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Fwd: [Porter square] Fwd: Summer residency!
by RUTH RYALS 09 Feb '23

09 Feb '23

God bless them! > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Janie Katz-Christy <jkatzchristy(a)gmail.com> > To: undisclosed-recipients@missing-domain, missing-domain > Date: 02/09/2023 11:00 AM > Subject: [Porter square] Fwd: Summer residency! > > > Hi all, > > I am sharing the following in case you know anyone who might be interested. > > Haley House is a beautiful community organization in the South End that has a summer residency program, as well as lots of other volunteer opportunities. My oldest and their partner live there and really love it. Living there is a fantastic opportunity to also get to know Boston in a very homey way. > > Please post and share widely with appropriate groups or people. Many thanks! > > Warmly, > Janie > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Mo Katz-Christy <mkatzchristy(a)gmail.com mailto:mkatzchristy@gmail.com > > Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:22 PM > Subject: Summer residency! > To: Janie Katz-Christy <jkatzchristy(a)gmail.com mailto:jkatzchristy@gmail.com > > > Hi there, > > My name is Mo and I’m a live-in community member at Haley House. We are an intentional community dedicated to breaking down barriers between people, empowering individuals, and strengthening neighborhoods through the power of food and community. Our programs include a soup kitchen, food pantry, community cooking classes, an urban farm, and a school garden. > > We have a variety of short-term and long-term volunteer opportunities at Haley House (more information here http://halaeyhouse.org/volunteer ) and I’m so excited to share that we have opened applications for the 2023 Haley House summer residency! > > Summer residents at Haley House collaboratively manage the Haley House soup kitchen, prepare nutritious meals for those experiencing homelessness and hardship, and help create a warm, safe and welcome environment for our guests and the broader Haley House community. They’ll join us in our work and life and build lasting relationships with other live-ins and guests. Summer residents also get to spend a summer living in community with each other and with the longer-term residence in the South End! > > We welcome 3-5 summer residents for the duration of the summer months, with some flexibility around start and end date. This is a volunteer role, where residents live upstairs and have food and housing in exchange for their service and contributions in the soup kitchen. > > Feel free to share the poster I attached below, which includes more information about Haley House and a QR code for the application https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJiobC22TpG3pyVCyk7BrO2ibew45228U… , with your community! The application due date is March 5th, 2023. Please reach out with any questions! > > Thanks, > Mo Katz-Christy > they/them > mkatzchristy(a)haleyhouse.org > mailto:mkatzchristy@haleyhouse.org > > > > -- > 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/CAGWWEawXNKMt-na1HwCd_G0kC4L… https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/CAGWWEawXNKMt-na1HwCd_G0kC4L… . >

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Fwd: [Porter square] Fwd: Reminder today at 12:30PM Housing committee meeting on massive AHO up zoning
by raryals 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

