Halloween parade on Community Path, Friday 10/28

[ron_newman]

E-mail from Friends of Community Path list:

Friday, October 28th is Walk/Ride Day!
Halloween Parade along the Somerville Community Path to Davis Square, organized by Join Green Streets!
Meet at 4:00 pm at Cedar Street on the Community Path (between Alpine St. and Warwick St.)

http://www.gogreenstreets.org/2011/10/somerville-walkride-day-costume-parade.html

Come on your bike, scooter, rollerblades, wagon, or on your feet! Dress up in your best “green” costumes! Try making your costume out of recycled materials, or raid your closet for ideas. Be Creative, and Be Green!

Trick or Treat in Davis Square! After the parade, the following businesses will be handing out candy to trick-or-treaters! Make sure to show them your Walk/Ride handstamp!
· Dave's Fresh Pasta (81 Holland Street)
· Mario's Salon (75 Holland Street)
· Magpie (416 Highland Avenue)

Free Boxes

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Does anyone need moving boxes? We have so very many.

(Alternately, if anyone going to Occupy Boston wants to bring them a load of cardboard, that works, too.)

"the caning shoppe" is closed

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

sign says they'll "be open soon".

(thanks again to everyone with chair-repair recs! :)

Somervillains Occupy

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2011/10/somerville_contingent_joins_oc.html

This is one of multiple representative groups or individuals from Somerville -- I know lots of 'Ville people who have been very busy down there.

Cambridge residents: phone book opt-out

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Cambridge residents: I just got an email from Cambridge Recycling saying that new paper phone books will be going out soon, and suggesting that if you don't want one you should go to this link and opt out by November 1: https://cambridge.catalogchoice.org/

Medford Halloween events

[gingicat]

Got some of this from my son's school earlier this week, thought I should share. :)

Of importance to my children and perhaps to yours:
Business Trick or Treat, Friday, October 28, 3-5pm. West Medford, Salem Street (Haines Square), and Medford Square. For children ages 2-8. Prizes for homemade costumes! Costume categories to be judged will be Princess, Military, Scary Girl, Scary Boy, and Funniest.

Other events here:
http://www.medfordpublicschools.org/2011/10/halloween-events-in-medford/