Map and schedule for 2016 Wake Up the Earth
Neighborhood Life

Here’s Your Map for Wake Up The Earth 2016

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The 38th Annual Wake Up The Earth Festival runs noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 7. Here is a map of the live music, vendors and other events you'll experience. If you'd like to be in one of the parades leading to the festival, meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at any of the following three step-off points (yes, three this year!):

The Egleston YMCA, 3134 Washington St. Curtis Hall Community Center, 20 South St. Dudley Square Plaza, 2400 Washington St.

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Photo of the Day

People Before Highways

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Ron Hafer, who was among the many locals who organized to stop I-95, speaks at a panel discussion hosted by the JP Historical Society in September 2014. Ron Hafer, one of many neighborhood residents involved in the fight against I-95, speaks at a Sept. 28, 2014 panel discussion at Doyle's. The meeting was hosted by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Here's an edited transcript of the discussion.

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Opinion

What I’ve Learned From 40 Years of Community Organizing

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Forty years ago, on May 9, 1975, I decided to become involved in Franklin Park. Nobody asked me. I just wanted to. I walked down to Freddie's Market at the corner of Williams and Washington Street and bought a box of plastic trash bags.  I spent nine hours cleaning the Williams Street foot entrance to Franklin Park opposite 269 Forest Hills St. where my wife, Martha, and I then lived.

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Neighborhood Life

Scenes From Wake Up The Earth 2015

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A scene from Wake Up The Earth 2015. A scene from Wake Up The Earth 2015. Credit: Richard Heath

Thousands of residents flocked to the Southwest Corridor Park on Saturday for a sun-filled Wake Up The Earth Festival. Here are a few photos.

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Wake Up The Earth 2015 map
Neighborhood Life

Here’s Your Map for Wake Up the Earth 2015

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The 37th Annual Wake Up The Earth Festival runs noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. Here is a map of the live music, vendors and other events you'll experience. If you'd like to be in one of the two parades leading to the festival, meet at 11 a.m. Saturday at either the Egleston YMCA or Curtis Hall Community Center. If you find this map too small to read, please use the magnifying glass symbol to make it larger. You may also simply download it for print-out.

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Photo of the Day

Love: Always Read the Fine Print

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I was walking the Southwest Corridor Park and my heart swelled with good feelings at seeing the "love" graffiti on a refuse barrel. But click to the right in the series to see what some wag added to the original sentiment. Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) "Jamaica Plain," here are four ways to nominate it as our "Photo of the Day":

Email me at chris@jamaicaplainnews

Tag a picture on Twitter with @02130News

Put your photo in the Jamaica Plain News photo pool on Flickr

Tag a picture on Instagram with #02130News

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Photo of the Day

Don’t Forget Your Bowler Hat

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"When biking in JP, always remember to wear your bowler hat," notes Instagram user sarahinabox1. She tells us this jauntily-altered road symbol is on the Southwest Corridor Park by the English High soccer field. [selfie]

Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) "Jamaica Plain," here are four ways to nominate it as our "Photo of the Day":

Email me at chris@jamaicaplainnews

Tag a picture on Twitter with @02130News

Put your photo in the Jamaica Plain News photo pool on Flickr

Tag a picture on Instagram with #02130News

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Photo of the Day
Construction of the Southwest Corridor rail lines and park in Jamaica Plain in the early 1980s. This view is looking from Everett St. towards Jamaica Plain High School. A catastrophic rain created this flood, just before the main drainage hookup was completed. Photograph courtesy of Will and Sharlene Cochrane.

Under Construction and Under Water

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For our Photo of the Day on Thursdays, I highlight an image of old JP. This one comes from the JP Historical Society's photo archives, courtesy of Will and Sharlene Cochrane. Here's the caption from the archives:

Construction of the Southwest Corridor rail lines and park in Jamaica Plain in the early 1980s. This view is looking from Everett St. towards Jamaica Plain High School.

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Police and Fire

66-year-old Woman Knocked From Bike, Phone Taken on Southwest Corridor Park

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Quick police response led to a 28-year-old California man being arrested after he allegedly knocked a 66-year-old woman off her bike along the Southwest Corridor Park, hit her and took her phone. The incident took place about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday along the bike path near English High. With the help of a witness, police were notified and responded to McBride and South streets, said Police Officer Neva Coakley. They found a man wearing a white T shirt and blue jeans matching the description of the suspect. Police arrested Robert Christopher Baker, 28, of Livermore, Calif.

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Photo of the Day
Southwest Corridor Park between Green and Stony Brook stations, April 2014

Photo of the Day: April 18

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Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. This is a view of part of the Southwest Corridor Park between Green and Stony Brook stations. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) "Jamaica Plain," here are three ways to nominate it as our "Photo of the Day":

Email me at chris@jamaicaplainnews

Tag a picture on Twitter with @02130News

Put your photo in the Jamaica Plain News photo pool on Flickr

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