TRAFFIC AND PARKING TO OFFER THREE-DAY VISITOR PERMITS AND ONLINE RESIDENT PERMITTING
Two Expanded Services Give Residents More Freedom, Access and Time
CITY’S SOMERVISION PLAN TO BE HONORED BY AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, MASS. CHAPTER
City’s Comprehensive Plan, Finalized Earlier this Year, to Receive “Comprehensive Planning Award” for a Municipality Over 50,000 People; APA to Honor Innovative Planning Efforts at Ceremony on Dec. 14th
SOMERVILLE - The City's 20-year
Comprehensive Plan, SomerVision, is set to be honored by the American Planning
Association's Massachusetts Chapter on December 14th as part of its
Annual Awards Program, honoring innovative planning efforts across the
Commonwealth. Somerville is one of
thirteen communities to be honored in 2012, and will receive the Comprehensive
Planning Award for a municipality with a population of over 50,000. The Comprehensive Planning Award honors a
GRAND UNION FLAG RAISING KICKS OFF AT 11:30am ON JANUARY 1ST
237th Flag Raising Commemorated Atop Prospect Hill by City Officials, Residents, and “George Washington” on Horseback.
CITY’S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENNVIRONMENT ENDORSES FIRST NET-ZERO HOUSE IN SOMERVILLE
Revolutionary Design Signals New Direction in Sustainable and Green Building
Sustainability and Environment (OSE) announced their support today for a
recently renovated two-family house as a model of Net-Zero Energy building for
the city. "Net Zero Energy building" is
a new construction practice where buildings are designed to produce as much
energy as they consume, and this renovated home, owned by Chungha Cha of Susterra
Partners in Korea and located at 13 Elmwood St. is the first Net-Zero home in
the City. It is also the first building
MAYOR ASKS RETIRING WD. 1 ALDERMAN BILL ROCHE TO ASSIST CITY AS PART-TIME INTERIM PERSONNEL DIRECTOR
Search for Permanent Personnel Director to Continue; Wd. 1 School Committee Member Maureen Bastardi Named by Aldermen to Serve Balance of Roche Term
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that recently retired Ward One Alderman William Roche has agreed to use his extensive background as a human resources professional to assist the City in the role of interim, part-time Personnel Director.
SOMERVILLE RECREATION ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SKATING HOURS AT TWO RINKS FOR WINTER 2012-13
Second Rink Opened in Early September; Year-Round Skating Programs to Expand in 2013
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 Understanding with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in 2010.
Kenney Park Community Meeting 1/9
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 an informational 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 Ciampa
Manor, 27 College Ave., on Wednesday, January 9th from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend. For
SCAP TO PRESENT STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY RESULTS AT PUBLIC MEETING JANUARY 17th
Surveys had been Distributed to Somerville High School Students in February 2012; Results will be Presented in ‘Game Show’ Format
Prevention (SCAP) Program Director Lovelee Heller-Bottari announced that the
results of their bi-annual Student Health Survey will be presented in a public
forum on Thursday, January 17th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Cross
Street Senior Center, located at 165 Broadway.
The results will be presented in the form of a game show, with attendees
being divided into teams to discuss topics from the Student Health Survey. Refreshments and prize drawings are included
QUINCY STREET PARK REOPENS WITH RIBBON CUTTING JAN. 24th
Newly Renovated Park Incorporates New Trees and Plants, Benches, Walkways
and Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston invite all interested community members to a
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating the reopening of the Quincy Street Park on
Thursday, January 24th from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. The ceremony marks the
completion of extensive renovations at the open space on Quincy Street, located
between Somerville Avenue and Summer Street just outside Union Square. Refreshments will be served.
SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
19th and 20th Century Official City Documents Now Available through Library Database
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
artifacts in digital form.
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