Cedar Street Strike?

[lcmayer.livejournal.com]

Driving up Cedar St yesterday morning I noticed a small gathering of strikers protesting, directly across from the bike path. Their numbers had grown significantly this morning. I couldnt read their signs Anyone aware of their cause?

Seeking gaming group

[xixecal.livejournal.com]

Are there any P&P RPG or board gaming groups looking for new blood? I am quite fond of both, and as Pandemonium Books seems a little slow at the moment I thought I'd start looking close to home. Anybody need a new player?

Hydrofracking in the USA

[stefan62.livejournal.com]

The other week I watched "Gasland," which freaked me out more than any documentary has before (I'm almost 50 years old), and since then I've read an awful lot about natural gas drilling, particularly in the northeastern USA. It really does look like the drinking water supply for NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh is under severe threat.

There's been precious little media attention being paid to this topic (perhaps because of Big Gas influence on media and in DC; for example, corporate sponsorship of NPR). However, this week Ian Urbina has published three terrific articles on the environmental effects of fracking in the New York Times, and I urge everyone to read them.

Part 1: http://is.gd/1pHgQN
Part 2: http://is.gd/hLNqD4
Part 3: http://is.gd/wr66wd

I urge everyone to see "Gasland." The trailer is on youtube
See also this clearinghouse for Marcellus Shale drilling
And today's edition of Democracy Now

If you're moved to, please help raise public awareness about what fracking is doing to the environment. Thank you.

coming up at Havurat Shalom

[havnik.livejournal.com]

Judaica Crafts show Sunday March 6, noon-6:00 p.m.

Purim!

Class: Bible stories you didn't learn in Hebrew School: Blood, sex, treachery.

Shabbat programming

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Is there interest in a Somerville Area Discussion community?

[turil.livejournal.com]

After the recent post about fracking, and the deluge of comments about open discussion not belonging on the Davis Square community, added to the idea that there is value in real community connection where people are encouraged to learn more about their neighbors' personal interests, concerns, and ideas, I'm wondering if there is community interest in either of the two possibilities:

1. Making this Davis Square community more open to free discussion.

2. Creating a new community for "Somerville Community Discourse".

I mean it's nice to have really niche discussion groups, like BostonBikes, and such, for the real geeky stuff that people are passionate about, but for a more broad discussion about topics that affect everyone, it's nice to have a place for that to happen easily.

What do you all think?

Does anyone know someone named Laurel Newby?

[turil.livejournal.com]

EDIT: someone emailed me her address already. Thanks everyone!

I think she's a Tufts student in the area.

If so let her know that I found her wallet lying in the middle of the street at Somerville Ave at Lowell tonight. I'll bring it to the police station in Union tomorrow if I can't track her down before then.

For once, it makes me long for the days of phone books... :-)

Thanks!