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9/11 Vigil Walk Information

The City of Somerville invites all community members to join in the annual 9/11 Vigil Walk to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93 in 2001. The walk will step off from the Cedar Street end of the Community Path at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, and end with a brief ceremony in Davis Square.

APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING ELIGIBILITY NOW AVAILABLE

APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING ELIGIBILITY NOW AVAILABLE Committee will review submitted projects for affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic preservation   SOMERVILLE ā€“More than $4.5 million is available for affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic preservation projects in Somerville through the Community Preservation Act (CPA), and Somerville residents, organizations and businesses are invited to submit theirā€¦

Meeting: Plans for Powder House School Site

  Meeting: Plans for Powder House Community School Site Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 7 Alderman Katjana Ballantyne and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development invite all interested residents to a community meeting to discuss next steps for the future of the former Powder House Community School site. The meeting will be held on Monday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Somerville Neighborhood School, 177 Powder House Boulevard. In March, after the City ended itsā€¦

FOOD PRODUCTION, DISTRUBUTION ā€˜TRIANGLEā€™ ESTABLISHED IN SOMERVILLE

FOOD PRODUCTION, DISTRUBUTION ā€˜TRIANGLEā€™ ESTABLISHED IN SOMERVILLE Through State grant and community partnerships, South Street Farm expansion, creation of Somerville Innovation Farm enhance the Cityā€™s Urban Ag program   SOMERVILLE ā€“ On Monday, June 9, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) Commissioner Greg Watson will join Groundwork Somerville, the Somerville Public Schools. Shape Up Somerville and the Science Technology Engineeringā€¦

3RD ANNUAL SOMERSTREETS SERIES BEGINS SUNDAY JUNE 3RD WITH ā€œCARNAVAL @ SOMERSTREETSā€ ON EAST BROADWAY

SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville kicks off its third annual SomerStreets series on Sunday, June 3rd on East Broadway, in partnership with East Somerville Main Streets and FossFest for "Carnaval @ SomerStreets!"  Through SomerStreets, where "roads are closed to cars and open to you!" programming will extend along East Broadway from Temple Street to Pennsylvania Ave. on Sunday, June 3rd from noon - 4 p.m., including a kickoff parade at noon, live music, "SomerPeople" multiculturalā€¦

SOMERVILLE PASSES FIRST ā€˜COMPLETE STREETSā€™ ORDINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS

SOMERVILLE PASSES FIRST ā€˜COMPLETE STREETSā€™ 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 ā€“ Following a unanimous vote by the Somerville Board of Aldermen on May 8, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announces that the City of Somervilleā€¦

CITY PARTNERS WITH WELCOME PROJECTā€™S ā€œYUMā€ CAMPAIGN TO HOST ā€œA TASTE OF IMMIGRANT CITYā€ RESTAURANT EVENT 4/25

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 Somervilleā€¦

Sketch of suspect in Beacon Street assault released

On Monday, April 21, 2014, during the early morning hours, a woman reported to the Somerville Police that she was the victim of an assault near the 300 block of Beacon Street.  She had departed the Porter Square MBTA Station and was walking alone on Beacon Street when her attacker grabbed her from behind and made an attempt to force her into a nearby alley.  The victim was able to scream and fend off her attacker.  The victim described her attacker as a thin black male, inā€¦

WOMENā€™S COMMISSION TO HONOR LOCAL WOMAN, ORGANIZATION FOR BEST

SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Health Department and the Office of Somerville Commissions announce that this year's award recipients for "Best Service Provider to Women" by the Somerville Commission for Women will be CASPAR and the "Somerville Woman of Excellence" award will be presented to Regina Bertholdo of the Parent Information Center in the Somerville Public Schools.  Awards will be presented at the upcoming reception honoring Women's History Month, held at the Lowell Street Visitingā€¦

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