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Lights on Main Streets

Lights on Main Streets focuses on lighting up the City for the holiday season. To that end, the Main Streets organizations of Boston are encouraging their local business owners and residents to decorate their storefront windows, houses and parks with bright lights and decorations. The Lights on Main Streets initiative includes the following programs:

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    Deck the Windows II

    The popular contest in which people vote for the best holiday storefront window decorations in the Main Streets Districts is back. Support your local businesses by voting for your favorite window.

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    Mayor Menino Celebrates Opening of Minerva’s Owl in Roslindale on “Small Business Saturday”

    On November 26, 2011, Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined Roslindale Village Main Streets, local business owners and residents to celebrate “Small Business Saturday” by cutting the ribbon at Minerva’s Owl, a new boutique in Roslindale, and officially kicking off the holiday season in Roslindale at the Adams Park tree lightings.

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  • Mayor Menino Kicks-Off 2010 Holidays on Main Streets; Announces Contest

    On Tuesday, November 23, 2010, Mayor Menino joined residents and business owners at a West Roxbury ski and snow board equipment shop, Wicked Sharp, for the kick-off.

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