Pope's Hill
Pope's Hill
Hearing to focus on temporary shut-down at Murphy Center
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City Councillor Maureen Feeney has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday evening (April 7) to scrutinize a plan that would temporarily close the Murphy Community Center for renovations this summer. Read more
April wind blows
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“April winds blow,
and daffodils
Dance in gowns
with yellow frills,
Streaming between
bare branches of trees,
Flowers bud from under
the freeze.â€
By Dorothy O’Neill Read more
Menino: Preschool programs will go on at Murphy, other sites
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Mayor Thomas Menino reiterated a promise by his staff that preschool programs would continue at the Murphy Community Center and eight other community centers this week, saying there were state slots available for the children if funding for the teachers, who will not be paid by the city in next year’s budget, cannot be found elsewhere. Read more
I’m Irish
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“I’m Irish
And I’m proud if it
You hear so many say
And if they’re not
They wish they were
On each St. Patrick’s Day.â€
“St. Patrick’s Dayâ€
by Josephine Wayland
I send thanks to my Florida friend Anne Wayland O’Hara for allowing me to use part of this poem about St. Patrick’s Day in today’s column. The poem was written by her mother, Josephine Wayland. I would love to have known Josephine. She was a very gifted woman who lived right in my neighborhood, on Neponset Ave. Read more
Jigs and reels
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"There's no place quite like Ireland,
there's no place quite so green-
Where blue-green sea meets emerald hills,
To make a lovely scene.
Where shamrocks poke their sleepy heads
Through snow drops of morning dew;
And jade-green leaves dance happily
Against a sky of blue-
There's no place quite like Ireland,
There's no place quite so fair,
And many hearts, though far away,
Will always linger there."
Author unknown Read more
Happy St. Valentine's Day
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With St. Valentine to share,
As sweet Cupid on his day
Shoots arrows through the air."
"February" by Carice Williams
Hubby and I still have the Valentine decorations that we used to decorate our school rooms when we were teaching. My Hallmark decorations were so cute that I couldn't throw them away when I left teaching. Hubby used my decorations and bought even more to decorate his room when he taught. Hubby and I always bought Sweethearts candy for our pupils. The kids loved taking the box home to show their parents. Read more
'Eyesore' days may be numbered
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Decrepit section of 19th-century Neponset tavern may soon be on the chopping block.: Photo by Chris Lovett. Read more
Civic leader pushes for St. Ann's traffic study
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The president of the Pope's Hill Neighborhood Association this week hit planners of the new Pope John Paul II Academy for lack of a traffic study for its Neponset campus.
"I think the community is getting the short shrift," said Phil Carver, speaking at a community meeting at the Murphy School on Monday evening.
Neponset Ave. is "already a nightmare," Carver said, with parents picking up and dropping off students at the Murphy School and a nearby charter school. Read more
Forsythia bushes in full flower
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"One thin shoot
Soars higher than the rest,
Its weightless leader trembling
In the morning breeze.
Dancing, weaving, leaping…
In response to the sun?
Or simply with excitement
That spring has come!"
"Spring" Read more
