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Comment on Cambridge Local Unions Protest With Huge Inflated Rat by Doug

Doug — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:53:59 +0000

They should also protest the rent rates too. They pay the least tax and they charge the highest rates for rent. No way to control it. Maybe we should write the Department of Justice do an investigation.

Comment on The Oscars, James Franco (did I tell you he’s my cousin?) and me. by admin

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:11:33 +0000

Me too!Working on it!

Comment on The Oscars, James Franco (did I tell you he’s my cousin?) and me. by Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:06:48 +0000

I would love to meet James Franco

Comment on Journalist Dorothy Parvaz held in Iran; please keep story in the news, social media by Anita Harris

Anita Harris — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:36:12 +0000

I’m pleased to say that Ms. Parvaz has been released.

Comment on Country Greetings From Fresh Pond, Cambridge by admin

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:34:09 +0000

Robert, thanks so much for clarifying. I have Officer Jean’s card and, yes, you’re 100% right. She’s with the City of Cambridge Office of Watershed Management–not the MWRA. I’ve corrected in the original blog. Anita

Comment on Country Greetings From Fresh Pond, Cambridge by Robert Winters

Robert Winters — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:17:23 +0000

Ranger Jean works for the Cambridge Water Department – entirely unrelated to the MWRA. All of the work around Fresh Pond is being done under the watchful eye of the Water Department. Again, no MWRA involvement.

Congratulations on the new digs. I haven’t moved in 32 years and likely never will, but it would be great to live near Fresh Pond.

Comment on The Oscars, James Franco (did I tell you he’s my cousin?) and me. by admin

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:31:28 +0000

I still didn’t get it, so asked Bob who Mitzie Verne is, and who is our common ancestor.

Sara Hanna Bialosky Shapiro who was married to Michael Shapiro. Her father was Isaac Bialosky who lived and died in Lithuania (Pol-Russ).

Upon studying the family tree, I think this means that my mother and Mitzi had the same great grandmother.

Comment on The Oscars, James Franco (did I tell you he’s my cousin?) and me. by admin

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:29:43 +0000

OK–This from Cousin Bob Barnes on how we actually are related:
Anita, James Franco’s grandmother, Mitzi Verne, and your mother, Sara, are 2nd cousins (as am I to them). That makes James Franco my 2nd cousin twice removed (2 generations). That makes James Franco your 3rd cousin once removed. Sounds like British royalty doesn’t it? The Bialosky’s (Mitzi Verne) and the Shapiro’s (Sara Harris, me, etc.) intertwine about 5 times in 200 years. They were from the same area in what is now Lithuania and all came to the U.S. in the late 1800′s.
My great-grandmother’s name was Sara Hanna Bialosky Shapiro. This is also your mother’s great-grandmother.

Comment on Welcome by Bob Barnes

Bob Barnes — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:15:38 +0000

Anita, James Franco’s grandmother, Mitzi Verne, and your mother, Sara, are 2nd cousins (as am I to them). That makes James Franco my 2nd cousin twice removed (2 generations). That makes James Franco your 3rd cousin once removed. Sounds like British royalty doesn’t it? The Bialosky’s (Mitzi Verne) and the Shapiro’s (Sara Harris, me, etc.) intertwine about 5 times in 200 years. They were from the same area in what is now Lithuania and all came to the U.S. in the late 1800′s.
My great-grandmother’s name was Sara Hanna Bialosky Shapiro. This is also your mother’s great-grandmother.