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Somerville Housing Boards Need New Members

SOMERVILLE HOUSING BOARDS NEED NEW MEMBERS Candidates sought for Fair Housing Commission and Condominium Review Board SOMERVILLE - Two City of Somerville housing boards, charged with preventing housing discrimination in the city and with enforcing the condominium conversion ordinance to protect renting tenants, have vacancies and the City invites interested candidates to apply and represent the community. Somerville Fair Housing Commission The Somerville Fair Housing Commission receives…

New Member Sought for Somerville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners

SOMERVILLE –The Somerville Housing Authority’s (SHA) Board of Commissioners has a vacancy, and residents are invited to apply to serve. The SHA is a quasi-independent agency that provides access to subsidized housing for eligible low- and moderate-income families and seniors. The SHA oversees more than 1,400 units of affordable public housing in Somerville, and federal and state voucher subsidy programs. The SHA’s Board of Commissioners is charged with overseeing the SHA’s operations, directing…

Somerville City, Police, Fire Statement on Assembly Sq. Construction Accident

Statement from City of Somerville, Somerville Police Department, and Somerville Fire Department June 12, 2015 On Thursday, June 11, at 2:02 p.m., Somerville Fire and Somerville Police responded to a report of an accident at the Partners Healthcare administrative building construction site in Assembly Square. Two workers who suffered serious injuries while assembling an external hoist on the structure were given first aid by Somerville Police on scene and transported by Cataldo Ambulance to Mass…

Book a Sunsetters Show in Your Neighborhood this Summer!

The Somerville Sunsetters are coming to a street near you! The Sunsetters, a traveling youth performance troupe that performs classic show tunes and modern musicals in Somerville neighborhoods throughout July and August, is still booking shows for the summer 2015 season. Residents interested in hosting a performance in your neighborhood should contact Jackie Rossetti at 617-625-6600 ext. 2614, or JRossetti@somervillema.gov. Performances are held Monday through Thursday evenings, 7 to 8 p.m., in…

Calendar 2014 Income/Expense Info for FY16 Due in Assessor's Office by 4/30

Calendar 2014 income & expense information for FY 2016 is due in the Assessor's Office by Thursday, April 30, 2015. The Board of Assessors is requesting income and expense information on commercial, industrial, and apartment (residential) properties to help us determine equitable values for assessment purposes. This request is for income and expense information relative to the operation of real estate and not the business use with the real estate. Please choose from the income and expense…

Otis Street Playground Meeting April 1

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 the third Otis Street Playground community meeting to review the three draft plans, and to select the components which will be included in the final plan. The meeting will be held at the East Somerville Community School Auditorium, 50 Cross St., on Wed., April 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.  Please join us to help shape the…

DEVELOPER SIGNS UNION SQ. PLANNING PROCESS & TIMELINE

UNION SQUARE PLANNING PROCESS, TIMELINE GOALS SET IN MASTER DEVELOPER AGREEMENTFormal agreement requires funding of community-driven planning process, creation of community benefits agreements   SOMERVILLE -A community-driven master planning process for Union Square and Boynton Yards and the creation of a community benefits agreement that will result from new development are among the requirements of a signed formal agreement between the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) and Union Square…

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