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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-…Detours Thurs. 11/26 for Road Race Starting at 9 a.m. (Davis, Broadway, Medford St., Summer St.)
Beginning at 9 a.m. on Thurs., Nov. 26, roads in the Davis Sq., Broadway, Medford St. and Summer St. areas may experience temporary traffic delays as runners pass by. The race route begins on Holland St., right onto Broadway, right on North St., right on Powderhouse Blvd., onto Broadway through Ball and Magoun Squares, right on Medford St., right on Central St., and right on Summer St., ending at Grove St. in Davis Sq. Please note that eastbound traffic on Holland St. will be detoured at…EPA Grant Boosts Available Funding for Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup in Somerville
Thanks to a recent grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City of Somerville now has $700,000 available to lend for assessment and cleanup of contaminated properties that can threaten environmental and public health—and can then be turned into new homes, offices, parks and more. One of only 31 grantees selected by the EPA nationally, the City has just received $300,000 to supplement its Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund, which offers low-cost, repayable loans…Somerville Retirement Board Statement on Fossil Fuel Divestment
Somerville Retirement Board Statement on Fossil Fuel Divestment The Somerville Retirement Board (SRB) continues its due diligence in respect to fossil fuel divestment and its impact on the investment portfolio. As an independent entity, the SRB must act, according to state law, "for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to members and their beneficiaries" with "care, skill, prudence and diligence... by diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses…Feedback
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