Help Save Boston's Mounted Park Ranger Unit

Boston City Council's Committee on Public Safety will hold a public hearing on

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 2:00pm
in the Christopher Iannella Chamber

to discuss and examine the Mounted Police Unit and Mounted Park Rangers Unit.

Members of the public are cordially invited to attend and testify.

Public Meeting on Jamaica Pond Pedestrian Access Enhancements

The Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy will be holding a public meeting on

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Arnold Arboretum Visitors Center/Hunnewell Building
125 Arborway, Boston

At the meeting, design alternatives for safer pedestrian crossings to Jamaica Pond will be presented, and public input sought, for the following three locations:

• Jamaicaway at Eliot Street
• Parkman Drive at Kelley Circle
• Parkman Drive at the Parkman Memorial

If you have questions about the public meeting, please email
DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or call 617-626-4974.

Purchase photos from this year's Party in the Park

Visit Roger Farrington's website to view and order photos from this year's Party in the Park.

• 4x6's in frame folders for $12.95
• 5x7's in frame folders for $19.95
• 8x10's in folders for $29.95 including shipping

Discount for multiple copies of the same image ordered at same time.

Guests may also order 200 dpi custom processed image files for $15.00.

20% of all sales will benefit the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.

Orders should be emailed to Roger Farrington: at roger@rogerfarrington.com.

CHECKS ONLY, no credit cards.

Orders will be processed and shipped upon receipt of order payment and mailing info.

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2009 Liff Spirit Award Winners: Michael and Kitty Dukakis

At this, our sixth annual Party in the Park, we were most honored to present The Liff Spirit Award to Michael and Kitty Dukakis.

No couple is more deserving of the Liff Spirit Award which was created to honor the vision, wisdom, humanity and joy that Justine Liff brought to her work as a champion of the open, green spaces that are so vital to our daily life.
It is presented annually to an individual or individuals whose leadership, commitment to cities, passion for public places, dedication to the democratic ideals fostered in urban parks, and whose ability to inspire public servants and private citizens to join together in common cause best reflects Justine's spirit and legacy.