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CITY OF SOMERVILLE
CELEBRATES FOOD WEEK OCT. 17–24
SOMERVILLE
– Thursday, Oct. 24, is national Food Day – a
celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainable food. And because one day
just isn’t enough, the City of Somerville’s Shape Up Somerville program is
leading a citywide Food Week from Oct. 17 to 24. Eight days of Shape Up Somerville
partner and community events will highlight Somerville’s diverse and exciting
food culture, while the “Where’s Sam?” contest invites residents…
Community Picnic and Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate the Opening of Baxter State Park in Assembly Square
Wednesday, Sept.
18, 4-6 p.m.
Please join Governor Deval Patrick, Mayor Joseph A.
Curtatone, Federal Realty Trust, and DCR to celebrate the official opening of
Baxter State Park at Assembly Row on Wed., Sept. 18, 4 to 6 p.m. A formal
speaking program and ribbon cutting to celebrate the new 6.1-acre park on the
banks of the Mystic River will be followed by a picnic with hot dogs, popcorn,…
SOMERVILLE – Improvements to play and park features as well as underground drainage began today at the Glen Park playground at the
Capuano
Early
Childhood
Center in
East Somerville, announced Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone.
Funded by a $350,000 federal Community Development Block Grant, the visible park improvements include a new poured-in-place rubber play surface and subsurface, new light fixtures near the drop-off area, and a new metal picket fence gate to replace the chain-…
The latest Visioning Sessions in
the City of Somerville's "Somerville by Design" community planning series for
both East Somerville and Davis Square will be held during the week of July 29th.
Through the informal Visioning Sessions, attendees will be asked to share ideas
and goals to help the City create a roadmap for future development based on
community needs and wishes in these areas. The upcoming sessions will be held
as follows:
East Somerville: Monday, July 29th…
SOMERVILLE
- Newly released research results show that the City of Somerville's Shape Up
Somerville program's community-based approach to combating child obesity yields
positive outcomes.
Data
from the first two school years of the Shape Up Somerville: Eat Smart Play Hard
initiative showed fewer Somerville children targeted by the intervention were
obese or overweight compared to children in two similar control communities,
according to research from the Friedman School…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announces the 2013 summer events lineup for the City of Somerville. The summer events series includes the annual Fireworks and Family Fun Day celebrations, ArtBeat, SomerStreets, SomerMovie Fest, the Mayor's Senior Picnic, and much more. All events are free of charge and open to the public, as follows:
Somerville Squeezebox Slam
Saturday, June 15, 1-6pm: Seven Hills Park, Davis Square (www.somervilleartscouncil.org)
Joe's Jazz and Blues Fest
Saturday…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A.
Curtatone and Executive Director of the Somerville Historic Preservation
Commission (SHPC) Brandon Wilson announce the schedule of events for the 2013
"Preservation Month" celebrations.
Throughout the month of May, the SHPC and other local organizations
partner to host numerous events honoring Somerville's history and historic
districts. Remaining events include:
Sunday, May 12th,
2-5pm. The
12th Annual Historic Bike…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that the City's annual Shape Up Somerville / Somerville Recreation Road Race will be held on Sunday, April 7th, starting and ending at the Somerville High School concourse, 93 Highland Avenue. The day will begin with a 1-mile children's "Fun Run" at 10:30 a.m., followed by a 2.7-mile walk at 10:30 a.m. and a 2.7-mile adult race at 11:00 a.m. Registration is open to all community members at a price of $5 for youth under age 10, and $…
SOMERVILLE - Mayor
Joseph A. Curtatone and Somerville Public Library Director, Maria Carpenter,
announced today that the City of Somerville has accepted a "Library Card
Sign-Up Challenge" from the Town of Arlington and Arlington Public. The
Challenge, which will take place through the month of February and also
includes the Towns of Belmont and Lexington, proposes to reward the library
system that sees the greatest percentage increase in residents signing up for
library cards. Prizes will…
SOMERVILLE
- Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Housing Director Dana LeWinter announced today
that the Housing Division of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community
Development is currently accepting applications for the Heating System
Replacement Program. The program supplies interest-free loans of up to $4,500
to replace a faulty or inefficient heating system for owner-occupant homeowners.
Loan eligibility is based on total gross income for the household, as well as
number of residents.…