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  • Saturday, September 15, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – NABB Fall Street Sale

    On Saturday, September 15th, from 10:00am to 5:00pm, The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay will hold its Annual Fall Street Sale, our local community yard sale, on the Dartmouth Street Mall between Newbury Street and Commonwealth Avenue (at Alley 434).

    You may purchase a 10′ x 4′ selling space at the Street Sale for $75. This fee includes one chair. Bring your own table or rent one with your space reservation for an additional $25. Reservations are not transferable according to state revenue restrictions.

    NABB arranges the space, procures the permits, and sets the stage. You bring your clean and sale ready household merchandise, books, antiques or other treasures, priced appropriately, and watch them be snapped up by bargain hunters. The proceeds are all yours.

    No clothing, please. The City of Boston has notified NABB that no commercial products may be sold at this sale.  For more information, or to procure a table, log on to www.nabbonline.com, or mail a check for $75 (or $100 if you wish to rent a table and chair) made out to NABB to the NABB office at 160 Commonwealth Avenue, #L-8, Boston, MA 02116-2749.

     

  • Saturday, December 12 – Weston Holiday House Tour

    The Women’s Community League of Weston is pleased to announce Holiday House Tour ’09.  On Saturday, December 12, six stunning pre-civil war homes decorated for the holidays will be featured.  Over the summer the committee designed a fabulous day, chock full of Holiday Cheer, American history, and innovative combinations of the past, present, and future, bound to thrill all of those in attendance.  They  are especially pleased to debut their new Platinum Corporate Sponsors:  Boston Properties, Biogen Idec, Highland Meadows and Weston Landscaping. These corporations are proud to support the Women’s Community League Services and Scholarship Fund and give back to their local community.  Contact Nancy Hughes at nancy.hughes@comcast.net, or log on to www.wclweston.org for directions, hours, and pricing information.  The beautiful wreath below was created by Susan Snow Summerside of Moving Designz (sic) Interior Decorating.

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  • Friday, August 21 – Sunday, August 23 – 25th Annual Wilbraham Peach Festival

    Wilbraham’s Twenty-fifth Annual Peach Festival, August 21, 22, & 23, 2009, will be held at Fountain Park, Tinkham Road in Wilbraham. Come join friends and neighbors and enjoy the country fair atmosphere of Wilbraham’s biggest event!

    There is a full schedule of activities for both adults and children along with plenty of food and exhibits. The main stage and children’s tent will feature a variety of local and regional talent, and FlippenOut Productions will make a return appearance on Sunday. And with peach sundaes, peach bread, peach shakes, and of course, Mr. Peach, we’re sure you will have a peach of a time!

    All proceeds from the Wilbraham Peach Festival go to local community groups and scholarships.  For directions, times and more information, log on to www.pickyourown.org.

  • Saturday, September 12, 10 – 5 – NABB Fall Street Sale

    On Saturday, September 12th, from 10:00am to 5:00pm, NABB will hold its Annual Fall Street Sale, our local community yard sale, on Dartmouth Street Mall between Newbury Street and Commonwealth Avenue (at Alley 434).  The Garden Club of the Back Bay will be represented with a table, and visitors will be able to pick up Membership Brochures, see displays of some of the many Garden Club of the Back Bay projects we execute and fund, purchase totes, aprons, and bulbs, and pre-order our justly famous Holiday Wreaths.  We will also have pictures and ordering information for the beautiful iron tree fences you see throughout the neighborhood.  If you’d like to arrange for pruning of your front yard tree, we can take that information, too.  Please stop by and say hello.