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‘SEIZE THE SUMMER’ AT SOMERSTREETS ON HIGHLAND AVE, 7/28
SOMERVILLE - Celebrate summer with the City of Somerville at "Seize the Summer," the July installment of the City's seasonal SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, July 28th from noon to 4pm between Walnut and Cedar Streets on Highland Ave. Seize the Summer is the second of the 2013 SomerStreets celebrations, with the first event having drawn more than 3,000 attendees in June along East Broadway. For this unique street fair, where "roads are closed to cars and open to you," programming includes: a…GLX CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON MEDFORD STREET BRIDGE
SOMERVILLE - As preparations continue throughout the City of Somerville in anticipation of the Green Line Extension Project, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will begin intensive repairs to the Medford Street Bridge in July that will require the full closure of Medford Street between Somerville Ave. and South Street through July 21st. Beginning on Friday, July 5th, this portion of roadway will be closed to vehicles 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the next three…SOMERVILLE SETS NEW DATA-DRIVEN COURSE FOR STREET MANAGEMENT; CITY TO INCREASE ROAD AND SIDEWALK BUDGET TO $3 MILLION AND ADDITIONAL ADA FUNDS TO $1 MILLION
SOMERVILLE – Starting immediately, hard data and an innovative new statistical model designed to prioritize community needs and values such as ADA accessibility, transit access, and development of the City’s tree canopy, will guide the paving and sidewalk repair plans of the City of Somerville. Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the new Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Program, which also takes advantage of significant cost savings offered by a shift to more preventive maintenance…CITY TO BREAK GROUND ON COMMUNITY PATH EXTENSION
The $2 million quarter-mile project will extend the popular pathway from its current end at Cedar Street to Lowell Street, the site of a future MBTA Green Line transit station. SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville is about to grow one step closer to its vision of a bicycle and pedestrian path that connects the city to Boston. For the first time in 18 years, a new section of the Community Path in Somerville is under construction. This week, the Massachusetts Department of…APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MAYOR’S SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Youth Services Coordinator Nancy Bacci announced that applications are now available for the 2013 Mayor's Summer Jobs Program. Available through April 30th, applications can be found at the City of Somerville's Personnel Department (City Hall) or on the City's website (www.somervillema.gov). The Program provides opportunities for Somerville youth to gain employment and job training within the public and private sectors…MAYOR, CITY DELEGATION TO DELIVER DONATIONS TO HURRICANE VICTIMS IN NJ THIS WEEKEN
SOMERVILLE- Following a local donation drive spanning several months, Mayor Curtatone and a delegation of City staff will travel to the New Jersey coast this weekend to deliver a truck load of supplies to victims of October's Hurricane Sandy. In a partnership with the communities of Somerville, New Jersey and Summerville, South Carolina, the City of Somerville, Massachusetts collected cleaning supplies, food, and other items needed by victims in New Jersey to assist with cleanup efforts…CITY’S SOMERVISION PLAN TO BE HONORED BY AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, MASS. CHAPTER
SOMERVILLE - The City's 20-year Comprehensive Plan, SomerVision, is set to be honored by the American Planning Association's Massachusetts Chapter on December 14th as part of its Annual Awards Program, honoring innovative planning efforts across the Commonwealth. Somerville is one of thirteen communities to be honored in 2012, and will receive the Comprehensive Planning Award for a municipality with a population of over 50,000. The Comprehensive Planning Award honors a plan,…CITY’S BRANCH LIBRARIES TO OPEN ON SATURDAYS
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (SMEA) that clears the way for the City's East and West Branch Libraries to open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The SMEA has already ratified the change and the new hours will go into effect on November 10, 2012. This will mark the first time since the 1970s that the Somerville Public Libraries East and West Branch…CITY AVERAGES OVER 50% GROWTH IN RECYCLING TONNAGE DURING FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF ZERO-SORT RECYCLING
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Office of Sustainability and Environment Director David Lutes announced today that the City of Somerville has increased its recycling totals by 51 percent since the full adoption of zero-sort recycling in November 2011. The shift in recycling totals was most dramatic in East Somerville, where past recycling rates had not been as high as in other parts of Somerville. Under the new program, East Somerville has increased its totals by 88 percent. …SOMERVILLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL “KIDS TO PARKS DAY” EVENT MAY 19TH
SOMERVILLE - 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 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. In Somerville, events are planned at several parks throughout the City, including Hodgkins-Curtin Playground, Albion Park, Lexington Park and the…Feedback
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