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SOMERVILLE
- Plans for significant updates to the Union Square streetscape as well as the
square's below-ground utilities took an important step forward this week. On
Monday, July 8th, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that international
consulting firm Parsons Brinkerhoff has been selected for a wide-ranging
utility and roadway improvement study in Union Square that will launch the
design and pre-engineering process for the project. The design process, which
will be informed by significant…
SOMERVILLE
-Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone is asking that the Somerville Board of Aldermen
approve a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries through June 30, 2014,
giving officials time to review both state regulations approved in May and Somerville's
own zoning bylaws to ensure the City will adequately address and comply with
the new law.
The
Massachusetts Public Health Council's 52 pages of medical marijuana regulations
went into effect on May 24, following the legalization of
medical…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
and Somerville Office of Prevention (SOP) Director Cory
Mashburn announced
today that Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) and the Somerville Police
Department conducted a successful minimum age alcoholic beverage purchase law
compliance check in Somerville. The compliance checks are completed annually.
27 licensed establishments in Somerville were visited by members of SCAP,
including student leaders, and the Somerville Police Department in April,…
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville will host an electronic
waste recycling event on Saturday, April 13th at the Department
of Public Works, 1 Franey Road, from 9:00am to noon. This event is open to Somerville
residents and businesses.
The following items will be accepted:
Desktop PCs, Laptops, Cell Phones,
Routers, Network Switches, Photocopiers, Power Supplies, Wires/Cables, Misc.
Electronic Parts, Computer Monitors, Projectors, Scanners,…
The City of Somerville is seeking local artists to design a new Somerville Spring Clean Up logo. The new logo will be featured on the Spring Clean-Up t-shirts, City website and social media, and in local print media. The City seeks an image that conveys the environment and civic clean-up in Somerville; but one that is not too "busy." The graphic can, but is not required to, include the words "Somerville Spring Clean-up," and should reproduce well in newsprint. Use of…
SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Office of
Sustainability and Environment (OSE) announced their support today for a
recently renovated two-family house as a model of Net-Zero Energy building for
the city. "Net Zero Energy building" is
a new construction practice where buildings are designed to produce as much
energy as they consume, and this renovated home, owned by Chungha Cha of Susterra
Partners in Korea and located at 13 Elmwood St. is the first Net-Zero home in
the City. It is also…
SOMERVILLE - In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, City
officials - DPW, Police, Fire, and school officials - continue the cleanup
efforts throughout the City of Somerville.
The storm, which included winds in excess of 70 miles per hour over a
twelve-hour period, inflicted uprooted and fallen trees, downed power lines
and other reported electrical outages, and some significant damage to
municipal, school, and residential buildings.
Roof damage was reported at several…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that, following a vote by the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) at its August 15th meeting, he will submit a draft of an Urban Revitalization Plan ("The Plan") to the Board of Aldermen this evening during their Special Meeting, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The Plan, covering 117 acres in the Union Square area and including seven development blocks slated for acquisition by the City over a period of several years, would implement the…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announces that
water/sewer rates will remain unchanged in Fiscal Year 2013. Although the City's assessments from the MWRA
increased by a combined 2.6%, the City will maintain rates at the FY12 rate
(please see below for breakdown of rates).
"We decided that the City could afford to absorb the modest
increase in water costs us, and that holding the line on water rates would be something
that benefit everyone in the …
The City of
Somerville will join more than 50,000 communities across 45 states this year
for the second annual Kids to Parks Day.
A grassroots movement started by National Parks Trust, Kids to Parks events
are planned nationwide to celebrate America's parks through active play on
Saturday, May 19th. In
Somerville, events are planned at several parks throughout the City, including
Hodgkins-Curtin Playground, Albion Park, Lexington Park and the Community Path,
Blessing of the Bay…