Neighborly competition

Residents in 3 communities try to outdo each other in the Energy Smackdown

Alexsis Rabkin (center), Eloise Botka (left), and Joshua Nolan play in a recycling bin before a Cambridge event promoting the Energy Smackdown.

(Josh Reynolds Photo for The Boston Globe) Alexsis Rabkin (center), Eloise Botka (left), and Joshua Nolan play in a recycling bin before a Cambridge event promoting the Energy Smackdown.

By Dave Copeland

Globe Correspondent / August 17, 2008

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When Sarah Cluggish and her husband, Jason, noticed their family's energy bill rising last year, they took the fight to Tumbler, El Oso, Ten Pin, and Boss Stoutmore, as well as two other families from Medford, where they live. (Full article: 989 words)