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FW: [PSNA] Landscaper/Snow plowing
by Ruth Ryals 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

From: Amy Oliver <amy.oliver20(a)gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:19 PM To: "psna(a)lists.portersquare.net" <psna(a)lists.portersquare.net> Subject: [PSNA] Landscaper/Snow plowing Someone was looking for a landscaper/snow shoveling. Mathew Moynihan does both. He is a hard to find Native Cantabridgian lived here all his life. His original Email I sent was incorrect. Moynihan.matthew(a)yahoo.com.you Best, Amy Oliver Prudential Prime Properties amy.oliver20(a)gmail.com 781-405-5269 _______________________________________________ PSNA mailing list PSNA(a)lists.portersquare.net http://lists.portersquare.net/listinfo.cgi/psna-portersquare.net

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FW: [PSNA] CHRONICLE LETTER by Seth Zeren: "Giving Cambridge City Council final say on special permits creates issues"
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

FYI From: Charles Teague <charles.d.teague(a)gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:09 PM To: ACN LIST <association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: [PSNA] CHRONICLE LETTER by Seth Zeren: "Giving Cambridge City Council final say on special permits creates issues" FYI ... today's letter by Seth Zeren on the "Carlone Petition" which has a hearing at 4 PM tomorrow in the School Committee meeting room at the high school. > The City Council is discussing a zoning petition > <http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140709/NEWS/140707164/2012/OPINI… > > filed by Councilor Dennis Carlone that would take the authority to grant > special permits from the Planning Board and give it to the City Council. > I understand that some are frustrated with recent decisions made by the > Planning Board; with 90 years of hindsight, few in the planning profession > would suggest that the typical planning board process is perfect. There are > many ways that we could improve it; for example, requiring early community > meetings before a developer spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on a > complete design, or making better use of online forums to expand the number of > voices who can weigh in on projects. > I have worked for a municipality where the legislative branch had taken on the > power of granting special permits. The system was so problematic that there > were active attempts to move away from it. The underlying problems were: > · It increased the politicization of development. Project approval became even > more about appeasing the loudest neighbor on the block rather than meeting the > broader interests of the city. >> Developers call on each councilor, one by one, asking, "Can we make a deal?" >> Political insiders have more power to control development, backroom deals >> will shape projects, and approvals will be more piecemeal instead of >> comprehensive, as advocated by the new Master Plan initiative. >> · City councilors are not experts in development, zoning or planning, making >> them less able to review the fine points of a proposal or to evaluate the >> tradeoffs in the design. Project review can take up an incredible amount of >> time time that could be better spent on improving the zoning ordinance or >> championing a new Master Plan. The membership of the Planning Board should >> have the skills to more effectively review projects, facilitate meetings, and >> hold all parties responsible to their agreements where that is not the >> case, by all means, let's adjust the membership of the board. >> · The overall process of development becomes less certain, for neighbors as >> well as developers. Uncertainty weeds out many small developers and pushes >> projects to be ever larger because only a large project can cover the >> overhead of years of wrangling over permits. >> · Once you've got the power to control development, and please the most >> passionate neighbors, and voters, it's really hard to give it up even if it >> has negative effects on the city as a whole. >> The City Council already has the ability to guide development by amending the >> zoning ordinance and setting the city's policy vision. Rather than approving >> this proposal, the council should take steps to improve our existing process >> and focus on studying how we can slow the rising cost of housing to retain >> low- and middle-income families. There are many ways that changes can be made >> to the planning process without turning every major development into a >> political football that will be subject to political pressure of special >> interests groups whether those groups are developers or residents. >> >> Seth Zeren, Chestnut St, Cambridgeport >> >> see: >> http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140729/NEWS/140726544 _______________________________________________ PSNA mailing list PSNA(a)lists.portersquare.net http://lists.portersquare.net/listinfo.cgi/psna-portersquare.net

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FW: [PSNA] Monarch Watch and other August Programs at Fresh Pond
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

From: "Lindquist, Kirsten" <klindquist(a)cambridgema.gov> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:26 PM To: "psna(a)portersquare.net" <psna(a)portersquare.net> Subject: [PSNA] Monarch Watch and other August Programs at Fresh Pond Hello Porter Square neighbors, Greetings from Fresh Pond Reservation! August will be packed with educational events and volunteer opportunities in our urban wild, and we hope you will be able to join us. Highlights include: - Water treatment facility tour - Composting Workshop by Public Works - Fresh Pond Monarch Watch events - Ranger Jean¹s ³Honk!² workshop - and more! Follow these links to check out the complete August schedule (Monarch Watch events are also listed on the August Programs schedule): August Programs at Fresh Pond <https://www.cambridgema.gov/Water/freshpondreservation/publicprogramsatfres hpond/spring2014programschedule.aspx> Fresh Pond Monarch Watch <https://www.cambridgema.gov/Water/freshpondreservation/freshpondmonarchwatc h.aspx> Please don¹t hesitate to contact me for more details, or with any questions about Fresh Pond. Cheers, Kirsten Lindquist Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Fresh Pond Reservation City of Cambridge Water Department (617) 349-6489 --- Kirsten Lindquist Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator - Fresh Pond Reservation City of Cambridge Water Department 250 Fresh Pond Parkway Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 349-6489 _______________________________________________ PSNA mailing list PSNA(a)lists.portersquare.net http://lists.portersquare.net/listinfo.cgi/psna-portersquare.net

