NICOLE TEREZ DUTTON NAMED SOMERVILLE'S FIRST POET LAUREATE

Somerville resident and accomplished poet, Terez Dutton will serve two year term.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 Alderman Matt McLaughlin, and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to a community meeting to discuss upcoming renovations to the Otis Street Playground. The meeting will be held at the East Somerville Community School, 50 Cross St., on Tues., March 3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. All are welcome to attend and share the ideas which will shape the design of the new playground. Playground renovations are expected to begin in July 2015.

CITY INITIATES CULINARY ENTREPENEURSHIP PROGRAM
Empowering Immigrants to Launch Culinary Careers

6th ANNUAL SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE / RECREATION ROAD RACE TO BE HELD APRIL 19
Events include 5K, Children's "Fun Run;" refreshments to follow all activities.

Ready, set, go! The City's annual Shape Up Somerville / Somerville Recreation Road Race is set for Sun., Apr. 19, beginning and ending at the Somerville High School Concourse at 81 Highland Ave.

UNION SQUARE CIVIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXPANDS

CAC to help shape agreements over the next year that will guide Union Square development

SOMERVILLE -Eight new members are joining the Union Square Civic Advisory Committee (CAC), which is expanding and broadening the committee's experience, diversity, and representation of the neighborhood, as the community planning process for the square continues this spring.

Joint Brown School Update

from Mayor Joseph
Curtatone and Superintendent of Schools Tony Pierantozzi

Wednesday, March 11,
2015

On Sunday, Mar. 15, beginning at 9 a.m., City officials will detour vehicles in and around the Davis Sq. area to accommodate the running of the Race of Ireland road race, benefiting Somerville youth and Somerville athletics. Major roadways including Holland Street, Powerhouse Blvd, Broadway (in the Ball Square corridor) Cedar St. and Highland Ave. between Cedar St. and Davis Sq. will be closed temporarily as runners pass, beginning at 11 a.m. and lasting until approximately 1 p.m.

Help the City re-live Paul Revere's historic ride from Boston through Somerville and onto Lexington and Concord. Adults and high school students are needed to help plan and execute the City's annual Patriots Day event, a Colonial Fair at Foss Park on Monday, April 20.