I am with Suzanne on this. I am not against development and I am for building affordable housing, but the proposed buildings are just too big. Write the council now, and speak up. Ruth ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Blier, Suzanne" <blier(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: 02/08/2023 9:49 AM Subject: Reminder today at 12:30PM Housing committee meeting on massive AHO up zoning Please write to city council and sign up to speak at the Housing Committee meeting today on the massive AHO citywide upzoning to bring 25 story AHO towers to our squares and 7-13 story towers to our avenues, and larger units elsewhere. The meeting is at 12:30 today. Sign up to speak here: cambridgema.gov/publiccomment Write to city council HERE: bazeem(a)cambridgema.gov; dcarlone(a)cambridgema.gov; amallon(a)cambridgema.gov; mmcgovern(a)cambridgema.gov; pnolan(a)cambridgema.gov; ssiddiqui(a)cambridgema.gov; dsimmons(a)cambridgema.gov; ptoner(a)cambridgema.gov; qzondervan(a)cambridgema.gov; clerk(a)cambridgema.gov; There is an op ed in the Cambridge Day on this here: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/02/07/instead-of-affordable-housing-overl… The actual petition language is HERE <https://www.cccoalition.org/uploads/1/2/5/9/125984883/aho_amendment.pdf>. Suzanne -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/800582515.1750781.1675871129… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/800582515.1750781.1675871129…> . -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Good G..!
by raryals 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Cambridge Police Department <https://nextdoor.com/agency-detail/ma/cambridge/cambridge-police-department…>[image: Local Agency]Director of Communications & Media Relations Jeremy Warnick <https://nextdoor.com/profile/7153012/> • 5 days ago <https://nextdoor.com/p/rPq7zsbsDzYg?view=detail> We wanted to make the community aware of four notable public safety responses that have occurred since Friday. Each response involved residents who were struggling with mental health issues. Three of the four involved residents were armed. Yet, each situation was resolved peacefully without any injuries to anyone involved and the residents were transported to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment. Last night, officers responded to a report of an adult son in his 40s experiencing a severe level of psychosis, threatening to kill their parents, and armed with a knife. The parents ran out of their Cambridge house – leaving a door unlocked for officers – and locked themselves inside their vehicle until police arrived. The son then barricaded himself in a room within the house and refused to leave the room. After officers arrived and gained access to the house, they located the son and were able to begin communicating with him through a door. The Community Behavioral Health Center at the deCambridge Health Alliance was then contacted by Emergency Communications, and a clinician was dispatched, while officers from the Crisis Negotiation Unit arrived on-site and maintained verbal communication with the son in hopes of building trust and rapport. Three hours later, the son eventually opened the door. When the situation was determined to be safe, the clinician spoke with the son and he agreed to be transported by Pro EMS to a local hospital for an evaluation. On Monday, officers responded to the 1000 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a report of a person setting a bush on fire. Officers responded to this location and located a Cambridge man in his 40s across the street with a lighter in his hand next to a smoldering bush. While investigating, officers also located multiple piles of trash that had been burned; one pile was located on top of an electrical outlet. The Cambridge Fire Department extinguished the burnt property and the male was safely taken into custody by the police. He was charged with four counts of “Burn Personalty,” as he also was determined to be the suspect of a previous incident in which a fire was set to a church dumpster located in an alley way on Mt. Auburn Street a few days earlier. On Sunday, officers responded to a reported domestic incident in which an adult son in his 20s was suffering an escalating mental health crisis and damaging property inside his family’s Cambridge home with a hammer. When officers arrived on scene and attempted to speak with the son, he threatened to kill a parent and officers while holding the hammer. He then locked himself inside of a room within the house. During that time, a supervisor brought in the 40mm Less Lethal tool. After a few minutes, he exited with the hammer and an officer displayed the 40mm Less Lethal, gave the male verbal commands, and the son complied by dropping the hammer. He was walked to a Pro EMS ambulance staged outside the home and involuntarily transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and treatment. A sweep inside the room, where the son locked himself inside, was conducted and officers located and recovered the hammer, along with a long knife, an airsoft gun, and tactical gear. Finally, a Cambridge male in his 20s was transported to the Bridgewater State Hospital on Friday after careful coordination was conducted by Cambridge Police with a university police department, hospital staff and local service providers, the District Attorney’s office, and a local judge. The male was initially sectioned to a local hospital on Monday, January 23rd after he was threatening students on campus with a baseball bat, used racial slurs, punched a college student in an unprovoked attack, and intimidated them due their sexual orientation. While at the hospital, he assaulted at least five employees during his stay. Officers transported him straight from the hospital to Cambridge District Court and a local judge ordered that he receive longer-term treatment and evaluations at the Bridgewater State Hospital. As a reminder, the state recently launched several programs to make it easier for children, teens, and adults to get help for mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Everyone in Massachusetts now has access to a free 24-hour behavioral health hotline (833-773-2445) and a state-funded network of 25 Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) that serve every community in the Commonwealth. These programs were created as part of the state’s Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform plan. Cambridge residents can access services locally through the Community Behavioral Health Center at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). Services include free 24-hour CHA Access and a Crisis Line: 833-222-2030. -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: City of Cambridge Online Business Survey
by RUTH RYALS 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

