Local residents are teaming up to offer supermarket shuttle services to others in the area.
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- Sean Boyle
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
With Johnnies closing in less than a week, Charlestown will be without a supermarket until the construction of Whole Foods is completed. In such little notice, the Townie Association quickly responded to the issue by starting a petition for shuttle services. As president of the Townie Association, I would like to thank all those who signed our petition and for your support. When walking around Charlestown and knocking on doors to receive signatures, I witnessed the generosity of Charlestown come alive. Many neighborhoods do not have what we have: a community that cares. To hear the good news of neighbors quickly starting their own shuttle service or receiving emails and phone calls from neighbors offering their time to drive people to …
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Main St & Middlesex St, Boston, MA
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Main St & Green St, Boston, MA
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Warren St & Winthrop St, Boston, MA
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Bunker Hill St & Lexington St, Boston, MA
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Medford St & Tufts St, Boston, MA
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The Charlestown store is expected to shut down for renovations by Nov. 19.
With Johnnie’s Foodmaster reportedly closing by Nov. 19, Charlestown residents are urging officials to come up with a plan for shuttling people to supermarkets in Somerville or Chelsea. At the Charlestown Neighborhood Council meeting Thursday night, several people raised concerns about getting a transportation program up and running—especially with Thanksgiving exactly two weeks away. One council member said the decision of what to do “should have been made yesterday.” Danielle Fitzgerald, neighborhood coordinator with the Mayor’s Office, said that the mayor was working with City Councilor Sal LaMattina and the Boston Elderly Commission to come up with a plan to help residents get to a grocery store—likely either Market Basket in Chelsea …
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Becca Manning
2:54 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
Hey guys, I think we've had some good dialogue on here, and I appreciate that this is a topic everyone is passionate about, but I think we've about run out the conversation, so I'm going to turn off comments on this article. If you've got a lot more to say on the issue, or any issue in Charlestown, please feel free to submit a letter to the editor to me at becca.manning@patch.com. My intent is … more ›