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SOMERVILLE JOINS NATIONWIDE CHALLENGE TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS
SOMERVILLE JOINS NATIONWIDE CHALLENGE TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS City commits to ending veterans homelessness in Somerville by 2016 SOMERVILLE – Veterans have sacrificed for community and country, but can face challenges when they return home from duty. Somerville’s commitment to honoring their sacrifice will intensify as the City joins the challenge issued by the Obama Administration to end veteran homelessness by 2016, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today. In joining the Mayors…TWO SOMERVILLE PARKS WIN AWARDS
TWO SOMERVILLE PARKS WIN AWARDS Chuckie Harris Park, Quincy Street Open Space and Mayor Curtatone honored by Boston Society of Landscape Architects SOMERVILLE – Two of Somerville’s newest parks, Chuckie Harris Park and Quincy Street Open Space, won recognition at the annual awards gala of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA), the oldest and one of the largest landscape architecture society chapters in the U.S., which also presented Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone with its…CITY SEEKING NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced this week that the City of Somerville is seeking a new Director of Libraries following the resignation of current director, Maria Carpenter, who has accepted a position as Director of the Santa Monica, California Public Library. Carpenter will step down as Director in Somerville in May, and an Acting Director will be appointed while the City seeks a full-time director. Carpenter has served as Somerville’s Director of Libraries since 2011. “Maria…STRICTER ETHICS ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY MAYOR
SOMERVILLE – Strengthening the City of Somerville’s commitment to open government and transparency, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has filed a proposed expansion of the City’s ethics ordinance that would require elected officials to file disclosures of their communications with any person or representative seeking a permit or license from the City in connection with the permit or license. The amendment to the City’s ethics ordinance, titled “Standards of Conduct for City Employees Relative to…LARGEST RESIDENTIAL TAX BREAK IN STATE PROPOSED BY MAYOR
SOMERVILLE - Somerville homeowners would receive the highest property tax exemption in the state under a proposal submitted by Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone to the Board of Aldermen this week, and the City continues to explore increasing exemptions for seniors, veterans, widows and those with disabilities that are already double the state limits. The proposed home rule petition, which requires approval by the State, would boost Somerville's residential property tax exemption from 30 percent to…CITY RECEIVES 10 APPLICANTS FOR UNION SQUARE MASTER DEVELOPER
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville received 10 responses to the Somerville Redevelopment Authority's Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a Union Square and Boynton Yards master developer partner, with several respondents displaying previous experience of working within existing urban neighborhoods to create new mixed-use, transit-oriented developments. The master developer partner will work with the City, the Redevelopment Authority, current property owners and community members to design…Safety Alert: Three Assaults in Porter and Union Sq. Areas
Somerville Police Issue Safety Alert: Three Indecent Assaults on Women in Porter and Union Square Areas From the Somerville Police: Over the past three months, there have been three assaults on women in Somerville in the Union and Porter Square areas after dark in the evening hours and early nighttime. The Somerville Police Department is working to identify and apprehend the suspects as quickly as possible, and we wish to alert residents, especially women, to take safety precautions. On…Alewife/Mystic Water Quality Alert
Alewife/Mystic CSO/Storm Water Run off Water Quality Alert In accordance with the conditions of the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Alewife Brook/Upper Mystic River Variance, we hereby notify the public that a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) occurred at CAM401B on November 23, 2013, and discharged into the Alewife Brook. The Variance approved workplan requires the Cambridge Department of Public Works (DPW) to notify local health agents, DEP, EPA and MRWA within 24 hours of when a…FOUR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE APPOINTEES SUBMITTED TO ALDERMEN
SOMERVILLE - An unprecedented open and transparent process has yielded four appointees for the public positions on the newly formed Community Preservation Committee, and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has submitted all four appointments to the Board of Aldermen for final approval. The typical process used in other Massachusetts towns and cities that have adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA) has the executive or legislative body unilaterally nominate the public-member appointees for their…Take precautions to avoid mosquito bites
The City of Somerville Health Department issued a reminder today that with warmer temperatures expected this week, residents are advised to continue to take precautions against mosquitoes, which may carry diseases such as EEE or West Nile Virus. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released the following statement and prevention tips last week: “Even as cooler temperatures begin arriving in the state, the fact is that the threat of mosquito-borne illness will continue until the first…Feedback
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