SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HOST ‘SOMERVILLE READS’ POTLUCK 4/21
Potluck celebrates annual citywide “Somerville Reads” campaign; 2012 book selection is Farm City; Potluck includes live music by Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Public Library invites all
community members to the "Somerville Reads" Celebration and Potluck from 1:00 -
3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21st at the Central Library, 79
Highland Ave. The Potluck will kick off
the annual Somerville Reads campaign, encouraging community literacy through a
common theme. The 2012 theme is "food,"
and the selected books are Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer,
SPFJr. YOUTH LEADERS ENCOURAGE SOMERVILLE YOUTH TO END TOBACCO USE
Youth leaders work to prevent smoking as part of National “Kick Butts Day.”
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.
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MAYOR’S SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM
Somerville Residents Ages 16 and Up Eligible to Apply for Summer Program; Job Placement in City Departments, Local Businesses
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Youth Programming Coordinator Nancy Bacci announced that applications are now available for the 2012 Mayor's Summer Jobs
Program. Available through April 30th, applications can be found at the City of Somerville's Personnel Department (City Hall) or on the City's website (www.somervillema.gov). The Program provides opportunities for
MAYOR, ALDERMEN OFFER PLAN TO SUPPORT URBAN AGRICULTURE MOVEMENT IN SOMERVILLE
Upcoming “Let’s Grow!” Events and Proposed Ordinance Mark City Efforts to Promote Urban Farming, Increase Access to Fresh Produce; Ordinance to be submitted at 4/12 BOA Meeting
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today
that he is working with members of the Board of Aldermen, City staff, and
several community partners to develop an urban agriculture initiative in
Somerville. As a first step, the Mayor
and several aldermen will co-sponsor submission of a proposed ordinance at the
regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, April 12th.
PATRIOT’S DAY CEREMONIES SET FOR APRIL 16th
237th anniversary of historic event to include colonial games, refreshments, and a visit by Paul Revere on horseback
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 Alderman Bill Roche, and the Somerville
Historic Preservation Commission invite all residents and community members to
the City's 237th annual Patriot's Day celebration, to be held at Foss Park on
Monday, April 16th from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Co-sponsored by the Preservation Commission,
Historic Somerville, the Somerville Museum, and East Somerville Main Streets,
BIKE PARKING CORRALS MOVING INTO TEN LOCATIONS CITYWIDE
Curbside Structures Enhance Safety, Convenience for Cyclists; Improve Pedestrian Flow by Reducing Bike Parking on Sidewalks and at Parking Meters
SOMERVILLE SPRING CLEANUP SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 28th
Community BBQ to be Held at Blessing of the Bay Boat House Following Cleanup, at Noon.
- Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone for the annual Somerville
Spring Clean-Up on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 10:00am- noon at locations
throughout the City. The annual cleanup is sponsored by Comcast. A
rain date has been set for Sunday, April 29th.
Volunteers should meet a ward captain at 10:00am at the following
locations:
Public Meeting to Discuss DEP-Conway Park Scheduled for 4/27
The City of Somerville will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 27th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss and receive comments on the environmental remediation at
Conway Park/15A Bleachery Row (DEP Release Tracking Number 3-0011753). The meeting will be held at the Central
Library, 79 Highland Avenue, and an information repository has been set up with documents related to this site, which are available the Central Library, second
CITY PARTNERS WITH WELCOME PROJECT’S “YUM” CAMPAIGN TO HOST “A TASTE OF IMMIGRANT CITY” RESTAURANT EVENT 4/25
At Center for Arts at the Armory, event to feature ten Somerville restaurants with food from around the world; Restaurants also participate in City’s “Shape Up Somerville-Approved” healthy eating program.
SOMERVILLE - The general public is invited to join Mayor
Joseph Curtatone, Shape Up Somerville and the Welcome Project's "YUM"
Restaurant Campaign on Wednesday, April 25th for YUM:
A Taste of Immigrant City, a tasting event to showcase some of the
City's worldwide cuisine as interpreted by Shape Up Somerville-approved
restaurants. Ten immigrant-run
restaurants from across the City will feature menu items from all over the
world, and this year YUM restaurants and Shape Up Somerville have partnered to
MAYOR CURTATONE, TRAFFIC & PARKING CONVENE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT RESEARCH AND POLICY GROUP
Panel of Community Reps, Business Leaders and Policy Experts to Assess New Technologies, Best Practices for Pedestrians, Transit, Bicycles and Vehicles
SOMERVILLE -Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that he has created a Transportation Research, Innovation and Planning (TRIP) Team to advise the City on new technologies and procedures designed to increase accessibility, capacity, convenience and safety
in all modes of local transportation. The advisory panel is composed of representatives drawn from the city's residential and business communities as well as Somerville-based transportation and parking policy experts.
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