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SOMERVILLE BECOMES FIRST COMMUNITY IN NEW ENGLAND TO HOST DATA ON CLOUD-BASED SOCRATA PORTAL
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today announced that the City of Somerville has partnered with Socrata, Inc to use the Seattle-based company's hosted OpenData service to provide direct public access to large amounts of municipal data covering a variety of departments. With the cloud-based service, the City of Somerville will be able to share data collected through its 311 constituent service system directly with the general public in an interactive format. When the new…BIKE PARKING CORRALS MOVING INTO TEN LOCATIONS CITYWIDE
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that City workers are nearing completion on installation of ten curbside bicycle corrals across the city. The structures are designed to provide secure parking for up to up to 14 bikes in the same space that would typically be used for a single parked car. Bicyclists can use the corrals instead of locking their bikes to street signs or parking meters, which reduces congestion on sidewalks and promotes easier access to meters…2ND ANNUAL “CELEBRATE SOMERVILLE!” EVENT PLANNED FOR 2/25
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Superintendent of Schools Tony Pierantozzi announced that the City of Somerville will host the second annual "Celebrate Somerville!" event on Saturday, February 25th from 1-3 p.m. to honor the City's commitment to its youth, as well as to celebrate the City's designation, for the fourth consecutive year, as one of the nation's "100 Best Communities for Young People" by the America's Promise Alliance. The event will include live youth…Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on 4th Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving)
Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on Fourth Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving Day) Attention Somerville residents who have your streets swept on the second and fourth Thursdays! Beginning in November 2015, streets on the fourth Thursday route will be swept on the Monday immediately following Thanksgiving. Please park according to normal street sweeping requirements for your street on Monday. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and unpredictable weather late in the season,…Sign Up for Bulb Blitz 2015!
Join the City of Somerville for the fifth annual Somerville Bulb Blitz on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, and help prepare your neighborhood for a bright and colorful spring 2016! Residents are invited to join City staff to plant bulbs that will bloom in Spring 2016. Since the Bulb Blitz began in 2011, residents have planted more than 12,300 bulbs citywide! Participants should bring their own tools (bulb planters, shovels, hoes, gloves, etc.). To sign up, visit http://tinyurl.com/…Please Note: Staff Email Moving to '@SomervilleMA.gov'
The City is in the process of updating its internal email server, and the older '@ci.somerville.ma.us' is being removed to save on redundant maintenance costs. If you have stored any City staff email addresses in your address book ending in '@ci.somerville.ma.us,' please take a moment to change them to end in '@somervillema.gov.' If you have any trouble reaching a staff member by email, you may call the City by telephone at 617-625-6600 for a directory, or look them up online.Tour Historic Milk Row Cemetery on Thu. 7/9 and Sun. 7/19
Ever pass by the old cemetery on Somerville Avenue next to the Market Basket parking lot and wonder, "Who is buried there? What's the story behind this place?" Milk Row Cemetery dates back to 1804 and due to its fragile condition it's often closed to the public, but it will be open twice in July for its regular seasonal openings. Visit the cemetery on Thursday, July 9 from 6-8 p.m. or Sunday, July 19, from 1-4 p.m. when volunteer docents-often dressed in historic period clothing-will help you…Feedback
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