Mark Jaquith

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Mark Jaquith

Cambridge,

Member, Ward One Democratic Committee, East Cambridge Planning Team and Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods. 30 year Cambridge resident, 25 year East Cambridge resident. Big issues: Environment, quality of life, good government. Most of what I care about falls under one or more of these headings.

History

Member for: 4 years 33 weeks
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Mark Jaquith's Newest Posts

Mar 22, 2012 Neighborhoods New Sights in East Cambridge [video] I took a stroll to Northpoint Park yesterday to check on progress on the new North Bank Bridge that connects East Cambridge with Charlestown and Downtown Boston. The bicycle and pedestrian bridge...	Feb 22, 2012 Neighbormedia MBTA Special Meetings in Cambridge The Cambridge City Council held a special meeting tonight, Feb 22 at City Hall to focus on the MBTA funding crisis. The location of the T's public meeting in Cambridge has been changed. MBTA...
Feb 15, 2012 Neighbormedia Can We Stop the MBTA Train Wreck? The City Council has called a special meeting to talk about the T funding problem in response to an order proposed by the Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods and introduced in slightly modified...	Jan 31, 2012 Neighbormedia How Could the MBTA Funding Crisis Affect Cambridge? Photo: "Lechmere with no buses" by Mark Jaquith By now if you haven’t heard that the MBTA has a huge operating deficit and is proposing steep fare increases and service cutbacks that still won’t...
Dec 8, 2011 Neighborhoods Affordable Housing or Pure Profit for Chestnut Hill Realty For a year or so now the Chestnut Hill realty Corporation has been trying to pass amend the zoning law in Cambridge to allow them to convert the basements of their large apartment buildings into...	Oct 26, 2011 Neighbormedia City Council Balks on Pre-Election Zoning Vote Approximate extent of proposed Fawcett Oil development. At the City Council meeting of October 17th Councillor Decker and other Councillors accused the supporters of the Bishop Petition of a “cynical...
Oct 5, 2011 Neighbormedia Why YOUR VOTE REALLY MATTERS in the 2011 City Council Elections. Rooftop mechanicals and telephone building on Bent Street. Something woke me up at about 4:30am today, and I couldn’t get back to sleep. Why? Mostly because there was a noise coming in my window that...	Sep 30, 2011 Neighbormedia Winter Farmers' Market Coming to Cambridge. Support the Local Food Economy - All Year Long. Cambridge seems to love farmers’ markets. During the growing season, there’s one every day, some days more if you are willing to cross the line into Somerville. After the first frost, though, they...
Jun 26, 2011 Neighbormedia Citywide Zoning Change Being Considered Our City Council is poised to up-zone all residential areas of Cambridge. For example, the Armenian Church on Brattle Street could become up to 30 apartments, including 5 affordable, and possibly...	Apr 1, 2011 Neighbormedia North Cambridge Family Opera 2011 Season Starts Now! Perennial favorite, the North Cambridge Family Opera opens its 2011 season with "Space Opera" on Saturday April 3, at the Peabody School on Rindge Avenue in North Cambridge. "Space Opera"is a musical...
Mar 17, 2011 Development East Cambridge Open Space Trust Wants To Hear From You Photo of sculpture at Lopez Avenue Community Garden by Mark Jaquith Dear Neighbors, What would you do if you had the funds to acquire or improve open space in your neighborhood? That’s what the...	Feb 28, 2011 Development Community Garden in North Cambridge At Risk of Loss To Development. Do you like gardens? Do you like to meet your neighbors? A community garden is the Ideal place to do both. Even if you don’t have a plot yourself, walking through your local community garden can be...

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