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Northshore October 2025
December of this year, which is good news for the environment, but a problem remains: Low-income families and seniors often can’t afford to buy reusable bags. Enter Sierra Rothberg and her 12-year-old daughter, Calida Beliveau. Rothberg started Boomerang Bags Boston, a chapter of an Australian-based organization that provides washable, reusable bags to communities that need them. Her work earned her the W2O 2018 Ocean Spirit Award from Women Working for Oceans.  Calida had been a passionate and vocal advocate for Boston’s bag ban for years, and when her mother learned that access to reusable bags was a barrier to the city passing t
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