Articles from the Neighborhood Newsletter

By MaryAnna Foskett (Brantwood Road)

Many thanks to the hard-working VOLUNTEERS who contributed their time,
energy. and enthusiasm during 2007 to help rid Menotomy Rocks Park of
invasive plants and trash — and, after the park renovation — to
plant 8 trees, 100 shrubs, 128 ferns, grasses and vines, as well as
many perennials – all native to our part of the world:
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By Dolores Schueler (Brunswick Road)

I plan to transition out of my role as a primary distributor of the Neighborhood Newsletter, but still plan to work for the Newsletter in some capacity. Fifteen years ago, when the Neighborhood Newsletter was just being reborn after a hiatus of a couple of years, I saw Nils Fonstad out delivering newsletters on my street and offered to help. He and Bill Berkowitz were taking on the entire delivery, so I offered to help revive a distribution network that had been in place in the Newsletter’s first incarnation. Since then, the Newsletter has enjoyed great popularity, and finding help has generally not been a problem.

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