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Davis Square Streetscape Meetings Scheduled for June, July, August
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Office of Strategic Planning of Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to a series of meetings to discuss upcoming Davis Square Streetscape improvements. Through this process, the City will evaluate existing and future transportation needs in Davis Square - including public transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and vehicular traffic patterns - beginning this summer. While a needs assessment is…CITY CALLS FOR RESPONSES TO ON-LINE VIEWER SURVEY FOR LOCAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY CABLE TV
SOMERVILLE – The City of Somerville, with the participation of Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT), has issued a request for residents to participate in a brief on-line survey about their viewing habits and preferences for the City’s public access cable television channels and SCAT’s Channel 3. The City of Somerville provides an Education Channel (Channel 15 on local cable service) that offers schools-related programming and a City Cable public affairs channel (Channel 16 on…SPD vs. SFD Annual "Guns n' Hoses" Hockey Game Set for 3/30
The annual "Guns N' Hoses" hockey game, between the Somerville Police Department and the Somerville Fire Department, will be held this year on Friday. March 30th at 7:00 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Rink on Somerville Avenue. In its 10th year, the theme is "The Youth of Somerville," and, fittingly, proceeds from the game will benefit the Somerville Youth Hockey Association. Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone will ceremonially drop the puck at the start of the game, and there will be a…Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on 4th Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving)
Additional Street Sweeping Day Added for Residents on Fourth Thursday Routes (Thanksgiving Day) Attention Somerville residents who have your streets swept on the second and fourth Thursdays! Beginning in November 2015, streets on the fourth Thursday route will be swept on the Monday immediately following Thanksgiving. Please park according to normal street sweeping requirements for your street on Monday. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and unpredictable weather late in the season,…Sign Up for Bulb Blitz 2015!
Join the City of Somerville for the fifth annual Somerville Bulb Blitz on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, and help prepare your neighborhood for a bright and colorful spring 2016! Residents are invited to join City staff to plant bulbs that will bloom in Spring 2016. Since the Bulb Blitz began in 2011, residents have planted more than 12,300 bulbs citywide! Participants should bring their own tools (bulb planters, shovels, hoes, gloves, etc.). To sign up, visit http://tinyurl.com/…Please Note: Staff Email Moving to '@SomervilleMA.gov'
The City is in the process of updating its internal email server, and the older '@ci.somerville.ma.us' is being removed to save on redundant maintenance costs. If you have stored any City staff email addresses in your address book ending in '@ci.somerville.ma.us,' please take a moment to change them to end in '@somervillema.gov.' If you have any trouble reaching a staff member by email, you may call the City by telephone at 617-625-6600 for a directory, or look them up online.New Member Sought for Somerville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
NEW MEMBER SOUGHT FOR SOMERVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSCommissioners oversee SHA and subsidizing public housing in city SOMERVILLE –The Somerville Housing Authority’s (SHA) Board of Commissioners has a vacancy, and residents are invited to apply to serve. The SHA is a quasi-independent agency that provides access to subsidized housing for eligible low- and moderate-income families and seniors. The SHA oversees more than 1,400 units of affordable public housing in…School St. Bridge Detour 6/9-6/14 (GLX Work)
Due to ongoing work on the School St. Bridge in preparation for the Green Line Extension, the bridge will be closed from 9 a.m. on Fri., June 12 through noon on Sun., June 14. During this time, pedestrians will still be able to access the entirety of School St., however vehicles will be detoured as follows: Vehicles turning right onto School St. from Medford St. will be detoured onto Richdale Ave. Abutters between Montrose St. and Highland Ave. will be able to access their homes via Highland…Feedback
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