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SOMERVILLE SLATED FOR $18 MILLION GRANT FROM BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Director of Libraries, Maria Carpenter, announced today that the City of Somerville has been approved by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) to be placed on a waiting list for an $18 million construction grant to partially fund a new public library in the heart of Union Square. Fourteen other communities were listed, but Somerville received the highest grant award in the state and placed first in the second round of review.…SOMERVILLE BECOMES FIRST COMMUNITY IN NEW ENGLAND TO HOST DATA ON CLOUD-BASED SOCRATA PORTAL
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today announced that the City of Somerville has partnered with Socrata, Inc to use the Seattle-based company's hosted OpenData service to provide direct public access to large amounts of municipal data covering a variety of departments. With the cloud-based service, the City of Somerville will be able to share data collected through its 311 constituent service system directly with the general public in an interactive format. When the new…YSAG Hosts Discussion, Q&A with Mayor Curtatone 5/16
The Mayor's Young Somerville Advisory Group (YSAG) invites all interested Somerville residents to attend a discussion with Mayor Curtatone during their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 16th. The meeting will be held at The Burren (back room) in Davis Square, beginning at 6:00 p.m. YSAG is comprised of Somerville residents representing individuals in the 21-35 age range, which comprises approximately 42% of the City's population. In 2007, the Mayor convened YSAG to advise…3RD ANNUAL MAYOR’S FITNESS CHALLENGE KICKS OFF MARCH 31ST
SOMERVILLE - The City's 3rd annual "Mayor's Fitness Challenge" will kick off with an event on Saturday, March 31st at the Somerville High School field house, 81 Highland Ave. The Fitness Challenge encourages community members to pledge to embody the Shape Up Somerville motto, "Eat Smart, Play Hard, Move More," by making smarter food choices and increasing daily physical activity. Individuals may participate in one of two ways: 1) by forming or joining teams of up to 10 people…Morse-Kelley Playground Mural Community Meeting 1/17
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 3 Alderman Tom Taylor invite all interested residents to a community meeting to discuss a planned mural for Morse-Kelley Playground, which is currently under construction. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 17th at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary ("Greek Church") Hall, located at 29 Central Street, and will begin at 7:00 p.m. Local Artist Joe Barillaro will present examples of his work and solicit your ideas and inspiration for the…All-America City Grooversity Festival Dec. 5
All-America City Grooversity Festival Dec. 5 Youth Activity Fair, live entertainment, workshops with renowned percussion ensembles will take over ESCS on Dec. 5 for residents of all ages, FREE! SOMERVILLE – Join the All-America City of Somerville, MA for an afternoon of live music, games and crafts for young residents, interactive workshops, networking and more at the City’s All-America City Grooversity Festival on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 1 p.m., at the East Somerville Community School. The fourth…Mayor Curtatone Joins National Coalition of #ClimateMayors
SOMERVILLE – With 30 days to go before world leaders convene under the United Nations banner to negotiate a new global agreement to combat climate change, Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone joined Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today in announcing his membership in the Mayors’ National Climate Action Agenda (MNCAA), along with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, bringing the total to 32 mayors and cities…Beacon St. Closed, No Parking 10/22 & 10/23 for Repaving Work (Updated)
Update(10/23/15 at 12:20 p.m.) To complete the temporary paving work along Beacon St., City crews will be working on Tuesday, Oct. 27 to mark vehicle and bicycle travel lanes between the hours of 2:30 and 10:30 p.m. between Oxford St. and the Cambridge line. To complete this work quickly and efficiently, Parking will be restricted on Beacon St. during work hours. Parking enforcement will be relaxed in the area from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday until 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, however please note that safety…Preliminary Ward 6 City Election on Thursday, September 17
PRELIMINARY CITY ELECTION ON SEPT. 17 Only Ward 6 residents will be voting in preliminary election SOMERVILLE -The 2015 Preliminary City Election will be held on Thursday, Sept. 17, and only residents in Ward 6 will be casting ballots that day. There are four candidates running for Ward 6 Alderman that will be on the ballot in the Preliminary Election. There are no other races with enough candidates for a Preliminary Election. The Ward 6 Alderman candidates are, in ballot order: Elizabeth…Feedback
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