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Fwd: [Porter square] SoupShack now open in Porter Square
by RUTH RYALS 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

I stopped in and picked up a takeout menu (remember those) and it looks good. But I haven's ordered yet. Also, Asian staff gives me hope they are authentic.... Ruth > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: 'KeishaD' via Porter Square Neighbors Association <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com> > To: "portersquare(a)googlegroups.com" <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com> > Date: 07/27/2021 9:19 AM > Subject: [Porter square] SoupShack now open in Porter Square > > > Hi, Moved to the neighborhood recently and noticed that a new restaurant, SoupShack, just opened in the Porter Square Shopping Center. > > Tried it out last night, and it's good! > > soupshacknoodles.com > > Just in case anyone has takeout fatigue : ) > > > > > > > -- > View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id > > -- > To post to this group, send email to portersquare(a)googlegroups.com > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/portersquare > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Porter Square Neighbors Association" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com mailto:portersquare+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/cri4RqOMqZSmYsU9B1MPISYtE66o… https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/cri4RqOMqZSmYsU9B1MPISYtE66o… . >

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Native Plant Sale Jul 30
by raryals 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Perennial Native Plant Sale. Perfect opportunity for local gardeners to replenish gardens, adding to them native plants. Wanting to join the pollinator pathway network and missing a few of the valuable plants you need to do so – this is your opportunity. Friday, 4:00 to 8:00 at Reservoir Church, 170 Rindge Avenue, North CambridgeSee more… JUL 30 <https://nextdoor.com/event/4065718/> 170 Rindge Ave -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: 7/30 Chelsea Food Collection
by RUTH RYALS 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

This will be the last collection guys, so let's make it good! > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Polly Attwood <polly.attwood(a)gmail.com> > To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> > Date: 07/26/2021 10:27 AM > Subject: 7/30 Chelsea Food Collection > > > Greetings Porter Squar e Area Neighbors!! > > As you know, this Friday, July 30 is the last weekly food collection for Chelsea. WE WILL CONTINUE on a MONTHLY BASIS, collecting food for delivery on the last Friday of the month starting in August (8/27) & going through at least December. > > A hearty THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this faithful commitment in support of the Chelsea community. > > Today's Globe had an interesting piece https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/25/metro/chelsea-partnership-wrapped-em… about the partnership between St. Luke's where Cohousing delivers the collected food and a local Chelsea restaurant, Bella Isla Cafe, that opened just as COVID arrived. > > FOR THIS WEEK, DROP OFF TIME: Friday, July 30, anytime from 9 am to 4 pm. Thank you! > > WHERE: 175 Richdale Ave entrance to Cohousing. Please leave items just inside the gate either, in or beside boxes marked FOR CHELSEA. > > Gift cards continue to be very welcome especially TJ Maxx, Target, Kohl's. > > REMEMBER TO DONATE ONLY THE FOOD ITEMS LISTED BELOW and be sure food is in original packaging. nothing can be open, or re-bagged in any way. if it is, we have to dispose of it. Thank you! > * Rice, 2-3 lb bags > * beans, dried and canned > * tomatoes, canned > * dry pasta > * tomato sauce > * soups > * peanut butter > * tuna > * unsweetened cereals > * baby food, unsweetened > PLEASE NO flour, sugar, condiments, or fresh foods (supplied by generous local food > > PLEASE NO flour, sugar, condiments, and especially NO fresh foods/vegetables or fruits (supplied by generous food producer) > > Please email Anne Tonachel (annert(a)gmail.com mailto:annert@gmail.com ) or myself (polly.attwood(a)gmail.com mailto:polly.attwood@gmail.com ) if you have any questions. > > Thank you for your continued support, the Chelsea food collection team at Cambridge CoHousing > > -- > "Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.” > ~James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time >

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I would blame it on the guns...
by raryals 25 Jul '21

25 Jul '21

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2021/07/20/safe-streets-safe-city-meeting-abou… -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Agassiz in the movies!
by raryals 25 Jul '21

25 Jul '21

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2021/07/19/the-agassiz-neighborhood-starred-in… -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Action Alert: Call for Game Changing Funding for the Mystic
by RUTH RYALS 21 Jul '21

