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CITY EXPANDS ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PROGRAM
SOMERVILLE - Beginning this week, the City will expand its electronics recycling program by offering a recycling service on weekdays for unwanted household electronics at no cost to residents. In addition to accepting TVs and computer monitors, the City's Department of Public Works now accepts desktop computers, laptops, servers and server racks, networking equipment, electronic instrumentation, printers, copiers and scanners, telephones, projectors, keyboards, battery backups, electronic…Somerville by Design Series Continues in July
The City of Somerville's "Somerville by Design" community planning series continues this month with Visioning Sessions for the East Somerville and Davis Square neighborhoods. The Visioning sessions will be the second of four events in each process to help the City create a roadmap for future development based on community needs and wishes in these areas. Somerville by Design series were conducted for Station Area Planning surrounding the proposed Green Line Extension in 2012. Upcoming meetings…SOMERVILLE FAMILIES INVITED TO JOIN IN WALKING SCHOOL BUSES
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone led two walking school buses last week to the Capuano School and Kennedy School and invites parents to join in this enjoyable way to get kids active in the morning and ready for school - and for parents to spend more quality time with their children. Walking school buses are part of Somerville's Safe Routes to School, the City's effort as part of a national initiative to get kids walking and riding to school. The program began in October 2012 at the…MAYOR, ALDERMEN Connolly, Cuff-Bastardi, Desmond, Heuston, O’Keefe, Sullivan, Trane PROPOSE ORDINANCE REGULATING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN CITY OF SOMERVILLE
SOMERVILLE – At the regular Board of Aldermen meeting on Thursday, May 23, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Aldermen Connolly, Cuff-Bastardi, Desmond, Heuston, O’Keefe, Sullivan and Trane introduced an ordinance that would set limits for campaign contributions made to any candidate or incumbent for public office in the City of Somerville by developers, contractors, lobbyists or individuals and organizations seeking to do business with the City including, financial assistance such as grants, loans…A message from Mayor Joseph Curtatone
It is with great relief and gratitude to all of our public safety officials that the second suspect of the horrific Boston Marathon bombing has been apprehended. We can all breathe easier and sleep better tonight. It is now up to law enforcement officials to continue to do their job to understand this catastrophic event and bring those responsible to justice. We thank them for all that they do to keep us safe. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families, friends, and loved ones…CITY ANNOUNCES ATHLETIC FIELDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development announce the Somerville Athletic Fields Needs Assessment Survey, asking community members to give feedback on the City's athletic fields to help inform future use. "Playfields are a center for neighborhood activity, like going to soccer games or just relaxing with friends," said Arn Franzen, Director of Parks and Open Spaces. "This is a chance for you, the people who use the…SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville and the Somerville Public Library (SPL) are proud to announce the digitization of historical records from the files of the City's past. Thanks to a partnership with the Boston Public Library and Digital Commonwealth, a State repository service for historical documents, the official full-text Annual Reports of the City from 1843 to 1925 can be accessed free through the Internet Archive. This archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural…MAYOR OUTLINES NEXT STEPS ON ADOPTION OF COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT
SOMERVILLE – Ten days after Somerville voters overwhelmingly approved local ballot Question 4, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today announced the City’s next steps in creating the local mechanisms to implement the Community Preservation Act (CPA). As directed by the enabling state legislation, the Curtatone Administration will propose a local ordinance establishing a nine-member Community Preservation Committee to begin the process of developing recommendations to allocate additional revenues…SOMERVILLE, NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE TO HOST PUBLIC FORUM THIS FRIDAY
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Congressman Michael Capuano, and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare will host a public forum on Friday, September 28th at 11:00 A.M. to discuss current proposals to address long-term funding and benefits issues affecting these long-standing and popular federal programs. The forum will be held at Tufts University's Cohen Auditorium (in the Aidekman Arts Center, Talbot Ave., Somerville), and will offer a panel discussion…IKEA TELLS CITY IT WILL LET ASSEMBLY SQUARE PERMITS EXPIRE
SOMERVILLE –Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that he had received a letter from officials at international furniture retailer IKEA informing him that they have decided not to proceed with construction at Assembly Square . Mayor Curtatone indicated that IKEA would have little difficulty finding a buyer for their 12-acre site, which is adjacent to the MBTA’s Assembly Square Orange Line station and Federal Realty’s 45 -acre Assembly Row development, both of which are already under…Feedback
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