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Mary Holbrow
I'm a retired journalist, mother of 5, grandmother, birdwatcher, garden lover. I live in Cambridgeport, work as a free-lance editor.
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Dec 31, 2011
Neighbormedia
A nucleus of Cambridge residents shared ideas for a proposed new senior network around Central Square at a meeting December 18 at the YWCA on Temple Street. Present for the photo were (l. to r...
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Dec 20, 2011
Neighbormedia
Photo: Cambridge Action Forum officers David Lewis and Karen Carmean
“Every year we look forward to hearing what are the most important changes since last year,” Karen Carmean said as she opened the...
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Dec 15, 2011
Neighbormedia
As Christmas trees go up, summer flowers blossom in local dooryards. A flowering crabapple is in full bloom at the corner of Pearl and Hamilton. Forsythia, geraniums and roses are opening nearby.
A...
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Dec 14, 2011
Neighbormedia
“It’s nice to know your neighbors.”
In a nutshell, that comment by Janet Ghattas summarized the rationale for a small but purposeful senior network that is starting to take root in the Cambridgeport/...
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Dec 13, 2011
Neighbormedia
Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Nora Mann started her workday one morning in November by roasting a turkey. It had to be in the oven in her Arlington kitchen by 4 a.m. and done by 8...
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Dec 12, 2011
Neighbormedia
After a break-in and assault on August 26, 2010, reporters kept a vigil at 220 Pearl Street (blue house at right).
The trial of Cambridgeport resident Marcos Colono, originally set for November in...
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Nov 2, 2011
Neighbormedia
Photo: Charlie Holbrow
Runners line up for the start of Sunday’s 3rd Annual Superhero Hallowe’en 5K Run/Walk. Front row, l. to r.: the Teenage Schoolwork Sentinels team, award-...
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Oct 23, 2011
Neighbormedia
by Mary Holbrow
Photo: A wild turkey preens and stretches his barred wings in Mount Auburn Cemetery near the grave of Harriett Lawrence Hemenway, co-founder of the Massachusetts Audubon...
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Oct 17, 2011
Neighbormedia
by Mary Holbrow -
On Friday evening, October 14, Harvard University staged an outdoor birthday party for students, faculty, friends, alumni, and visiting parents in honor of its 375th anniversary....
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Oct 7, 2011
Neighbormedia
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Andrew Diebold (above left) and Frank O’Leary (right) of the Riverside Boat Club looked on as an eager youngster tried out a rowing machine at the Third Annual Cambridgeport...
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Sep 1, 2011
Neighbormedia
by Mary Holbrow
Singer/songwriter Randall Kromm of Winchester has two very different kinds of shows in Cambridge this month. Labor Day weekend is Campfire weekend at Club Passim, 47...
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Aug 19, 2011
Neighbormedia
“The city plants about 300 to 600 trees each year, which helps lower the carbon dioxide concentration that we have from heavy traffic and urban activities. The trees have to be watered and taken care...
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