Cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms. Patchy fog this morning. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Jamaica Plain - your library branch needs your support with a great turnout to the public meeting Wednesday in order to demonstrate that we deserve a full and comprehensive renovation. See you there!
Please make your voice heard at a meeting this Wed at 6:30pm if you believe the luxury housing project proposed for 161 So Huntington is out of character with the community goals & values of JP.
Your old ceramics can help beautify the JP Branch Library. Over the summer we will be accepting donations for incorporation into a Community Mosaic Project (to be assembled this fall).
The JP Branch Library provides so much more than books. Did you know that you can go to the branch and check out a pass to visit a local museum or attraction for free (or at a reduced price)?
The branch libraries of JP are a wonderful community institution that are open less, just when kids & youth need them more. That just seems counter intuitive. Why close on summer Saturdays?
As the summer reading lists start to appear & you start to think about a few blissful days on the beach with a good book consider that this fall JP is going to be reading...'The Night Circus'.
The Annual Book Sale hosted by the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library starts today. This year we are having a two-day sale - it is being held on both Friday and Saturday.
A recent post about having the JP branch renovation included in the upcoming capital budget sparked an interesting comment. Someone thought libraries are becoming irrelevant. I would beg to differ!
A tagline from the Globe in 2007 Long Overdue: Some of Boston's branch libraries languish on a waiting list of broken-down buildings and unanswered needs. Which will get help, and when, is a mystery.
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