Remember the envelopes we placed into our last issue to encourage Newsletter contributions? That was a first for us; we weren’t sure what would happen. We found out soon enough, for your response was absolutely super. Through mid-January, we raised nearly $3500, from 116 separate Newsletter households.
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 Louise Goldstein (Shawnee Road)
People in Arlington are very active and athletic. There are bikers in Spandex outfits going so fast that they leave my poor Corolla behind like an unwanted relative at a family gathering. There are kids shooting hoops, playing soccer, and learning the martial arts. There are joggers and rollerbladers, swimmers and rock climbers. Me? I’m a librarian. I read about things. I decided that this would change on the day of my 49th birthday. For those of you not in the know, 49 is the new 29
By Donna and Chris Wren (Hillsdale Road)
On a warm sunny morning in May our family found ourselves surrounded by scores of people, ankle deep in the Lower Mystic Lake. Hundreds of herring swam around our feet and it was our job to catch them gently and place them in buckets. As the water poured from the dam between the two lakes we stood in the current and sat our borrowed nets in the water, waiting. Every once in a while we were rewarded with one or two fish in our nets. Into the buckets they went, to be peered at suspiciously by our 2 year old daughter. “Fishies?”
by Mary Cummings (Jason Street)
Weathering winter in the neighborhood is described as a pleasure or a test of endurance depending on whom you ask. Age is certainly a factor when snow is involved and icy streets complicate all our lives but, overall, we seem able to make the best of the cold, dark season. Hill’s Pond becomes an animated Currier and Ives scene every year but this year, the skating extended from the pond onto the paths with the Jason Street path being glacial from the first snow fall in December to today (2/21/08). I was glad to see some of it melting in the recent heavy rains until I noticed that it was melting into my basement!
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