Pass this on to any Cambridge businesses you frequent. Ruth > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Paul Toner <paulftoner(a)gmail.com> > Date: 02/07/2023 2:19 PM > Subject: City of Cambridge Online Business Survey > > > > > Please share this with any and all businesses in Cambridge and ask them to fill out this survey > > > Thanks, > > > Paul > > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > City of Cambridge Online Business Survey > February 07, 2023 > The survey is open to all Cambridge businesses through February 20, 2023. > > In its ongoing efforts to identify ways to serve the community better, the City of Cambridge is currently conducting a business opinion survey. The survey provides a mechanism that enables Cambridge businesses, both large and small, to rate City services and offer input on what the City of Cambridge does well and where it can improve. > > The online survey is open through 11:59 p.m. on February 20, 2023, and it should take a business owner or non-profit executive approximately 10 minutes to complete.   > > Click here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y2XRTPT  to begin the survey. > > For more information, please email lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov mailto:lgianetti@cambridgema.gov . > > > Paul Toner > 617-216-7305 > Paulftoner(a)gmail.com mailto:Paulftoner@gmail.com > > mailto:Paulftoner@gmail.com https://twitter.com/PFToner https://www.facebook.com/PFToner https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulftoner/ > >

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help!
by RUTH RYALS 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

I am the founder/administrator of this group and you have no match for my email when I try to reset a forgotten password? Ruth Ryals rryals(a)comcast.net

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Fwd: Members Sought for City of Cambridge Planning Board
by RUTH RYALS 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

> ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Ini Tomeu <itomeu(a)cambridgema.gov> > Date: 02/06/2023 1:30 PM > Subject: Members Sought for City of Cambridge Planning Board > > > > > City of Cambridge > > Contact: Ini Tomeu, Public Information Officer > PIO(a)cambridgema.gov mailto:pio@cambridgema.gov > > For Immediate Release > > Members Sought for City of Cambridge Planning Board > > Cambridge, MA, February 6, 2023 -- The City of Cambridge is seeking members to serve on the Planning Board. All Cambridge residents are invited to apply. > > The Planning Board is made up of Cambridge residents who make recommendations and decisions about urban development on behalf of the City of Cambridge. The Planning Board has seven full members and two associate members who are appointed by the City Manager, and then approved by the City Council. Members generally serve a 5-year term. All members can participate in Planning Board discussions. > > The Planning Board meets regularly in a public forum to discuss the city’s urban planning objectives, and apply them in the following ways: > > * Reviewing major urban development proposals, granting certain types of special permits when they are needed, and putting conditions on special permit approval. The Planning Board reviews about 20-25 special permit cases each year. > * Reviewing proposed amendments to the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance, which sets rules for urban development, and making recommendations to the City Council. The Planning Board reviews about 10-15 proposed zoning amendments each year. > * Making recommendations to the Board of Zoning Appeal (BZA) on some cases. The BZA is a different board that grants some special permits and variances. > * Discussing other city planning efforts. > > Anyone who lives in Cambridge can apply to serve on the Planning Board. You don’t need to be a homeowner. The city is committed to advancing a culture of antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. All board and commission members in Cambridge must have the ability to work and interact effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies. Women, Black, Indigenous and other people of color, veterans, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. > > No specific professional background is needed to serve on the Planning Board. However, since a big part of the Planning Board’s role is reviewing building plans and designs, it is important that members have a strong interest and enthusiasm for urban design and how it shapes the community. Successful members of the Planning Board will be able to: > > * Engage in a constructive discussion of urban planning topics, including urban design, transportation, housing, infrastructure planning, public space, and other topics > * Listen to people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives and consider different points of view > * Visit and learn about different parts of Cambridge, and bring experience from other cities that members have visited, lived in, or learned about > * Ask critical questions and make sure to get clear answers > * Work toward constructive solutions to complex problems > * Collaborate and build consensus with a group of people > * Learn about and understand the laws related to planning and zoning > * Make reasonable decisions on behalf of the City that follow those laws > > We strongly suggest that people who are interested in the Planning Board attend or watch a Planning Board meeting. Visit www.cambridgema.gov/planningboard https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV… to learn about upcoming meetings. Archived video of meetings can be found on the city’s website here https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV… (then scroll to “Available Archives” / “Planning Board”). > > By state law, all board members need to complete training in ethics and conflict-of-interest laws. The city’s Law Department also provides training and assistance to Planning Board members on legal issues. The city provides training to employees on topics including Preventing Sexual Harassment and Valuing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These trainings will be available to Planning Board members and may be required. > > The Planning Board is supported by professional planning staff in the Community Development Department, with added support from the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department, the Department of Public Works, and others. Staff give written reports to Planning Board members on cases that are before them, and are also available if members have questions. Staff may also develop training on other topics that are relevant to the Planning Board’s work and may direct Planning Board members to training offered by outside organizations. > > The Planning Board usually meets 2-4 times each month on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Meetings can last about 3-4 hours. Members are expected to attend most meetings. > > The Massachusetts Open Meeting Law usually requires meetings to be in person. However, the Planning Board has been meeting remotely under the temporary Open Meeting Law provisions established during the COVID-19 pandemic and may continue to meet remotely through March 2023. For remote meetings, Planning Board members will need to have a computer or other device with an internet connection, camera, and microphone that can support video conferencing. It is also helpful to have a private place to attend remote meetings without distractions. > > Members can expect to spend about 2-4 hours before each meeting reviewing materials such as plans and documents, which are sent to members about 5 days before each meeting. Some members find it helpful to visit sites that they are reviewing in person, but it is not required. > > Starting in January 2023, Planning Board members will get $6,000 per year as a stipend. This stipend is meant to offset the annual out-of-pocket costs that members might need to pay to make it possible to serve on the Planning Board, such as child care, transportation, and other expenses. > > People interested in being considered should apply by using the city’s online application system at www.cambridgema.gov/apply https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV… and selecting “Planning Board” in the list of Current Vacancies. You can also obtain a paper application in the City Manager’s Office at Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue. During the application process, you should provide a cover letter to explain why you are interested in being on the Planning Board, and a résumé or summary of applicable experience. Experience can include both professional and volunteer work. > > The deadline for submitting applications is Monday, March 6, 2023. > > If you have questions, contact Swaathi Joseph in the Community Development Department at 617-349-4668 or sjoseph(a)cambridgema.gov mailto:sjoseph@cambridgema.gov or visit www.cambridgema.gov/planningboard. https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV… > > -###- > > https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV… >

