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ONLINE FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT MOBILE FARMERS MARKET EBT MATCHES
CITY, SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE KICK OFF “Citizinvestor” CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT MOBILE FARMERS MARKET SUBSIDY PROGRAM SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville's Mobile Farmers Market program needs your help-and a nifty online crowdfunding campaign makes it easy to give once during the holidays to provide meaningful help to low-income families all year. Each week a truck carrying affordable fresh fruits and vegetables rolls up to Somerville's two housing developments and a senior…SOMERVILLE ARTISTS TRANSFORM PHONE BOXES INTO ART
SOMERVILLE – As cell phone use increases, phone booths have lost their purpose, but many still remain forgotten on urban streets. So what's a City to do with abandoned phone boxes on sidewalks and building walls? The City of Somerville’s answer is: Turn them into public art—then hold a roving citywide art opening to celebrate the creative works made for The Phone Art Box Project. At the behest of Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, The Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council teamed up to…CITY TO SEEK REVISIONS TO ASSEMBLY SQUARE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville is pursuing revisions to Assembly Square's Urban Renewal Plan to ensure that the properties within the entire renewal area are developed to their highest and best use and fulfill the community's vision of a vibrant, transit-oriented urban district. The overall boundaries of the urban renewal area would not be changed as a result of the proposed amendments to the plan. The proposed changes result from the evolution of the site, beginning with…Joint Statement from Mayor, Superintendent Pierantozzi
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SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Council on Aging and the City of Somerville's LGBT Liaison announce a new events series for LGBT older adults at the Somerville Council on Aging. Beginning this month, events will be held twice monthly, on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, including a congregate meal site and a movie series. Starting on July 8th, the Somerville COA will join Boston, Roslindale, Braintree, Cambridge, Salem, and Sharon as a site for a monthly congregate meal site for…NATIONAL ‘KIDS TO PARKS DAY’ EVENTS PLANNED AT HODGKINS PARK IN SOMERVILLE, MAY 18
SOMERVILLE - The City of Somerville will join more than 300 communities across the country to celebrate National Kids to Parks Day on May 18. Kids to Parks Day, in its third year, is organized by the National Park Trust to celebrate the First Lady's Let's Move Outside! Initiative, encouraging active play and utilizing open space in cities and towns across the 50 states. On Saturday, May 18 from 1 to 3 p.m., the City of Somerville will host family-friendly activities at Hodgkins Park on Holland…CITY TO SUBMIT PROPOSED WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today his plans to submit a proposed ordinance related to Wage Theft to the Somerville Board of Aldermen for their consideration at their regular meeting on Thursday, April 11th. The proposed ordinance would include language in the City's code of ordinances granting City boards and commissions, where allowed by state law, the authority to deny applications for licenses or permits, for businesses found liable of or guilty, or who…Ethanol T ransport Informational Meeting 3/11
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will host an informational meeting on Monday, March 11th at the Argenziano School regarding Ethanol Transport by Rail in Somerville. All members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Argenziano School cafetorium, 290 Washington Street. The meeting will include project background and general safety information related to transporting ethanol by train through the…SOMERVILLE RECREATION ANNOUNCES PUBLIC SKATING HOURS AT TWO RINKS FOR WINTER 2012-13
SOMERVILLE - The Somerville Recreation Department announces the winter 2012-13 public ice skating schedule, which includes increased hours for public skating at two rinks. Located at 570 Somerville Avenue, the Veteran's Memorial Hockey Rink and a second, newly-opened and yet-to-be-named rink include free public skating Monday through Sunday beginning this month. The City of Somerville assumed maintenance and daily operations of the Veteran's Rink through a Memorandum of…Feedback
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