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All of today's Allston was part of Brighton when that town seceded from Cambridge in 1807. In 1868, a new railroad depot and post office in Brighton's eastern portion were given the name "Allston" after Washington Allston, the noted painter who lived and worked in the area. The entire Town of Brighton was annexed by the City of Boston in 1874. Allston has never existed as a separate political entity in its own right. Allston grew up largely around the large railroad and livestock operations in its midst. The Boston and Albany Railroad ...

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The ZIP code 02134 roughly expresses Allston's extents, which was made famous nationwide by a recurring musical piece on the PBS children's series ZOOM -- whose originating station, WGBH, is located in the neighborhood. Allston is bordered by the Charles River and the city of Cambridge to the north, Brookline to the south, and is split by the Massachusetts Turnpike in the middle. The area north of the turnpike near the river i ...

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Cambridge is located at 42°22'25" North, 71°6'38" West 42.373746° N 71.110554° W GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.5 km² (7.1 mi²). 16.7 km² (6.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.82% water. Cambridge is bordered by the city of Boston on its south and east (across the Charles River), by the city of Somerville and the town of Arlington to its north, and by t ...

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In Early Modern English, Good had a meaning of "holy". A "good tide" is, for example, Christmas or Shrove Tuesday (whereby "tide" = "tide"). Catholic and Orthodox Christians treat this day as a fast day. Orthodox Christians spend all this day in fasting from all food, to the extent that their health permits. Catholics also refrain from more than one normal meal, though they may add up to two small meals as required for good health. The Book of Common Prayer designates Good Friday as a day of fasting, but the contemporary worship books make no such reference. As Good Friday is the most ...

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Instead of the Divine Liturgy, the Orthodox & Eastern Catholics meet up to three times during the day for prayer: in the forenoon, to pray the Royal Hours appointed for that day; in the afternoon, the Vespers of Holy Friday; and in the evening, the Matins of Holy Saturday. The congregants relive the events of the day through public reading of the Psalms and Gospels, and singing hymns about Christ's death. Visual imagery and symbolism is also often used: in the morning, a large cross is moved to the front or ce ...

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Many Protestant communities hold special services on this day as well. In the German Lutheran tradition from the 16th to the 20th century, this was the most important holiday. It was the prime day on which to receive Holy Communion, and services were often accentuated by special music such as the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. Many Baptist and non-denominational churches do not celebrate Good Friday, instead observing the Crucifixion on Wednesday to coincide with the Jewish sacrifice of the Passover Lamb (which C ...

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In many historically Christian countries such as England, Australia and New Zealand, the day is celebrated with the eating of hot cross buns, the withdrawal (to some degree) of advertising from television and radio, and the closure of most shops for the day. Eastern Orthodox Christians eat as little as possible on this day. It is not a federal holiday in the United States, although many states observe it as a state holiday. ...

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Palm Sunday | Holy Monday | Holy Tuesday | Holy Wednesday | Holy Thursday | Good Friday | Holy Saturday | Easter Eastertide Easter Monday Ascension Pentecost ...

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Cambridge is host to many public and private schools serving the children of Cambridge. The 12 public elementary schools include: Amigos School Baldwin School Cambridgeport School Fletcher-Maynard Academy Graham & Parks School Haggerty School Kennedy/Longfellow School King Open School Martin Luther King Jr. School Morse School Peabody School Tobin School There is only one public high school in Cambridge, which ...

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Cambridge has a 9-member City Council, and a 6-member School Committee. The councillors and school committee members are elected every two years using the single transferable vote (STV) system. [1] Since the disbanding of the New York City Community School Boards in 2002, the Council is unusual in being the only governing body in the United States to use STV [2]. Once a laborious process that took se ...

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