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DEVELOPER SIGNS UNION SQ. PLANNING PROCESS & TIMELINE

UNION SQUARE PLANNING PROCESS, TIMELINE GOALS SET IN MASTER DEVELOPER AGREEMENTFormal agreement requires funding of community-driven planning process, creation of community benefits agreements   SOMERVILLE -A community-driven master planning process for Union Square and Boynton Yards and the creation of a community benefits agreement that will result from new development are among the requirements of a signed formal agreement between the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) and Union…

SOMERVILLE LAUNCHES NEW EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WEBSITE

Somerville Launches New Early Childhood Website Online resource next key step in Somerville’s vision to develop integrated citywide universal kindergarten readiness strategy Somerville, MA – Somerville families—and families looking to make Somerville their home—now have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent launch of SomervilleHub.org, a website produced by the Somerville Early Education Steering Committee to help connect local families with young children to the full range…

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SOMERVILLE PD ARRESTS SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT

(español) SOMERVILLE - On Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, during the early evening hours, the Somerville Police responded to a report of a sexual assault in progress on Central St. near Broadway in Winter Hill. The suspect was apprehended by Somerville Police, and then arraigned on Thursday at Somerville District Court on charges including sexual assault with intent to rape and assault with intent to murder. The suspect was remanded by the Court for a 20-day evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital. A…

PLANS FOR ZERO-WASTE CELEBRATION 9/20

CITY & ‘FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY PATH' PLAN ZERO-WASTE CELEBRATION, PARTY ON THE PATH, SEPT. 20 Food, music, games and fun planned to celebrate progress on Community Path. SOMERVILLE - The Community Path is going all the way to Boston and to celebrate, the City of Somerville and the Friends of the Community Path are throwing a zero-waste community party that aims to create little to no trash. Come celebrate the recent Community Path progress on the expansion to Lowell St. as well as…

GOV. PATRICK SIGNS PETITION FOR 35% TAX EXEMPTION

GOV. PATRICK SIGNS HOME RULE PETITION TO INCREASE SOMERVILLE’S RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION TO 35% Home Rule Petition makes Somerville's the largest exemption in the State. 35% rate is retroactive to July 1, 2014. SOMERVILLE - It's official. Homeowners who live in their Somerville property will now receive the highest property tax exemption in the state after Governor Deval Patrick signed new legislation this week that had previously been approved by the Somerville Board of Aldermen in March 2014…

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PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: FIRST FULL CITY ADA/ACCESSIBILITY SURVEY

FIRST EVER ADA AND ACCESSIBILITY SURVEY OF AN ENTIRE CITY NEEDS RESIDENT PARTICIPATION Community’s comments will continue to prioritize comprehensive to-do list UPDATE: The citywide survey on Somerville’s accessibility needs is being extended to a new deadline of Friday, Aug. 29. The online survey is available at www.HumanCenteredDesign.org/IHCD-Studio/Somerville-Survey and hard copies are available in a variety of places including elderly housing centers and other areas for those without…

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