SMAMS Connection: Small Business Saturday; Tree Lighting Celebration; More

The SMAMS Connection November 21, 2012

Our Sponsors

Small Business Saturday Nov. 24

Skip the Mall Crowds and Save!

How would you prefer to spend the Saturday after Thanksgiving - driving laps around a mall parking lot searching for a space, or making a quick trip to Dot Ave to talk with your neighbors/shopowners and getting some great deals?

Small Business Saturday, on Nov. 24, is a nationwide promotion to re-introduce consumers to the beauty of shopping locally. The following SMAMS businesses are participating:

S&R Computer Repair and Sales
1831 Dorchester Ave; 617-533-8404

HP laptop for $380 (regularly $599), including Microsoft Office, carrying case, and six months of Norton Internet Security.
Many other specials

Boston Hairnista Salon

1690-B Dorchester Ave, 617-265-0828

10% off hair products

Beauty Line Boutique
1692 Dorchester Ave; 617-282-5463

20% off entire inventory

Eden Natural Lifestyle Boutique
1882 Dorchester Ave, 617-533-7589

20% off regularly priced items
Up to 50% off some clearance items

Celia & Company
1775 Dorchester Ave

20% off clothing
10% off furniture

Dot-2-Dot Cafe
1739 Dorchester Ave, 617-436-2368

One free small pastry or coffee with an order of $7.50

Tree Lighting Celebration Nov. 24!

Join Santa & Mrs. Claus and all your neighbors at the annual Peabody Square Tree Lighting on Saturday, Nov. 24. Gather at the tree on the Ashmont Station Plaza at 7:00 p.m. for refreshments and caroling with the Boston City Singers and M.C. Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, plus goody bags for the kids. Santa and Mrs. C arrive at 7:30 to light the tree!

Sponsored by: SMAMS; Ashmont-Adams Neighborhood Association; Ashmont Hill Association; Fuller-Bailey Neighborhood Association; Peabody Slope Neighborhood Association; Dorchester Holiday Celebrations Committee

Special Thanks To: Mayor Thomas Menino; Sheriff Andrea Cabral; Sen. Jack Hart; Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry; Rep. Russell Holmes; Rep. Marty Walsh; Councilor Frank Baker; Councilor Ayanna Pressley; Councilor Charles Yancey; Chris English, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services; Boston Fire Dept, Ladder 6 & Engine 18; Boston Parks & Recreation; Boston Police Area C-11; MBTA and MBTA Transit Police; Mass Convention Center Authority; Boston Bowl; City View Trolley

And Thanks to our Neighborhood Supporters: Ashmont Convenience Store; Ashmont Grill; Back-To-Life Chiropractic; Boston City Singers; Cedar Grove Gardens; Designer Draperies; Dot Art; Eastern Bank; Flat Black Coffee Company; Jack Conway Real Estate; MacLellan Law Firm; Mass Local Telephone; Micci Fuel; The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont; Reginald Blanchard Law Offices; S&R Computer Repair and Sales; Tavolo Ristorante; Tedeschi's Food Shop; Trinity Financial; Weeks & Devonish Insurance; Yankee Insurance

Harvest-Tini Thanks
Harvest-Tini basic image

Thanks to all who attended Harvest-Tini - the eighth annual Martinis on the Avenue - November 14 at The Blarney Stone

For a gallery of photos from the event, please click here and use the password: Dotini

Thanks to auctioneer extraordinaire Craig Galvin and our committee: Evelyn Darling, Lee Adelson, Donna Finnegan, Lisa O'Neill and Rachel Hronek; and our many volunteers.

Thanks to our generous sponsors!

Hon. Russell Holmes
Hon. Martin Walsh
Dorchester Board of Trade
Eire Pub
Fallon Residential
Fields Corner CDC
Harbor Health Services, Inc.
Karlene Valente Insurance Agency
Mohawk Insurance
planwork.us
Vargas & Vargas Insurance
Viet AID

City Council President Steve Murphy; City Councilor Frank Baker; Ashmont Auto Collision;
Ashmont Tire; Boston University Urban Business Accelerator; Comzer Insurance; Gerard's Restaurant; O'Brien's Deli, Market and Liquors; Princess Hair Palace and Day Spa; Super 99 Cent Plus; Tedeschi's Fields Corner - Gibson Street; Tedeschi's Peabody Square

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