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Re: [Neighbors] FW: Hi
by halmgren＠comcast.net 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Hi Everyone A friend of mine is arriving this wkend to begin a job as IT expert in the financial district. The job just came through & he needs both a long term rental and a shorter term place to live while looking for an apt. He is 54, was born in Jamaica, grew up in the UK & NYC. He owns a house in the Hudson Valley & is handy. His name is Barry Hylton, and he plans to stay in a hotel or Air BnB situation until he gets settled. The rents are so high these days he is open to a house or apt share as long as he has his own bathroom. His first choice is renting a studio or bdrm near the T. Please contact me if you have any leads. Shares almost always work out better if there is a personal connection than moving in with strangers. Thanks, Holly Original Message=================== <html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Anyone need live in help?</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Margot Welch <br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:47 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Alan Harwood <br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Fwd: Hi<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Adam is a wonderful young man who lived in Sanford Gifford's home for several years; I met him in the winter and hoped he would come across the street to spend his last year here with us but someone else got in touch before I knew that he was still looking so I'm sharing this with you. You can see from what he's written that he's special - and he is very attached to our neighborhood.  He has a year left at the Divinity School and then will be off for Omaha, his hometown.  Please get in touch with him soon if you might like to have the pleasure of his presence and his help during the coming year. You will, I'm sure, not be sorry - just to meet him!<div><br></div><div>Margot</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div></span></span></div><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Adam Vander Tuig <<a href="mailto:acv588@mail.harvard.edu" target="_blank">acv588(a)mail.harvard.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Re: Hi</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">July 28, 2014 9:59:22 PM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Margot Welch<br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr">Margot,<div><br></div><div>I hope this finds you well. </div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, I'm getting ready to make a move out of Hillside. The place was sold a week or two ago and the three of us hope to clean most of the rest of the place out. Our final day is August 17.</div><div><br></div><div>What I'd most love, if you know of anyone interested,  is another opportunity to provide care and companionship for someone in need of, or just interested in that kind of housemate. Living at no cost with Sanford allowed me to send significant money home to Omaha to support my son's preschooling while I'm here as a graduate student at HDS; in exchange, I was happy and eager to provide Sanford with chauffeuring/companionship, and otherwise on-site help living in with him at Hillside (helping out around the house, assisting him generally in terms of mobility, etc). This is all a familiar circumstance for me as my father was diagnosed with MS when I was 7 -- his illness was at the center of our household. This kind of care and companionship is something I've had a tremendous amount of experience with.</div><div><br></div><div>In any case -- you're correct that I have one more year at Harvard Divinity and then it's likely back to Omaha for me. I'd so love to stay in Porter as I've had such a meaningful (and purposeful) time at Hillside and in the neighborhood. I'd appreciate any help, of course, and hope you're well in the meantime. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Adam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></span></body></html> _______________________________________________ Neighbors mailing list Neighbors(a)buenavistasocialclub.org http://mailman.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo/neighbors

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FW: Hi
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Anyone need live in help? From: Margot Welch Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:47 AM To: Alan Harwood Subject: Fwd: Hi Adam is a wonderful young man who lived in Sanford Gifford's home for several years; I met him in the winter and hoped he would come across the street to spend his last year here with us but someone else got in touch before I knew that he was still looking so I'm sharing this with you. You can see from what he's written that he's special - and he is very attached to our neighborhood. He has a year left at the Divinity School and then will be off for Omaha, his hometown. Please get in touch with him soon if you might like to have the pleasure of his presence and his help during the coming year. You will, I'm sure, not be sorry - just to meet him! Margot Begin forwarded message: > From: Adam Vander Tuig <acv588(a)mail.harvard.edu> > Subject: Re: Hi > Date: July 28, 2014 9:59:22 PM EDT > To: Margot Welch > > Margot, > > I hope this finds you well. > > Indeed, I'm getting ready to make a move out of Hillside. The place was sold a > week or two ago and the three of us hope to clean most of the rest of the > place out. Our final day is August 17. > > What I'd most love, if you know of anyone interested, is another opportunity > to provide care and companionship for someone in need of, or just interested > in that kind of housemate. Living at no cost with Sanford allowed me to send > significant money home to Omaha to support my son's preschooling while I'm > here as a graduate student at HDS; in exchange, I was happy and eager to > provide Sanford with chauffeuring/companionship, and otherwise on-site help > living in with him at Hillside (helping out around the house, assisting him > generally in terms of mobility, etc). This is all a familiar circumstance for > me as my father was diagnosed with MS when I was 7 -- his illness was at the > center of our household. This kind of care and companionship is something I've > had a tremendous amount of experience with. > > In any case -- you're correct that I have one more year at Harvard Divinity > and then it's likely back to Omaha for me. I'd so love to stay in Porter as > I've had such a meaningful (and purposeful) time at Hillside and in the > neighborhood. I'd appreciate any help, of course, and hope you're well in the > meantime. > > Sincerely, > Adam > > >