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Fwd: Remembering Alice Wolf
by RUTH RYALS 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

Maya Angelo (and Pat Jehlen) have it right. > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Senator Pat Jehlen <pat(a)electpatjehlen.org> > Date: 02/03/2023 11:44 AM > Subject: Remembering Alice Wolf > > > > > View this email in your browser https://mailchi.mp/electpatjehlen/remembering-alice-wolf?e=5195d574ca > > Dear Neighbor, > > We are mourning the death and celebrating the life of an extraordinary, inspiring leader, Alice Wolf. > > Long before I met Alice, I heard about her courageous, progressive leadership as a Cambridge School Committee member, city councilor and mayor. She fought for many issues that were extremely controversial at the time - and won: making Cambridge a sanctuary city, making condoms available at the high school, allowing domestic partnerships in the city before equal marriage was legal, and keeping rent control (until a state-wide ballot question ended it). After her election to the House, one of her most significant victories was in helping protect equal marriage. > > I was very fortunate to serve with Alice for four years as co-chairs of the Committee on Elder Affairs. We were particularly proud to pass her very important bill regulating nursing home dementia care units, as well as the Silver Alert program. We also worked to stabilize the Adult Day Health Program. The photo is of the Dementia Care Units bill signing with Gov. Patrick. > > One of her major achievements, after years of persistent work, https://electpatjehlen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1afb18c1b75b287a2a… was the passage of Chapter 222, https://electpatjehlen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1afb18c1b75b287a2a… which made school discipline fairer, reduced the number and length of school exclusions, and ensured that students continued to make progress during exclusions. Alice continued that important work after retiring from the legislature, as a senior advisor at Mass. Advocates for Children. > > Alice and I also worked together for many years on the Equal Pay Act, which reduced the wage gap for women and people of color, as I will write about in my next newsletter. The photo is of us at the bill signing with Dorothy Simonelli, one of the Everett cafeteria workers whose unsuccessful lawsuit demanding equal pay with custodians got Alice and me to file our bill. > > If Alice and her family, like thousands of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe, had been turned away, it would have been an incredible loss. Shaped by that experience, she led many hard fights for people with less access to power. Her purpose and influence live on in so many people she mentored and inspired to carry on those fights. > > This poem has been on my mind since learning of Alice's death: > > When Great Trees Fall   > by Maya Angelou > > When great trees fall,  > rocks on distant hills shudder,  > lions hunker down  > in tall grasses,  > and even elephants  > lumber after safety.   > > When great trees fall  > in forests,  > small things recoil into silence,  > their senses  > eroded beyond fear.   > > When great souls die,  > the air around us becomes  > light, rare, sterile.  > We breathe, briefly. > Our eyes, briefly,  > see with  > a hurtful clarity.  > Our memory, suddenly sharpened,  > examines,  > gnaws on kind words  > unsaid,  > promised walks  > never taken.  > > Great souls die and  > our reality, bound to  > them, takes leave of us.  > Our souls,  > dependent upon their  > nurture,  > now shrink, wizened.  > Our minds, formed  > and informed by their  > radiance, fall away.  > We are not so much maddened  > as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of > dark, cold  > caves.   > > And when great souls die,  > after a period peace blooms,  > slowly and always  > irregularly. Spaces fill  > with a kind of  > soothing electric vibration.  > Our senses, restored, never  > to be the same, whisper to us.  > They existed. They existed.  > We can be. Be and be  > better. For they existed. > > > > > > > > > [Twitter] https://electpatjehlen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1afb18c1b75b287a2a… > [Facebook] https://electpatjehlen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1afb18c1b75b287a2a… > [Campaign Website] https://electpatjehlen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1afb18c1b75b287a2a… > > > > > >

