For Medford parents: Early Childhood Speech and Language Therapy Panel Presentation

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Cut and pasted directly from the email I received.

Early Childhood Speech and Language Therapy Panel Presentation
Sponsored by Special Education Department and Medford Family Network

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
6:00 - 8:00 PM

Medford High School Library
489 Winthrop Street, Medford

An overview presentation by Medford Public Schools'
Speech and Language Department

6:00 pm Introduction - Debby Finn
6:10 pm Articulation - Karen Champoux
6:25 pm Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) - Angela Conant
6:40 pm American Sign Language - Julia Carey
6:55 pm Emergent Reading - Debby Finn, Suzanne MacEachern
7:10 pm Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) - Amy Sarrantonio
7:25 pm Pragmatics - Melissa Andelman
7:40 pm Social Stories - Suzannah Campbell
7:55 pm Questions and Comments

Topics include:
* Development, Delays, Disorders
* Recommendations
* Outside Resources

Limited child care is available! Please call to reserve a slot!
Registration for this program is requested, but not required!
Call (781) 393-2106!
Call for transportation options.


Heather Fuller
Program Aide
Medford Family Network
(781) 393-2106

Somerville Museum Needs a New Roof by Valentine's Day

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The Somerville Museum is a gem in our fair city and it desperately needs a new roof. The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities fund will match the money raised by the museum, BUT ONLY FOR FUNDS RAISED BY FEB. 14! Yes, that's Monday, Valentine's Day! So if you send just $5, they get $10. They still need around 30K, but an incredible amount has been raised in the last 2 weeks, so it's time for that final push.





The Somerville Museum is a lovely historic building in the center of Somerville that presents art and history exhibits, films and concerts. The museum also hosts the opening exhibit for Somerville Open Studios, houses the historic archives for the city, is available for community meetings, and can be rented for private parties. And it all happens with an army of dedicated volunteers, and some help from the Somerville Preservation Commission.

The 1920's building contains a Bullfinch-designed staircase from the original McLean Hospital, where years ago the director's wife, Mary, had a pet lamb that followed her all around--hence that cute song.

This is a great community resource that deserves some assistance. So be a supporter of the arts and check out Somerville Museum Building Fund and help if you can. You can contribute through paypal, a check in the mail (must arrive by this Monday), or even drop it off during museum hours.

Checks, made out to Somerville Museum BF, go to:
Director
Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road
Somerville, Mass. 02143

To encourage all of you to donate $50 or more between now and February 14th, not only will you receive a free one year membership in Historic Somerville, a souvenir pin that you can where with pride and a piece of the old roof slate, but you will also be given a one year membership to the Somerville Museum, which is good for a 10% discount at the Museum store. If you've given before, consider giving again. After all, we promise we will not ask you for funds toward a new slate roof again in our lifetime (and probably not in yours.)

Bob Slate Stationer closing

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Universal Hub reports that Bob Slate is closing in Harvard Square. Someone on the Porter Square Neighbors mailing list says the Porter Square store will also close.

The Slate family has been trying to sell the business since October 2009. Sadly, it appears that they never found a suitable buyer.

Cambridge Day has a news story about this. It says the leases are running out on the two Harvard Square stores, and that while the Slate family owns the Porter Square building outright, that store can't stand on its own. The stores will close in March.

ETA: Boston Globe article says one of the two Slate brothers is 73, and that the stores have lost money for the past two years.