years of service.
The banquet marks the start of a building repair fund raising
campaign. Pilgrim Church is a proud member of the Uphams Corner
community and seeks to wear its heritage well.
This year's important anniversary is much more than the
celebration of a church and its spiritual message. As
a strong community entity, the church has established a track record of 150
years continuous service. Their history represents the
heritage and longevity of the Uphams Corner community itself.
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Chip in!! Support the Pilgrim Church. How You Can Help.
Letter from Rev. John Odams
For one-hundred and
fifty years, Pilgrim Church has been a source of help, hope,
and home to not just the Uphams Corner neighborhood but to the world
around.
Our Urban Ministry consists of: providing
emergency shelter for homeless men, distributing food on the Boston
Common, serving a free Saturday community lunch, flea market, food
pantry, sponsoring the Dorchester Deaf Club, free bread, Browse Thrift
Shop, service every Sunday morning 11am.
150th Celebration Banquet and Building Repair Campaign
To continue
our urban ministry and to maintain our position as a unique historical
landmark to Uphams Corner, we must address the most urgently needed
repairs to our building. Please consider attending the banquet, purchasing angel tickets,
advertising in our program, contributing to our building campaign.
Thank you in advance for your much needed assistance!
Rev. John Odams
Read more - Invitation & Application to Support Pilgrim Church
 Best Asian Garden 2012 - Kim Song
Nov 12, 2012
Kim Song is devoted to her gardening. Every morning throughout the
growing season, you can find her tending her plants, flowers, bushes and arrangements.
What
makes her gardening stand out is the replication.
Think of a miniature
garden created in a small pot, then multiply that a thousand fold and there you
have her creation and her love.
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Our Community Voices
My Mother, They Call her Rose
Nov 5, 2012
 Barbara Duggan shares the love she has for her mother, knowing her time is near.
"My mother - they call her Rose - is the reason that people (multiple generations now) choose to come to our laundromat.
She is the person whose presence impacts them. Her simplicity,
her spirituality, her thoughtfulness, her selflessness, her angelic
ways are authentic and unique. She has touched countless lives in
countless ways."
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Beautification
Awards Presented at Groom Humphreys
September 19, 2012
 The September meeting of the Groom Humphreys
Neighborhood Association included the presentation of
beautification awards to area residents by members of the Uphams Corner
Improvement Association (UCIA).
Mr. Hal Cohen who officiates these meetings made a special effort to
contact the award recipients encouraging them to attend the meeting to
personally receive their
awards.
The Improvement Association congratulated everyone for how much they
care about their section of Dorchester. "The four awards issued
is proof that residents care. All you have to do is take the time
to look and you will see the hidden beauty."
Mr. Octavio Miranda and family received the award for 56 Belden Street.
Mr. Eugene Hendrix and Mrs. Almarita Hendrix received the award for 20
Humphreys Street.
Congratulations to all. Read
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Upham's Corner InSight into the News
Annapolis Neighborhood Meeting Breaks Down in Shouting and Anger
Nov 25, 2012
 The
newly restarted Annapolis Neighborhood Meeting (after a one-year
hiatus) focused on the City of Boston designated "Problem Property",
27-37 Bakersfield Arms, that has negatively impacted the entire
neighborhood.
Multiple times, the meeting broke down in shouting and
anger. Wendy Risty, property owner, and Peter MacCarthy owner of Steps
to Solutions, a sober house operating out of that property responded to residents' questions.
Read More - Complete meeting report and Photos
Pilgrim Church's "Food Ministry" - An Anchor to the Community
One
of its most important of Pilgrim Church's urban ministries focuses on
ministering to the hungry - be it physically or spiritually
hungry.
Feeding people promotes the growth of community, sharing
and caring for one another.
Whether distributing food on the Boston Common, serving free Saturday
lunch, operating the church's Emergency Food Pantry or giving out free
bread, the church is seen as a source of help and a place to go to just
"be."
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Pilgrim Church 150th Anniversary Banquet
Nov 24, 2012
On the evening of November 2, 1862, during the Civil War, sixteen
persons gathered and formed Pilgrim Church. For one-hundred and
fifty years, Pilgrim Church has continued to be a source of help, hope,
and home to the world around.
On November 24, 2012, Pilgrim Church is
celebrating its 150th anniversary with a celebratory dinner. The event
will take place at 6pm at Florian Hall (55 Hallet Street).
From Rev. John Odams: "There's still time to order your tickets
for the banquet. Deadline is 12 NOON - Monday November 19, 2012."
After that please call the church (617-282-0456) to get "special seating" set aside
for those who always ... make ... decisions ... at the last minute.
Details at www.pilgrimchurch1862.org/150thanniversary.html
Tito Jackson 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Give Away
Fri Nov 16, 2012 4pm-7pm
District 7 City
Councillor Tito Jackson invites you to: 2nd Annual Tito Jackson Turkey
Give Away, in partnership with Yawkee Boys & Girls Club of
Roxbury - to provide for families in need of help
Friday, November
16th, 2012, 4PM-7PM,
Roxbury Boys & Girls Club, 115 Warren Street
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South Station Expansion Open Houses Nov 19 & Nov 20
Nov 19 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Nov 20 8:00am to 9:15am
 MassDOT
is leading an effort to improve and expand Boston South Station, and we
want to invite your participation and hear your ideas.
The open houses are opportunities to meet the project team and to
provide input. Located only a short walk from South Station, the
open houses will provde the same information - one for those who
prefer "before work" and one for "after work."
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Community Voices Initiative
 Uphams Corner Health Center Lauds Roberto Beltran
Nov 14, 2012
Roksana Pirog, Marketing and Promotions Manager for the Uphams Corner
Health Center, represents the health center and the community in
lauding the work of one of their employees, Roberto Beltran.