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Fwd: Porter Square Remedies Community Meeting Notice
by raryals 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Adrienne Dean <adrienne(a)adean.law> Date: Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 5:29 PM Subject: Porter Square Remedies Community Meeting Notice To: <raryals(a)gmail.com> As requested, please find attached the flyer for Porter Square Remedies Community Meetings (in-person and online). Thank you. -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Attention Artists: Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest Returns
by raryals 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Brianna Garcia <bgarcia(a)cambridgema.gov> Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 4:22 PM Subject: Attention Artists: Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest Returns *City of Cambridge Community Development Department* *Contact:* Brianna Garcia, Communications Manager BGarcia(a)cambridgema.gov *For Immediate Release* *Attention Artists: Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest Returns* *Winners will receive a $1,000 prize and have their artwork displayed in vacant storefront windows* *CAMBRIDGE, MA, February 1, 2023* --The City of Cambridge invites local artists to submit their illustrations, prints, photographs, or other 2D media to the third Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest. Six winners each will receive a $1,000 prize and their artwork will be displayed in windows of vacant commercial properties in Cambridge. This will be the first Vacant Storefront Design Contest since 2020. Applications will be accepted from Feb. 1, 2023 through March 1, 2023. The Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest program began in 2019 in partnership with Cambridge Arts and aims to energize neighborhoods and support local artists by filling empty storefront windows with reproductions of local artwork. For the 2023 contest, a jury will select 12 to15 finalists and the public will vote to select six winners. These winning designs will be available for Cambridge property owners to print and display in vacant ground-floor storefronts throughout the city. “After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m thrilled that we are able to hold this contest once again,” said Assistant City Manager for Community Development Iram Farooq. “This contest gives us an opportunity to celebrate local artists, connect to the community in new ways, and add vibrancy to our neighborhoods." To enter the contest, artists must upload their original artwork as a high-resolution PDF to an online submission form between Feb. 1 through March 1, 2023. Each artist may submit up to three pieces for consideration. Designs must be original and not infringe on any copyrighted material. Winning artists from the 2019 and 2020 Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contests are not eligible to participate. Finalists will be announced in March 2023, followed by a public vote to determine the winners. The six winners will be announced in April 2023. For more information about the contest’s submission and selection process, visit cambridgema.gov/storefront-contest <https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfV…> . *-###-* -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Tip to Prevent Frozen Pipes
by HLA 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Hi All Since the arctic air is arriving, I can't recall it ever being as cold as is being predicted, wanted to pass on a tip from my plumber. Leave all cold water taps dripping , doesn't need to be a steady flow and that will keep the pipes from freezing. Fun Fact, cold water has more oxygen in it so takes longer to freeze. Stay Warm! Hayley

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