Holidays and City Services

Some updates on City Services for ESNA over the next two weeks:

- There will be no trash pickup Friday, Dec 25th. Trash will be picked up the following day: Saturday the 26th.

- The new mixed recycling program now allows Christmas wrapping paper to be recycled (it used to be prohibited). So add all that wrapping paper to your clear plastic recycling bag.

- They will be picking up trash on the regular schedule on Friday, January 1

- Christmas trees can be put out on recycling days for the first two full weeks of January. For ESNA this means Tuesday 1/5 and Tuesday 1/12 only. Trees put out any other time (including 12/29) will not be recycled (but will be taken as trash). Please remove everything from your tree (lights, ornaments, tinsel), and do not put the tree in one of those tree bags (remove it from the bag when you get it to the street if you used a bags for needle-free tree removal).


Have a great Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Hey, it's gonna snow

Snow expected tonight, for those with a computer but don't check the news or the weather. :)

A snow emergency has been declared beginning 10pm tonight (Saturday, 12/19). That means parking restrictions.

Keep up to date on parking and other regulations on the City's Snow Web Site

Get more up-to-date alerts on things like snow emergencies on the City's Alert pages. There you can sign up for email or text alerts when emergencies are declared or schools are closed.

And, of course, please remove your snow. Complete city regulations (PDF) can be found here. In brief,

• Clean sidewalks no later then three hours after snowfall stops
• Clean a path 42" wide. (one-shove-wide paths are cheating :-)
• If you live on a corner, clean both sides of your property
• If you live on a corner or have a crosswalk in front of your property, you must clean all the way to the street. If you can, re-shovel after snow plows go by.
• If you live near a fire plug, please shovel it out
• Residents - don't shovel snow into the street
• Car shovelers - don't throw your snow back on the sidewalks.

Stay Safe, clean up, and happy snow day!

Saturday: Meet your State Rep

On Saturday, Dec 19th State Representative Aaron Michlewitz will be having community office hours in our neighborhood. Everyone is welcome to stop by to ask question or raise any concerns you might have. Or just grab a cup of coffee and say hi.

Saturday, Dec 19th
9-11am
Berkeley Perk cafe
69 berkeley St, same block as 7-11

Aaron's State web site
Aaron's informal web site

More holiday events

A plethora of holiday events continues this weekend in the South End!

There are still plenty of trees left from our local vendor. This year Charlie and his Christmas Tree sales have returned to their Berkeley Community Garden location. Stop by the corner of Tremont and East Berkeley and pick up your tree or wreath. They have trees for all size homes!

This weekend (12/12-13) brings the return of the South End Holiday Market. Come to the Cathedral Gym Saturday and Sunday (10-6) to shop from 80 artist and designers. The Holiday Market also has their Cell Phone Santa raffle. Attendees of the Holiday Market purchase chances to win and approximately every 1/2 hour, from 10-6, a winner is chosen and Santa calls them on their cell phone to tell them they won. Prizes include beautiful artwork from the Holiday Market and gift certificates from local businesses.

For more information, check Holiday Market web site.

And don't forget about the South End Scavenger Hunt, which continues through December 20th. More information on the SEBA Web Site

Have a great weekend!!

one more time - VOTE Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Tues 12/8 is the primary election for US Senator. I know it's the third election cycle within the year, but that doesn't make a vote less important.

There are 4 candidates on the Democratic slate. Being a blue state, these are the candidates filling the airwaves with commercials and robo-calling your homes. But there are also two candidates on the Republican primary ballot.

A list of all candidates on the primary ballots can be found here

If you are a registered member of either party, you can vote in that primary. If you are unenrolled, you can also chose one party and vote in that party's primary. Voting for Eight Streets takes place at Cathedral High School, at the corner of Washington and Waltham.

The winner of each party, as well as any other 3rd party and independent candidates, will be on the ballot in the Final election on January 19th

ODNA Safety Committee - seeking vounteers

Old Dover Neighborhood Association has been spearheading a neighborhood safety agenda. I've been reporting on some of their meetings and passing on safety information.

They are having semi-regular meetings of their safety committee. As they are our direct neighbors, and we share the safety problem sin Peters Park and Berkeley Gardens, I'd like to maintain an Eight Streets presence at these meetings. Someone to participate, help out with things if you choose, and keep me and the NA up to date on what's going on.

Their next meeting is this Tuesday, December 8th. Meeting notice below. If you are interested in being the ESNA rep on the ODSC, please let me know.

thanks!

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OLD DOVER SAFETY & SECURITY MEETING - TUESDAY, DEC 8TH, PROJECT PLACE 6:30-8:00 PM

Objective is to launch the Neighborhood Watch implementation and identify all the stakeholders.

The goal being to educate and improve communications among all constituents

Discussion will include role of team captains, how to interface with BPD and Pine Street, exploration of technology solutions

No December meeting

Due to no critical business agenda, (and an informal email poll), we will not be having a December Eight Streets business meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 6th

Remember to start your South End holiday right with a visit to the tree lighting This Weekend - starting at 3pm. Details can be found here