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FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF YOUTH POSTER CONTESTAnnual school-based competition asks youth to explain importance of fair housing; Five winners honored by Mayor, Commissioners.
SOMERVILLE – Following a citywide competition, five Somerville youth were honored for their submission to the Fair Housing Commission’s annual Fair Housing Poster Contest last month. The contest challenges students to illustrate their interpretations of fair housing policies as part of an inclusive…
CITY TO CONDUCT SEARCH FOR NEW RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT
Jim Halloran announces move to DPW. Public process to be utilized in search for new Director.
SOMERVILLE – Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that following an announcement by the City’s Superintendent of Recreation, Jim Halloran, of his intent to accept a position within the Somerville Department of Public Works’ Weights and Measures division, the City will conduct a public search for the next Superintendent, effective…
SOMERVILLE – Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville
High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) on Thursday, May 29, to raise
the Pride flag in honor of LGBT Pride Month. The ceremony will take
place at 2:45 p.m. on the City Hall concourse, 93 Highland Ave. Mayor
Curtatone, City LGBT Liaison Elizabeth Field, and a representative from
GSA will speak at the event.
Last year more than 60 people, including students, school staff, elected
officials, City staff, and community…
On Thursday, April 17 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…
SOMERVILLE
- Standard & Poor has raised the City of Somerville's bond rating from the
City's highest ever rating, AA-, to a new high of AA+, the second highest
rating on the agency's scale and one spot from the rare AAA rating. In its
report, the bond rating agency cited the City's strong financial practices and
budget management, low overall debt, strong capacity to meet its financial commitments
including aggressive paying off of debt, and a robust, growing economy.
"Standard…
SOMERVILLE - The City of
Somerville and Green City Growers, a Somerville-based urban agriculture company,
are seeking applicants for the 2014 Urban Agriculture Ambassador program, a
community-based food education initiative. The program, which started as a
pilot in 2013, will train 20 residents in urban growing techniques in exchange
for 30 hours of volunteer service in garden projects across the City.
The mission of this innovative
partnership and curriculum is to empower knowledge…
PUBLIC INVITED TO HOUSING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES TO
HELP SHAPE CITY’S HOUSING AGENDA
Three public forums will
explore housing needs, affordability, gentrification and strategies for an effective housing agenda to promote housing for all in
Somerville
SOMERVILLE
– As more families and individuals seek to remain in Somerville amid market
forces that are creating a crunch of affordable and moderate-priced housing
across the metro area and in Somerville, the City of Somerville, Somerville…
At 12:30 p.m. today (Thursday, December 5, 2013), Mayor Curtatone will take your questions about development in Union Square. To participate in the chat, click here. The chat will also be availalbe on that page for anyone who would like to read it later.
SOMERVILLE
- In cooperation with the City of Somerville, Tufts University is
conducting work at the intersection of Packard Avenue and Powder House
Boulevard to improve pedestrian safety infrastructure. The project, which
entails the expansion of the sidewalks at each of the four corners of the
intersection, will necessitate the temporary closure of the intersection on
Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 9:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Detours will be in place during…
SECOND MEETING SCHEDULED TO REVIEW CITY'S ACCESSIBILITY SELF-EVALUATION PLAN
Second of two public meetings scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3, to gather community feedback. Somerville's Plan praised by State Agency as "the new standard."
The City of Somerville's ADA Coordinator announced today that the City's second and final public meeting to receive feedback on its report detailing an
exhaustive six-month evaluation of the City's accessibility will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3rd, at 6 p.m. in the…