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Summer Fire Safety Notice: Rules for Grilling, Outdoor Fires, and More
With the outdoor grilling season well underway, the Somerville Fire Department is reminding residents that the use of charcoal, wood or propane grills is not allowed on porches, balconies, fire escapes or roofs. Learn more at www.somervillema.gov/GrillSafetySomerville Launches Revised Lead Paint Safety Program
SOMERVILLE – Mitigating lead paint hazards in Somerville’s housing supply is one of the priorities on Mayor Curtatone’s affordable housing agenda. This month, the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development Housing Division kicks off a new program – Lead Paint Safe Somerville – designed to help address those hazards. The program’s goal is to help create safer housing for Somerville families by remediating lead-based paint hazards in residential units. Lead Paint Safe Somerville…UPDATE: Community Path (Buena Vista Rd. to Cambridge Line) to Close for Drainage, Retaining Wall Repairs Beginning June 24, 2018
A new date for the closure of a portion of the Community Path (Buena Vista Road to the Cambridge City line) has been announced. The closure is now set to begin on June 24, 2018, and will last for approximately three months. This portion of the Community Path will undergo much-anticipated repairs to the drainage system and to a retaining wall to address recurring flooding issues and to improve safety along the path. Bicycle and pedestrian traffic will be detoured for approximately three months…Rock and Read with the 2018 Summer Reading Program
The Somerville Public Library invites all members of the community to participate in the 2018 Summer Reading Program, running from June 19 to August 15. All three library locations will be offering a variety of programs and prizes around this year’s national Collaborative Summer Reading Program theme, Libraries Rock!™. For the second year in a row, the Somerville Public Library will be offering programs for readers of all ages, including children, teens, and adults. Registration begins…Second Quarterly Public Meeting to Discuss Updates to Parking Changes on Central Hill Campus to be Held Wednesday, June 20
With construction on the new Somerville High School building project underway and set to ramp up in the summer months, gradual changes to parking options on the Central Hill Campus (which includes City Hall, Somerville High School, and the Somerville Public Library) and the surrounding public streets have begun. Join City staff Wednesday, June 20, at 6 p.m. in the Somerville Public Library Auditorium, 79 Highland Ave., for the second in a series of public quarterly meetings…Annual Historic Bike Ride Planned for June 17
More information at https://www.somervillema.gov/events/2018/06/17/annual-historic-bike-rideSomerville Arts Council’s ‘Fixer Fair’ Scheduled for June 10
The Fixer Fair celebrates repair! Don’t recycle it, FIX it. Don't buy a new one, make your old one better! Join the Somerville Arts Council on Sunday, June 10 in Union Square for the Fixer Fair, from noon to 3 p.m. Repairing things helps the environment, is more economical, and teaches engineering to adults and kids. Blenders, cell phones, toasters, bikes, art objects, clothes, rice cookers, vacuums, laptops...how many items in your home need repair? At the Fixer Fair attendees can bring…Groundbreaking Ceremony Planned at Somerville High School, June 12
SOMERVILLE – Please join the City of Somerville and Somerville Public Schools on Tuesday, June 12, to celebrate the first major milestone in the Somerville High School rebuilding project. A Groundbreaking Ceremony will be held in front of SHS beginning at 9 a.m. Attendees and speakers will include: Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone Superintendent of Schools Mary Skipper The Somerville School Committee The Somerville Board of Aldermen Somerville’s State Delegation Deborah Goldberg, Treasurer of…LGBTQ Pride Flag Raising on SHS Concourse June 5, 2:45 p.m.
Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) on Tuesday, June 5, at 2:45 p.m., to raise the Pride flag in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month and LGBTQ Youth Pride. https://www.somervillema.gov/events/2018/06/05/lgbtq-pride-flag-raisingApplications Now Available for FY19 Somerville Community Preservation Act Funds
SOMERVILLE – Application materials for this year’s Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds as well as the FY19 Community Preservation Plan, which sets the funding allocations and priorities for the year, are now available. An estimated $1.1 million is available for projects that preserve Somerville’s historic resources and expand and improve our parks and recreation land, including $210,000 earmarked for open space acquisition. This year marks the first year that the minimum funding…Feedback
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