Summer Party - Wine Tasting - Thursday June 18th

This year, we've decided to do things a little differently. There will be a wine tasting on Thursday June 18th, at our house on St. Botolph Street. The party starts at 7. We are having a professional summelier who will be talking about each of the wines in the tasting. The cost is $25pp to cover the wine.

Christian Science Center CAC

Lee Steele recently let me know this on the subject:

Nothing to report on Christian Scientists yet. We haven't even yet been shown a conceptual Master Plan for the "Plaza Revitalization Project," as they are calling it. Next CAC meeting is April 4th. Stay tuned.

Street Cleaning

Please remember that Street Cleaning starts April 1st. If you park on the street at the wrong time, you will be towed! Also, the city does a much better job of cleaning if there are no cars there, as trash can be between the car and the curb. The city offers a service to remind you via email. Here is a link to sign up:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping/

Crime Issues

Apparently there has been an uptick to crime in the neighborhood...

Note the two robberies outside of 7-Eleven....Please be careful, and notice the items they say should not be in plain view...


Crime Report
BPD D-4 (detailed report presented):
• Car breaks up in St. Botolph neighborhood (8-10 this month just in our immediate
area). BPD will consider distributing flyers to warn folks to remove the following
valuables from vehicles: GPS, cell phones, CD’s, cameras, wallets, IPods,
basically anything of street value at all.
• Two armed robberies near Seven-11, West Newton Street:
o 7/22- Armed robbery on street @ 1 am. Arrested three kids from
Dorchester
o 7/25 – Armed robbery in store. One arrest.
• Several B/E’s in the area. One recent arrest may have been the primary culprit,
but do not know this for sure:
o 7/22 @ 44 St. Botolph
o 7/24 @ 17 Garrison
o 7/31 @ 27 Yarmouth
o 8/2 @ 32 Claremont Park
o 8/4 @ 172 St. Botolph
o 8/5 @ 00 Cumberland

My next door neighbor at 197 St. Botolph had her car broken in to as well-All they took was her phone charger!

Please,everone look out for our neighbors.

If you see something suspicious, call the police!

Neighborhood Cleanup

I wanted to thank everyone who turned out yesterday for the neighborhood cleanup. Turnout was fantastic! Besides our neighbors, we were also joined by big crews from the Colonnade and Sheraton hotels. A special thanks to them. We figure that in total there were between 75 and 100 people, which I consider impressive, considering the size of our neighborhood.

The neighborhood looks fantasic. Again, thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope you are all members of the St. Botolph Neighborhood Association. If not, join today!

Trash Collection

As those of us know who abut the Midtown hotel, there were some issues with trash collection. Many of us were ticketed for putting our trash on the Midtown's side of the alley. I've only lived here for 6 months, and I was under the impression that was the correct thing to do. Apparently it wasn't, as I received a ticket! I started putting my trash on my side of the street, but did notice others were getting tickets.

Does anyone have any information as to how this situation was resolved? I would like to hear about it...

Upcoming Holiday Party

As you may know, the neighborhood is having its annual holiday party on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007. I'm hoping to speak with people interested in the blog, and hearing what people would like to hear about here. We're looking for all constructive ideas! For further information on the Holiday Party and association, check out www. stbotolph.org.