PUBLIC MEETING MAY 15 ON PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY STUDY
2013 Pedestrian Accessibility Study available for community review; public meeting on Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m. to gather community feedback
SOMERVILLE
– The community is invited to a public meeting to provide feedback on a report
that details how the City conducted its accessibility Self-Evaluation for
streets and sidewalks, and the system used to develop the curb ramp schedule
and reconstruction priorities for sidewalks.
Beacon St. Construction Begins, Meeting May 13
BEACON STREET CONSTRUCTION BEGINS,
COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 13
Important sewer and utility work to last approximately
9 months in preparation for full streetscape improvements later this year.
RESIDENTS INVITED TO JOIN IN ‘WEEKEND OF PLAY’ IN SOMERVILLE, MAY 17 & 18
Porchfest, Knucklebones, kids’ activities and more round out Somerville’s first annual “Weekend of Play.” All activities, concerts free, and fun!
RESIDENTS INVITED TO JOIN IN ‘WEEKEND OF PLAY’ IN SOMERVILLE, MAY 17 & 18
Porchfest, Knucklebones, kids’ activities and more round out
Somerville’s first annual “Weekend of Play.” All activities, concerts
free, and fun!
SOMERVILLE – Somerville’s first annual “Somerville Weekend of Play” is
scheduled for May 17 & 18, 2014, throughout the City courtesy of the
City of Somerville, the Somerville Arts Council, Somerville Recreation
CITY SEEKING NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR
Maria Carpenter announces departure to accept Library Director position in Santa Monica, CA; Mayor announces nationwide search for new Somerville Director.
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced this week that the City of Somerville is seeking a new Director of Libraries following the resignation of current director, Maria Carpenter, who has accepted a position as Director of the Santa Monica, California Public Library. Carpenter will step down as Director in Somerville in May, and an Acting Director will be appointed while the City seeks a full-time director. Carpenter has served as Somerville’s Director of Libraries since 2011.
Weekend of Play Continues Sun. 5/18
Somerville Weekend of Play!
With activities in Somerville Parks:
Saturday, May 17 (afternoon)
Maintenance: Brief Website Outages Possible Sunday 5/18
The City of Somerville Will Be Undergoing Routine Network Maintenance on Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Beginning at 8:00 AM, there may be intermittent issues and outages all day Sunday.
City and school websites may be unavailable during this time.
SOMERVILLE HELPS LAUNCH LIFE SCIENCES CORRIDOR...
Regional approach to economic development in key growth sector.
Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Braintree Launch Life Sciences Corridor Initiative
WAR ON RATS: CITY TO ISSUE UNIFORM TRASH CARTS
Delivery of rodent-resistant trash carts to begin in June.
SOMERVILLE – To help control the rodent population and reduce the city’s
solid waste tonnage, the City of Somerville will begin distributing
uniform trash carts to residential units in June. Every household that
receives trash service from the City will be provided, free of charge,
with one 64-gallon, rodent-resistant wheeled trash cart similar to the
Zero-Sort recycling carts already in use.
MAYOR AND HIGH SCHOOL GSA TO RAISE PRIDE FLAG 5/29
Community members invited to celebrate Pride Month with Flag Raising on City Hall concourse.
SOMERVILLE – Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville
High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) on Thursday, May 29, to raise
the Pride flag in honor of LGBT Pride Month. The ceremony will take
place at 2:45 p.m. on the City Hall concourse, 93 Highland Ave. Mayor
SOMERVILLE PASSES FIRST ‘COMPLETE STREETS’ ORDINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS
SOMERVILLE PASSES FIRST ‘COMPLETE STREETS’ ORDINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Becomes first city in Massachusetts to pass a
comprehensive Complete Streets ordinance (and sixth to enact related
policies) to advance safer, healthier street improvements. Based on
national and international best practices, ordinance will advance
multi-modalism citywide.
SOMERVILLE – Following a unanimous vote by the Somerville Board of
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