21 Jul '21

Think about writing a letter, or making a call. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Mystic River Watershed Association <mysticriverwatershedassociation(a)mailman.bloomerang-mail.com> Date: 07/19/2021 9:58 AM Subject: Action Alert: Call for Game Changing Funding for the Mystic [Image] TAKE ONE MINUTE AND MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE FUNDING Attention Mystic Advocates! Massachusetts received $5.3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds. In addition to critical investments in housing, healthcare, and economic and workforce development, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest some of these funds in building more resilient communities. The hearings start on Tuesday, July 20th! So call your legislators this week to encourage them to use this funding to prepare for climate-related flooding and extreme heat while providing good-paying local jobs. PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL YOUR STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES THIS WEEK ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT: https://u5136098.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=fYmVSgyDX5yntxqUG-2Btn5kbgTWs… * $400 million for water and sewer infrastructure. When Tropical Storm Elsa dumped torrential rain on Massachusetts in early July, it was too much for our aging infrastructure, which dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Mystic River and Boston Harbor. This money will help communities upgrade their drinking water and wastewater systems against both torrential rains and droughts. * $300 million for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program. This program, currently funded at $10 million to $20 million per year, is the only statewide grant program available to cities and towns to help people and places become more climate resilient. With 351 communities in Massachusetts, even $300 million won’t go far enough. * $100 million for State Park facilities, Although big storms and wildfires get more attention, heat waves kill far more people. Our state parks have been underfunded for years, leaving many of them with run down facilities that are unwelcoming and even unsafe. This funding will allow many more people who can’t afford air conditioning or travel to stay cool in public parks for free. This is a game-changing amount of funding. Legislators get very few phone calls from voters. Your call will make a difference. If you have any questions, please email Julie Wormser mailto:julie.wormser@mysticriver.org , Deputy Director at the Mystic River Watershed Association. FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR https://u5136098.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=fYmVSgyDX5yntxqUG-2Btn5kbgTWs… Here's a sample call script or email you can use! Hi. My name is ___ and I’m a constituent. I heard that the legislature is holding public hearings on how to spend the American Rescue Plan Act money and I’d like to give my opinion. [pause for them to respond] I would like to see at least $800 million spent on local climate resilience: $400 million for water and sewer infrastructure, $300 million for Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grants, and $100 for state park facilities. [give the a personal reason why this funding is so important] Thank you very much! FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR https://u5136098.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=fYmVSgyDX5yntxqUG-2Btn5kbgTWs… Our Contact Information Mystic River Watershed Association 20 Academy St, Ste 306 Arlington, MA 02476-6401 781-316-3438 http://www.mysticriver.org https://u5136098.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=8PD-2FQ1whkQR1YfsA7jRBf2Nssy1…

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Fwd: Harvard Art Museums Reopening
by RUTH RYALS 21 Jul '21

21 Jul '21

Things are opening up. Let's pray they can stay open, > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Martha Tedeschi <am_info(a)harvard.edu> > To: rryals(a)comcast.net > Date: 07/20/2021 10:01 AM > Subject: Harvard Art Museums Reopening > > > > > > https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… > > > Dear Friends, > > With great enthusiasm, we today announced https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… our plans to reopen the Harvard Art Museums on Saturday, September 4! We are also excited to announce a new initiative that will make Sundays free to all visitors once we reopen. The museums will host preview days for members and supporters on Thursday and Friday, September 2–3, before opening to the public on Saturday the 4th. Read the full press release online https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… for all the details. > > We look forward to welcoming everyone to visit the museums in person, whether you know us well or are visiting for the first time. The galleries, study rooms, and the beloved Calderwood Courtyard have been re-energized with you in mind. > > We hope to see you soon! > > > > Martha Tedeschi > Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director > Harvard Art Museums > > > > Share this email http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=fb10799bcee187d59c770db20&id=80d… > Update your preferences https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/profile?u=fb10799bcee187d59c7… > Unsubscribe https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=fb10799bcee187d… > > > Photo: David Heald. > > > > > > > > > > https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… https://harvardartmuseums.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb10799bcee187d… > > > > > > >

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Fwd: 7/23 Chelsea Food collection and shift starting in August
by RUTH RYALS 21 Jul '21