"The
Health Center was pleased that one of their model, hardworking
employees, Roberto Beltran, was interviewed, especially about his work
with the geriatric populations of Dorchester and profiled by the
Federal Government̢۪s Health and Human Services Department (HHS)."
Roksana asked that Uphams Corner News let everyone know about Mr. Beltran̢۪s work as part of the Community Voices Initiative.
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From the Editor's Desk
Bakersfield Arms - Affected Residents Left out of the Conversations
Nov 15, 2012
 Not without reason did the City̢۪s Problem Property Task Force
attach the "problem property" label to Bakersfield Arms. Whoever
was living there or visiting there, be it the sober house or regular
housing, someone or group of someones was bringing crime and a dramatic
reduction in the quality of life to this neighborhood.
Over the last two years, people / organizations made decisions that had
an immediate (negative) impact on the residents and the neighborhood,
but NOT ONCE did the decision makers including the City of Boston ask
the residents for their opinion.
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 Salsa and Merengue, Spanish Dancing at the Uphams Corner Branch
Oct 25, 2012
Salsa, merengue,fun, good teaching, great percussive instruments and a
terrific merengue performance is just part of the treasure
MetaMovements brought to the Uphams Corner library.
Everyone enjoyed themselves, learning new rhythms on instruments,
dancing to a Spanish beat on the dance floor or sitting back and
feeling the salsa rhythm imbue their bodies with a bit of toe-tapping
bounce.
MetaMovements is a dancing/gymnastics company in the Boston area that
helps participants attain a new fitness level through the medium of
dance.
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Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative Community Forum
Nov 17, 2012
 Mayor Thomas M. Menino invites you to the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative Community Forum -
"Building new connections to your neighborhood."
Please join us in the conversation about connecting the communities
along the Fairmount Corridor to economic opportunities, jobs, transit,
and housing.
We need your voice to help develop a vision for the future.
Childcare will be provided and there will be plenty of food to tide you
over for the four hours of planning time. Also prizes will be
awarded.
**Translation services available upon request
Boston Water & Sewer: Make a Difference in Your Neighborhood
Oct 15 - Nov 30, 2012
Boston Water & Sewer supports the City of Boston's "Autumn
Clean-up" from October 15 to November 30, 2012. While the focus
of their message is the fallen leaves blocking the drainage system, BWSC also says we (all of us) can make a difference by
getting together with our neighbors to clean up our "micro" areas
(neighborhoods).
Wouldn't it be nice if each tiny neighborhood (and there are literally thousands) would clean up in partnership with the City.
After all, the City promises to pick up the leaves if we manage to get
them into appropriately labelled barrels and paper bags.
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Flu Clinics at the Uphams Corner Health Center
Roksana Pirog from the Uphams Corner Health Center says:
Go ... Get ... Your ... Flushot. Boston Medical Center is already
reporting flu hospitalizations, and in the elderly population.
The health center has a few more flu clinics going on. Get your
flushot now before you get the flu since they don't help people once
theyâ₉„¢re been infected.
Featured from Prior Issues
Congratulations - Final Homes & Gardens Awards for 2012
Nov 12, 2012
The Uphams Corner Improvement Association (UCIA) has issued the final six
Beautification Awards to area homes for a total of 22 properties in
2012. This includes the Best Asian Garden award at 39 Pleasant
Street.
View Beautification
Awards Index to see all awards issued in 2012.
The Homes & Gardens
Beautification Award is given to Uphams Corner area residents
and businesses who maintain their property with pride, enhancing its
"curb appeal" and contributing to the overall beauty of Uphams
Corner. We consider condition and attractiveness of the property
and grounds, and how well the property fosters a spirit of beauty and
sustainability in the community.
For more information, contact the Uphams Corner Improvement
Association at UCImprove@gmail.com
713
Dudley Street
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Abrams
Management is to be commended for their quality landscaping at 713
Dudley Street.
Wrought iron fencing secures the garden plots
which are covered in attractive red mulch.
Planters brimming with
colorful flowers transform the front of the building to an idyllic
setting. Flowers include petunias, argeratum, marigolds, ivy
geranium and bacopa, all from Exotic Flowers in Roslindale.
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37
Humphreys Street
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A neat and well cared for home on a narrow lot with a small raised bed
plot that the owner has planted with vegetables (beans) and
ornamentals.
Showcasing the garden is a statue of the Virgin Mary surrounded by
Silver Cinneraria.
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21
Annabel Street
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Perched atop a hill, the ground is reached by climbing a set of stairs
making the visual landscaping easy to miss unless it is created to
attract the eye colorfully.
The gardener has selected a dense set of plantings whose colors
complement the blue and rust color tones of the house.
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15
Annapolis Street
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This home is neat and trim and well kept because the garden is behind a
chain-link fence.
However, the true beauty of the gardening is showcased only if you
climb the stairs and look down from the front porch.
From the distance, the red mulch is particularly effective at making
the flowers stand out.
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39 Pleasant Street
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Kim Song is devoted to her gardening. Every morning throughout
the growing season, you will find her tending her plants, flowers,
bushes and arrangements.
What makes her gardening stand out is the replication.
Think of a miniature garden created in a small pot, then multiply that
a thousand fold and there you have her creation and her love.
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52 Sumner Street
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Annapolis Housing,
maintained by the Boston Housing Authority, is a blocksized set of
apartment buildings, set close to the sidewalks.
Yet interior to
the complex is a remarkable courtyard with plants and flowers that
hug the foundations.
'Substantial gardens create an artist's
brushstroke to the rectilinear lines of the buildings. Color,
texture and surely the buzzinig bees add to the beauty.
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