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Otis Street Playground Meeting 2/3
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 Alderman Matt McLaughlin, and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to a meeting to discuss upcoming renovations to the Otis Street Playground, scheduled to begin in July 2015. The meeting will be held at the East Somerville Community School, 50 Cross St., on Tues., Feb. 3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. All are welcome to attend and share the ideas which will shape the design of the new playground. For…CITY SEEKS TO GRANT $2.2 MIL TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CITY SEEKS TO GRANT $2.2 MILLION IN CPA FUNDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO SUPPORT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN SOMERVILLE Trust now accepting applications for CPA-eligible affordable housing projects and programs, contingent on Board of Aldermen approval SOMERVILLE – Supporting the City’s efforts to expand housing affordability in Somerville, the Community Preservation Committee has recommended and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has requested that the Board of Aldermen appropriate over $2…ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION PUBLIC HEARING 11/25
PUBLIC INVITED TO ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION HEARING, TUES., NOV. 25 Assessor to provide update on Fiscal Year 2015 Property Assessments; Aldermen to vote on allocation of the tax levy, exemptions and other provisions; Public invited to speak SOMERVILLE – Each year in November, the Chief Assessor for the City presents an update to the Board of Aldermen on the new property valuations and the anticipated tax rate for the coming fiscal year (FY). This annual Classification…SOMERVILLE SEEKS EMERGING GREEN TECH PRODUCTS
EMERGING GREEN TECH COMPANIES: PITCH YOUR PRODUCT TO SOMERVILLE City begins shaping new Green Tech Program to meet needs of start-up green tech innovators and the City’s sustainability goals SOMERVILLE –The American flag. Marshmallow Fluff. Measuring a City’s happiness. What will come out of Somerville next? Green tech companies, Somerville wants your great idea to take root and grow in ‘The Innovation City,’ and is looking for your best product pitch. Emerging green tech companies are…ASST. CITY SOLICITOR AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING WORK
ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR RECOGNIZED FOR ‘OUTSTANDING APPELLATE WORK’ Matthew Buckley awarded Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award for work in recent court cases SOMERVILLE – The Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association (MMLA) awarded the Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award to Somerville Assistant City Solicitor Matthew J. Buckley, in recognition of his outstanding appellate work on several important municipal cases, including a recent Supreme Judicial Court…Bridge Work: McGrath Lane Closures Start 8/4
McGrath Highway Lane Closures for Gilman Street Bridge Replacement Begin Monday, Aug. 4 Click here for the 3 week lookahead. Click here to see a pedestrian detour map. Beginning on Monday, Aug. 4, the left lanes of McGrath Highway over the Gilman Street Bridge in both directions, northbound and southbound, will be temporarily closed during off-peak traffic hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and beginning Thursday, Aug. 7, closed 24 hours a day. The Massachusetts Department of…ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED
ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED Somerville Police have arrested the person they believe to be responsible for the July 4th robbery of an elderly woman in Somerville. On July 10, 2014, Jarone McKinney of Berkshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, was taken into custody without incident by the Boston Police and formally placed under arrest by the Somerville Police. McKinney allegedly forcefully ripped the money out of the women’s hands as she sat on a bench at the Twin City Mall in…Albion St. Playground Reopens 6/20 at 8 AM
With recent renovations to the site complete, Albion Playground will reopen to the public at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 19. Renovations to the playground included: a new concrete retaining wall at the grass slope; reducing the grades at the steep portions of the grass hill; new sod; repairs to the irrigation and drainage system; two new trees; tree and shrub pruning; and a new sealcoat surface at the water spray area. For more information about this or other City parks and open spaces, visit www.…Feedback
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