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INSPECTIONAL SERVICES SUPT. EDWARD NUZZO TO TRANSFER TO CITY’S CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPT.

SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that Inspectional Services Superintendent Edward Nuzzo will be appointed to the position of Capital Projects Manager in the City’s newly reorganized Department of Capital Projects.  A licensed construction supervisor with over 25 years of experience, Nuzzo previously served the City as a capital projects manager from 1998 to 2010. As ISD Superintendent from 2010 to the present, Nuzzo has overseen a team of building and safety…

CITY ROLLS OUT $80K UPGRADE STUDY FOR STREET CURBS, RAMPS AND INTERSECTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE ACCESSIBILITY PLAN TO BE FUNDED IN FY13 CAPITAL PLAN

SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the City of Somerville had embarked on an $80,000 study to develop priorities and a long-term schedule to enhance accessibility design compliance for the City’s more than 3,200 pedestrian ramps, sidewalks and intersections.  Mayor Curtatone also announced that he would propose the inclusion of funding to support the development of a comprehensive accessibility review and multi-year ADA transition plan for all municipal facilities…

SCAP Annual Meeting 5/23

Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) will host their Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 23rd from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., and all members of the public are invited to attend.  The 8th annual meeting, to be held in the Highlander Café, 81 Highland Ave., will feature presentations and discussions about the work of Somerville Youth and SCAP Youth Leaders to reduce alcohol and drug use in the Somerville community, other SCAP programming, and will honor and thank members and supporters. …

SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HOST ‘SOMERVILLE READS’ POTLUCK 4/21

SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Public Library invites all community members to the "Somerville Reads" Celebration and Potluck from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21st at the Central Library, 79 Highland Ave.  The Potluck will kick off the annual Somerville Reads campaign, encouraging community literacy through a common theme.  The 2012 theme is "food," and the selected books are Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, by Novella Carpenter, for adults, and Seedfolks, by Paul…

CITY, FIREFIGHTERS SIGN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON NEW 8-YEAR LABOR ACCORD

SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Firefighters Local 76 President Jay Colbert announced today that they have signed a memorandum of agreement on a comprehensive eight-year collective bargaining accord covering Fiscal Years 2008-2015.  Mayor Curtatone said he planned to submit a new $3.3-million appropriation to the Board of Aldermen to cover the costs of retroactive and current-year increases in firefighter pay.  The new appropriation would supersede a $4.3-…

Public Invited to Public Hearing on Economic Inequality 12/10

All are invited to a Public Hearing before the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, December 10, 2015, at 7 p.m., in the Aldermanic Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. to provide public input on the issue of economic inequality. Please come share your concerns, suggestions, requests and ideas on how to address economic inequality in Somerville. This hearing is in response to a request for a public hearing on the subject submitted by 195 registered voters to the Board of Aldermen on…

Veterans Day Ceremony Wed. 11/11 at Dilboy VFW Post

Join us in honoring Somerville's veterans at the Somerville Allied Veterans' Council annual Veterans Day Ceremony. The ceremony takes place tomorrow (11/11) at 10 a.m. at the George Dilboy VFW Post, 371 Summer St.

Public Invited to Participate in Innovative Public Benefits Process

Public Invited to Participate in Innovative Public Benefits Process SOMERVILLE – All community residents are invited to attend a series of working group sessions to help create a public benefits strategy for Union Square that will address a variety of topics including affordable housing, small business retention, open space, local hiring and job training programs. Residents participating in the process will have the opportunity to work closely with community leaders, City officials, nationally…

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