Aug 31 2007
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Archive for August, 2007
Aug 31 2007
Best of JP, Vote Neighbors for Neighbors for # 39. Neighborhood association or group (no office)
Hi Neighbors,
This is Joseph Porcelli. It’s that time again to vote for Neighbors for Neighbors for the Jamaica Plain Gazettes, Best of JP on Question 39 for “Neighborhood association or group (no office).”
We have won the award for the past two years. Please show your appreciation by taking a few minutes to vote now. Please also fill out your vote for other businesses and groups your appreciate.
Thanks.
Joseph Porcelli
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Aug 31 2007
Save money on your oil bill. Purchase and support renewable energy options with the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance.
Mass Energy Consumers Alliance, a great Jamaica Plain resource!
When Kate and I moved into our new place we needed to purchase oil for heat and hot water. Some of our neighbors recommended we check out the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance so we could get a break on pricing and have access to choose to purchase renewable energy options. We saved a bunch of money and feel good about our choice. I though you might like to know about them. Read on!
A group of neighbors got together in 1982 who wanted to save money on their heating oil. Twenty-five year later, Mass Energy now has over 16,000 members across the state. Mass Energy’s Discount Heating Oil Program is for any household, regardless of income and operates like a buyers club or a co-op.
When you join Mass Energy’s Discount Heating Oil Program you will be assigned to a local, full service oil dealer but will be charged a discount price. Last year, the average member saved about 23 cents per gallon against that state survey price. Start your savings for the upcoming heating season. To join go to www.MassEnergy.com, call 617-524-3950, or stop by 670 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain.
Mass Energy also offers renewable energy and energy efficiency tips at www.massenergy.com.
Contact:
Janna Cohen-Rosenthal
Mass Energy Consumers Alliance/People’s Power & Light
P: 617.524.3950 x129
F: 617.524.0776
E: janna@massenergy.com
www.massenergy.com
670 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-2511
My electricity use does not pollute, does yours? We can help. Support Clean Wind Energy Today! www.newenglandwind.org www.greenstart.net
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Aug 31 2007
Nancy Davies and the Popular Movement in Oaxaca, Mexico
Nancy Davies and The Popular Movement in Oaxaca Mexico
Tuesday, September 11th, 7:00pm
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Sanctuary
6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain
For the last 15 months, a powerful popular movement in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has challenged the corrupt and repressive government of PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz. Journalist Nancy Davies, a resident of Oaxaca, has covered the rebellion and the rise of the popular assembly movement. Nancy will be sharing stories from the front lines in her only U.S. appearance this year. Her new book, The People Decide: Oaxaca’s Popular Assembly, will be available for purchase.
More Upcoming Events
Other autumn events at the Jamaica Plain Forum include “A Case for Local Food” discussion and potluck featuring JP-area local-food heroes (Sept. 19th), “Twenty Myths About Immigration” with Aviva Chomsky (Oct. 4th), and Frances Moore-Lappe on her new book “Getting a Grip” (Nov. 1st).
The Jamaica Plain Forum is a series of public conversations, lectures, documentary film screenings and events about the great issues of the day. The JP Forum is sponsored by the First church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist and the Institute for Policy Studies. All Jamaica Plain Forum events are wheelchair accessible and open to the public. Donation requested.
For more information, and to sign up for our secure email list of events, visit the JP Forum website at http://www.jamaicaplainforum.org.
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Aug 31 2007
CD Release by Scott Fruhan
From Scott Fruhan:
I just released a folk album called “Heath Street”, and everyone should check it out in the local music section of Rhythm and Muse, or listen to it on my website at www.heathstreetmusic.com, or myspace.com/heathstreetmusic. A little blurb/description of the project is below, though it’s more useful to those who don’t already live in JP… if anyone wants to get on my email list, please let them know to send me a note at scott@heathstreetmusic.com.
“In Boston’s old neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, the tracks of the Heath Street train line lie unused between the hospital and the arbor. Bicycle commuters careen their way among the cracks and pits. Beginning in 2004, songwriter Scott Fruhan started a music project, Heath Street, to remember these tracks and the people they have borne through the years. Now a medical student in New York city, Fruhan released Heath Street’s self-titled debut album in January 2007. With catchy instrumentation and vivid lyrics, Heath Street tells the stories of the paths trodden and crossed by thousands of city-dwellers in a neighborhood undergoing change.”
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