Anyone interested in adopting two wonderful cats?

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It's come to our attention that we're gone too much of the day these days (what with school and work) to give our two kitties the love and attention they deserve, and since this won't end for quite a while still, we've decided they need to have people who can.

I'm incredibly distressed at having to do this, so at least I want to see if I can find them a good home (together if at all possible).

( More info & some pictures )

Festival@First 6: Tables Turned

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Thank you to all 53 amazing individuals that auditioned for the Theatre@First summer one acts, this week! As always we saw many more talented people than we could cast in roles on stage.

After much deliberation, not to mention blood, sweat and tears, ( we've got a cast: )

The show will be performed at Unity Church on College Ave, just 4 blocks up from the Davis Square subway stop on July 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st and August 1st.

Parking and street Closure Information for Sunday's Parade

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Please note the following information about street closures and parking restrictions related to the City’s Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, May 24th.

The following streets will be closed from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday:
Highland Avenue will be closed from Walnut St. to School St.;
Prescott and Putnam Streets, and Vinal Ave will be closed from Summer St. to Highland Ave;
School and Walnut Streets will be closed from Medford St. to Highland Ave;
College Avenue will be closed from Morrison Ave. to Davis Square and North St. will be closed from Powder House Blvd. to Broadway.

Also on Sunday, there will be no parking on the following streets from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. :
Highland Ave., from Walnut St. to Davis Square;
Holland St., from Davis Square to Teele Square;
Broadway, from Holland St. to Route 16.

In addition, MBTA bus routes 88 and 90 will not be in service from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Please note that bicycles chained to meters and street poles along the parade route must be moved by Sunday morning to avoid removal by city workers.

As usual for official holidays, there will be no trash pickup on Monday and all trash pickup schedules will be pushed to one day later.

If you need to further information, please call 311.

Link to parade news release on City website.

Conservation Volunteer Opportunity: Mystic River Herring Run

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I recently received an email forward about this event. It looks like a (somewhat messy) fun time. I won't be in town for the event, but thought that some Davis Square folks might be interested:

2009 Herring Brigade
"Can You Help Me? I need to get to the Upper Mystic Lake!"

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has issued a State wide ban
on taking Herring from their waters because of the fish's declining
population.

The Medford Boat Club and Mass Division Marine Fisheries are sponsoring our
5th Annual (and possibly last) "Herring Bucket Brigade."With the
assistance of volunteers we are going to help the Herring on their annual
plight to reach the Upper Mystic Lake to lay their eggs. Meet at the Dam
between the upper and lower Mystic lakes with your bucket.

ALL NETS WILL BE PROVIDED BY
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Friday, May 29th - 6 a.m. - noon
and
Saturday, May 30th - 6 a.m. - noon

Any questions contact Chuck Roche of the MBC
rochefam5@comcast.net

(MBC website: http://www.mysticriver.org)

Congressman Capuano Telephone Community Meeting

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http://www.house.gov/capuano/e-updates/eu2009-05-15.shtml

Telephone Community Meeting

 

On Thursday May 28^th from 6:40 – 7:40 PM, I am hosting a telephone community meeting. Anyone interested in participating may dial 1-877-229-8493 and use pin 13034 at the scheduled time to listen in. Anyone who wishes to ask a question can press *3 after joining the meeting. We will post an audio file of the meeting on our website as soon as it is available. As you may recall, I started hosting these meetings a couple years ago. We break the district down into four sections in order to increase the opportunity for participants to ask me a question. During last week’s meeting, several thousand constituents listened in for at least a portion of the discussion. I think it was an informative and wide-ranging one, and I am looking forward to next week. As always, I would appreciate any feedback you’d like to share on this form of outreach (or anything else that’s on your mind).