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Ethanol T ransport Informational Meeting 3/11

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will host an informational meeting on Monday, March 11th at the Argenziano School regarding Ethanol Transport by Rail in Somerville.  All members of the public are invited to attend.  The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Argenziano School cafetorium, 290 Washington Street.  The meeting will include project background and general safety information related to transporting ethanol by train through the…

SOMERVILLE RECREATION ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SKATING HOURS AT TWO RINKS FOR WINTER 2012-13

SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Recreation Department announces the winter 2012-13 public ice skating schedule, which includes increased hours for public skating at two rinks.  Located at 570 Somerville Avenue, the Veteran's Memorial Hockey Rink and a second, newly-opened and yet-to-be-named rink include free public skating Monday through Sunday beginning this month.  The City of Somerville assumed maintenance and daily operations of the Veteran's Rink through a Memorandum of…

Kenney Park Community Meeting 11/19

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to a community meeting to discuss upcoming renovations to Kenney Park (located at the corner of Highland Ave. and Grove St.).  The meeting will be held at Tufts Administration Building (TAB) at 167 Holland Street on Monday, November 19th at 6:00pm.  All are welcome to attend, and to share your ideas for the future of…

SOMERVILLE, MA LAUNCHES FIRST SOCRATA-POWERED OPEN DATA PORTAL IN NEW ENGLAND

SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today unveiled New England's first Socrata-powered Open Data Portal, adding Somerville to a select group of trail-blazing Open Data innovators committed to delivering municipal data to any interested resident. Located at data.somervillema.gov, the new web-based portal includes robust self-service access to the city's 311 call center data, improved information delivery infrastructure through data-rich tables and charting features and enhanced reporting…

CITY TO PROVIDE CONTRACT MEDIATION SERVICES FOR PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN UNION SQUARE

SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) and representatives of the neighborhood organization Union Square Rising had accepted his invitation to participate in a mediation process to address issues arising from SCC’s proposal to construct a new mixed-use housing project at the site of the former Boys and Girls Club on Washington Street in Union Square. To begin an initial assessment of mediation readiness that includes all…

City Seeking SomerStreets Vendors

The City of Somerville is seeking craft vendors, musicians, performance artists, dancers, visual artists, storytellers and other creative artists to participate in SomerStreets, one of the area's largest public events where we close the streets to cars and open them to residents for walking, cycling, running, etc.   The 2012 SomerStreets series schedule is:   Carnaval on East Broadway: Sunday, June 3rd, Temple Street to Pennsylvania Avenue Seize the Summer…

MAYOR SALUTES “VISIONARY” VOTE OF BOSTON MPO TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR RTE 16 GREEN LINE STATION

SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today praised the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization for what he described as its "wise and visionary" decision to authorize $8.1 million in funding for the study, design and construction of the Route 16 station of the Green Line Extension Project (GLX). At its April 19th meeting, the MPO voted 19 to 2 in favor of a Patrick administration proposal to include funding for the project in the Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2013 - 2016 Transportation…

Public Invited to Public Hearing on Economic Inequality 12/10

All are invited to a Public Hearing before the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at 7 p.m., in the Aldermanic Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. to provide public input on the issue of economic inequality. Please come share your concerns, suggestions, requests and ideas on how to address economic inequality in Somerville. This hearing is in response to a request for a public hearing on the subject submitted by 195 registered voters to the Board of Aldermen on…

SPFJr. YOUTH LEADERS ENCOURAGE SOMERVILLE YOUTH TO END TOBACCO USE

SOMERVILLE - Somerville Special Positive Forces Junior Edition (SPFJr.), a youth group within the City's Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) program in the Health Department, celebrated "Kick Butts Day" on Wednesday, March 22nd by chalking facts and messages pertaining to tobacco on the sidewalks.  SPFJr. youth promoted the fact that 85% of Somerville High School students DO NOT smoke and that smoking is NOT the norm as reported on the 2010 SHS Student Health Survey.  SPFJr. is…

Veterans Day Ceremony Wed. 11/11 at Dilboy VFW Post

Join us in honoring Somerville's veterans at the Somerville Allied Veterans' Council annual Veterans Day Ceremony. The ceremony takes place tomorrow (11/11) at 10 a.m. at the George Dilboy VFW Post, 371 Summer St.

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