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FW: [PSNA] [cportneighbors] Re: the Allston St. fire
by Ruth Ryals 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

If you want to help.. From: Jaime Lederer <jaime.lederer(a)gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:56 PM To: <psna(a)lists.portersquare.net> Subject: [PSNA] [cportneighbors] Re: the Allston St. fire A fund has been set up to support some of the victims of the Allston St. Fire. You can read more about it here: http://www.gofundme.com/c6ck28 On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:52 PM, <psna-request(a)lists.portersquare.net> wrote: > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:27:16 -0400 > From: Charles Teague <charles.d.teague(a)gmail.com> > To: FPRA LIST <fresh-pond-residents-alliance(a)googlegroups.com>, > ALLIANCE CORE LIST > <cambridge-residents-alliance-core(a)googlegroups.com>, ACN LIST > <association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods(a)googlegroups.com>, > FAWCETT > LIST <FawcettOilNeighbors(a)googlegroups.com>, CODACAM LIST > <codacam(a)googlegroups.com>, 57JFK LIST > <hsdf-57jfk(a)googlegroups.com>, > NCC LIST <ncc-neighbors(a)googlegroups.com>, psna(a)lists.portersquare.net > Subject: [PSNA] Fwd: [cportneighbors] Re the Allston St. fire > Message-ID: > <CAN=Hs0oLrQ5i+A_9BRMVbwgONRem=VQD89DggOBwc2+qUbAKNQ(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:VQD89DggOBwc2%2BqUbAKNQ@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > here's the link to The Chronicle article: > http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140727/NEWS/140727179 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cathie Zusy cathzusy(a)gmail.com [cportneighbors] < > cportneighbors-noreply(a)yahoogroups.com> > Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:06 PM > Subject: [cportneighbors] Re the Allston St. fire > To: cportneighbors(a)yahoogroups.com > > > > > Was just at the Morse. Heard 5 buildings were destroyed. 34 people have > registered for help so far. The Red Cross has set up at ?warming > center?/reception at the Morse School. Pizza is about to be served and > Whole Foods will provide dinner tonight. > The City Manager is locating hotels for families (who need them) to move > into for tonight. > > Re donations: Vice Mayor Dennis Benzan was on the scene. He said that > donations could be made through the Mayor?s Office. We don?t know if these > will be tax deductible. People can also donate generally to the Red Cross > at redcross.org <http://redcross.org> , but this won?t go to our Allston > neighbors in particular. > The Red Cross will be assigning case workers to the folks who registered. > Apparently gift cards are always welcome. > > More about how we as neighbors can help as this becomes more clear. Many of > the folks were from the Jamaica, including one CRLS graduate who was a > football star, and just back from Kuwait and a USA all-star game there. > You?ll have to catch the evening news for that story! > Cathie > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: Cathie Zusy <cathzusy(a)gmail.com> > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post -- Jaime Lederer, MSW, MPH _______________________________________________ PSNA mailing list PSNA(a)lists.portersquare.net http://lists.portersquare.net/listinfo.cgi/psna-portersquare.net

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FW: Room for Rent
by Ruth Ryals 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Begin forwarded message: > > > > Furnished room with private access, on a quiet, residential street in > Watertown near the Cambridge line. Large closet, kitchen privileges, > washer/dryer. Excellent transportation to Belmont and Cambridge. No smoking, > no pets. Monthly rent: $400. If interested, call Gaye Bennes at 617-924-3570 > or email gayebennes(a)verizon.net.

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Paddy's 80th birthday block party
by Ruth Ryals 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

See the attached invitation to the Block Party in celebration of Paddy's (yes, the bar) 80th year, 6-11pm Aug 16th 260 Walden St.

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FW: House cleaning
by Ruth Ryals 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

Anyone know a housecleaner to recommend? From: Rose Moss <rosermoss(a)gmail.com> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:56 PM To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> Subject: House cleaning Dear Ruth, I am sorry to trouble you though I hear you are recoveriing from surgery. I hope you return to full health soon. And I hope your neighborhood network is still working. I need someone to clean my apartment at least once a month. Perhaps someone in the network knows a good person. Rose

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FW: Car break in at 98 Avon Hill
by Ruth Ryals 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

The Dee's car was broken in to on Washington St., not sure of the details. I urged them to file a police report. Ruth Begin forwarded message: > From: "Doiron, Maryann" <MDoiron(a)StateStreet.com> > Subject: Car break in at 98 Avon Hill > Date: July 17, 2014 1:55:35 PM EDT > To: <margot.welch(a)verizon.net> > Cc: "'robemslie98(a)gmail.com'" <robemslie98(a)gmail.com> > > Hi Margot, > > Our car was broken into last night. It was parked in front of our house. No > serious damage - a few items taken. We are filing a police report. > > Could you please send this e-maill to your dist list? > > Thanks, > > Maryann > > Maryann Doiron

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