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5th Annual Great Urban Campout in Somerville
The Recreation Department and Mayor's Office invite Somerville residents to spend a night camping in Lincoln Park. The 5th Annual Great Urban Campout will be held from Friday, July 25th until Saturday, July 26th. Set up tents anytime after noon on Friday. Join neighbors for s'mores over the campfire, games and stories, a performance by the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, and plenty of coffee/donuts for anyone who makes it until the next morning. Come for the evening or…Public Meeting: Lowell St. Corridor Plan & Information Discussion
Public Meeting to Discuss Plans for Lowell St. Corridor Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang invite all community members to a public meeting on Wednesday, June 25 to discuss information and plans for the Lowell Street corridor from Highland Avenue to Medford Street, and to discuss possible plans to encourage safety. The meeting will be held in the Visiting Nurses Association’s community room on Lowell Street beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting is hosted by the Mayor…WAR ON RATS: CITY TO ISSUE UNIFORM TRASH CARTS
SOMERVILLE – To help control the rodent population and reduce the city’s solid waste tonnage, the City of Somerville will begin distributing uniform trash carts to residential units in June. Every household that receives trash service from the City will be provided, free of charge, with one 64-gallon, rodent-resistant wheeled trash cart similar to the Zero-Sort recycling carts already in use. The uniform trash cart program is part of the broad new Integrated Pest Management Plan announced by…STATEMENT FROM MAYOR & SUPERINTENDENT ON WAIRI ARREST
This afternoon we were briefed by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz about a deeply disturbing matter that we anticipate will involve our city, as well as the City of Cambridge. An individual who had been entrusted to care for our children has allegedly violated that trust at the highest level. This individual, identified as Josh Wairi, age 27, a former elementary school teacher in Somerville and most recently in Cambridge, has been accused of videotaping young children in various states of undress. He…CITY ENDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH TUFTS ON POWDER HOUSE SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that the City of Somerville will re-open the process of finding a developer for redevelopment of the Powder House Community School, due to Tufts University being unable to meet the timetable terms on a land disposition agreement. The City and Tufts have been in an exclusive negotiating agreement period, during which they have discussed specifics of a land disposition agreement. During that time, Tufts has also held a series of…SOMERVILLE EARLY CHILDHOOD REPORT PROMOTES BOLD UNIVERSAL KINDERGARTEN READINESS STRATEGY
SOMERVILLE – A comprehensive report commissioned by the schools, the City and the School Committee on preparing children for kindergarten recommends that rather than pursuing solely school-based universal preschool for 4-year-olds, that the community establish an innovative early childhood system for pre-kindergarteners of all ages via a provider network, which would include Somerville Public Schools, nonprofit and private early childhood care providers and other local agencies working…Union Square Infrastructure Meeting 1/29
Mayor Curtatone, Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston and Ward 3 Alderman Robert McWatters invite all interested residents and stakeholders to the second in a series of meetings to discuss plans for future utility and roadway improvements for Union Square. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Argenziano School (290 Washington St). This meeting will provide an update on the design study, introduce the Community Advisory Committee, and focus on ideas for the pedestrian,…LOCAL JOBS TARGETED BY NEW PARTNERSHIP
LOCAL JOBS FOR RESIDENTS TARGETED BY NEW CITY PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY City of Somerville seeks to partner with an agency that will connect local workers first with local jobs, serving as first contact for employers looking to hire local residents SOMERVILLE – With an anticipated influx of new job opportunities in Somerville, the City aims to cut a path leading local workers directly to those jobs by entering into a contract with a local workforce development…NEXT DAVIS SQ. BY DESIGN MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOV. 13 AT ARMORY ON HIGHLAND AVE.
SOMERVILLE - The next phase of the City's Somerville by Design community planning process in Davis Square will take place Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave. The meeting will be structured as an open house-style plan presentation to allow participants to get an in-depth understanding and discussion of the topics they care most about. The open house structure is informed by community feedback gathered during the City's May 21…Domestic Violence Vigil 10/2
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