21 Jul '21

Thank you Polly > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Polly Attwood <polly.attwood(a)gmail.com> > To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> > Date: 07/20/2021 4:24 PM > Subject: 7/23 Chelsea Food collection and shift starting in August > > > Hi Ruth -- I hope all is well for you in this summer of much rain and persistent delta variants, and that you are finding ways to enjoy friends/family and being outdoors. Below is the updated info about the Food collection for Chelsea. Thank you for continuing to post this on the Porter Sq area listserv! > take care, Polly (& Anne) > > Greetings Porter Squar e Area Neighbors!! > > The food collection at Cohousing for Chelsea will continue on a weekly basis through the end of July. > We have worked out a plan with Father Elgar at San Lucas Church in Chelsea where we deliver the food on Friday afternoons for distribution on Saturday. > We will shift in August to delivering food on the LAST FRIDAY of each month, at least through December. We will send notices out Monday-Friday of the last week of each month, reminding you of this opportunity to support the people of Chelsea. > > So please keep the food coming for this week and next (7/23 and 7/30) and then continue in the new pattern of once a month on the last Friday. > > FOR THIS WEEK, DROP OFF TIME: Friday, July 23, anytime from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Thank you! > > WHERE: 175 Richdale Ave entrance to Cohousing. Please leave items just inside the gate either, in or beside boxes marked FOR CHELSEA. > > Gift cards continue to be very welcome especially TJ Maxx, Target, Kohl's. > > REMEMBER TO DONATE ONLY THE FOOD ITEMS LISTED BELOW and be sure food is in original packaging. nothing can be open, or re-bagged in any way. if it is, we have to dispose of it. Thank you! > * Rice, 2-3 lb bags > * beans, dried and canned > * tomatoes, canned > * dry pasta > * tomato sauce > * soups > * peanut butter > * tuna > * unsweetened cereals > * baby food, unsweetened > PLEASE NO flour, sugar, condiments, or fresh foods (supplied by generous local food > > PLEASE NO flour, sugar, condiments, and especially NO fresh foods/vegetables or fruits (supplied by generous food producer) > > Please email Anne Tonachel (annert(a)gmail.com mailto:annert@gmail.com ) or myself (polly.attwood(a)gmail.com mailto:polly.attwood@gmail.com ) if you have any questions. > > Thank you for your continued support, the Chelsea food collection team at Cambridge CoHousing > > > -- > "Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.” > ~James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time >

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Fwd: Re: Recording of Mapping Feminist Cambridge: Central Square PROTECTING OUR BODIES & OUR LIVES!
by RUTH RYALS 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

> ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Shield, Emily" <eshield(a)cambridgema.gov> > To: "Sansoucy, Kimberly" <ksansoucy(a)cambridgema.gov> > Date: 07/19/2021 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: Recording of Mapping Feminist Cambridge: Central Square PROTECTING OUR BODIES & OUR LIVES! > > > I have heard from several people that the password generated from Zoom for this recording did not work. I think I have now eliminated the need for a password, so I hope the file is more easily accessible. > > Thanks for sticking with us as we are figuring this out! > > Topic: Mapping Feminist Cambridge: Central Square PROTECTING OUR BODIES & OUR LIVES > Date: Jul 15, 2021 05:32 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) > > Meeting Recording: > https://cambridgema.zoom.us/rec/share/Js6qkWaBSYQnQJd34a0e4hLatN8JJi4bZb396… > > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: Shield, Emily > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 10:06 AM > To: Sansoucy, Kimberly <ksansoucy(a)cambridgema.gov> > Subject: Recording of Mapping Feminist Cambridge: Central Square PROTECTING OUR BODIES & OUR LIVES! > > Thanks to the many of you who attended last night's event Mapping Feminist Cambridge: Central Square PROTECTING OUR BODIES & OUR LIVES! > > Because we added some additional security measures, it seems that some people had trouble accessing the zoom call. In the future, we will work to make sure we have a good balance of security and accessibility. Here is the recording of the event for those who missed the panel or if you want to revisit some of the great stories that were shared last night. > > Thanks again to the wonderful panelists and facilitators for the evening. We hope to begin have in-person tours in the late summer and fall too! > > Meeting Recording: > https://cambridgema.zoom.us/rec/share/_nAZbfvB5At6QJjAnTN4t4jLnC-tgSWkbw-I3… > > > > Access Passcode: j6hN9^txv > > Thank you! > Cambridge Women's Commission >

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Fwd: Please share on your list serves
by RUTH RYALS 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

> > This is important. > We cannot afford to lose anyone else to gun violence. > As many of you know, my family knew this trauma when my 2-yr -old nephew died from an accidental bullet fired from an "unloaded" gun. Many years ago, but still like yesterday. > Ruth > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Marc McGovern <marcmcgovern(a)gmail.com> > > To: Marc McGovern <marcmcgovern(a)gmail.com> > > Date: 07/18/2021 4:44 PM > > Subject: Please share on your list serves > > > > > > Councillor Denise Simmons and I will be hosting the first of several conversations regarding our youth and gun activity in our City. Young people are being lost, families are being traumatized and too many are falling through the cracks. We must do better. > > > > Marc McGovern > > City Councillor > > > > > > Flyer for Safe Streets July 21, 2021.jpg https://drive.google.com/file/d/17ArOnAKiH_nWVy3nCfo0oO1n-UumhMRk/view?usp=… > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.cambridgema.gov/news/2021/07/jointstatementregardingrecentshoot… > > > > >

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