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SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A.
Curtatone and Chief Fire Engineer Kevin Kelleher announced this week that all
Somerville Fire Department companies are equipped with nasal Naloxone (Narcan),
a prescription medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. In a joint
effort with the Cambridge Health Alliance, Cataldo Ambulance, and the
Somerville Board of Health and Trauma Response Network, Somerville Firefighters
completed training on administering the prescription to victims of drug
overdose. In…
CSO/Storm Water Runoff Water Quality Alert
In accordance with the conditions of the Department of
Environmental Protection's (DEP) Alewife Brook/Upper Mystic River Variance we are
hereby notifying you that a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) occurred at CAM401B
on March 30-31, 2014 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 CSO
event…
SOMERVILLE – Strategies to expand efforts to prevent heroin
and opioid use and overdoses, including the use of the opioid overdose antidote
nasal NARCAN, are now being developed by a four-city Massachusetts Opioid
Addiction and Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) that includes Somerville,
Cambridge, Everett and Watertown. Funded by a $100,000 Massachusetts Department
of Public Health MOAPC grant awarded in July 2013, the Collaborative conducted
an in-depth needs assessment and presented its…
Due to predictions of heavy snow, tonight's meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, January 23. The meeting will still be held in the West Somerville Neighborhood School at 6:30 p.m.
2014 Property Assessment
Info Sessions:
Informational Sessions on
2014 Property Assessments and the Appeals Process for Commercial and
Residential Properties
The City of Somerville and the Somerville Chamber of Commerce invite both commercial and residential property owners to two info sessions on
2014 property…
SOMERVILLE
- The National League of Cities (NLC) has recognized Somerville Mayor
Joseph A. Curtatone and the City's Shape Up Somerville strategy for recent
completion of key health and wellness goals for Let's Move! Cities, Towns and Counties (LMCTC). LMCTC is a major
component of First Lady Michelle Obama's comprehensive Let's Move!
initiative, which is dedicated to solving the childhood obesity epidemic within
a generation.
"Local elected officials play a critical…
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville is
seeking to fill vacancies on four essential Boards that are appointed by the
Mayor and coordinated by the Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Community
Development. The Mayor's office will be accepting applications for positions on
these boards through November 25, 2013.
Each of these opportunities will allow
for a Somerville resident to provide voluntary service to improve the city and
guide policies, programs and the design of the Somerville…
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
CELEBRATES FOOD WEEK OCT. 17–24
SOMERVILLE
– Thursday, Oct. 24, is national Food Day – a
celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainable food. And because one day
just isn’t enough, the City of Somerville’s Shape Up Somerville program is
leading a citywide Food Week from Oct. 17 to 24. Eight days of Shape Up Somerville
partner and community events will highlight Somerville’s diverse and exciting
food culture, while the “Where’s Sam?” contest invites residents…
Community Picnic and Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate the Opening of Baxter State Park in Assembly Square
Wednesday, Sept.
18, 4-6 p.m.
Please join Governor Deval Patrick, Mayor Joseph A.
Curtatone, Federal Realty Trust, and DCR to celebrate the official opening of
Baxter State Park at Assembly Row on Wed., Sept. 18, 4 to 6 p.m. A formal
speaking program and ribbon cutting to celebrate the new 6.1-acre park on the
banks of the Mystic River will be followed by a picnic with hot dogs, popcorn,…
SOMERVILLE – Improvements to play and park features as well as underground drainage began today at the Glen Park playground at the
Capuano
Early
Childhood
Center in
East Somerville, announced Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone.
Funded by a $350,000 federal Community Development Block Grant, the visible park improvements include a new poured-in-place rubber play surface and subsurface, new light fixtures near the drop-off area, and a new metal picket fence gate to replace the chain-…
The latest Visioning Sessions in
the City of Somerville's "Somerville by Design" community planning series for
both East Somerville and Davis Square will be held during the week of July 29th.
Through the informal Visioning Sessions, attendees will be asked to share ideas
and goals to help the City create a roadmap for future development based on
community needs and wishes in these areas. The upcoming sessions will be held
as follows:
East Somerville: Monday, July 29th…