PARTNERS HEALTHCARE, SOMERVILLE SIGN COMMUNITY SERVICES AGREEMENT

Combined Partners & Federal Realty Investment Trust payments estimated to yield $1.7M to $2.2M in annual City revenue from former IKEA parcel

ASSISTANT CITY
SOLICITOR RECOGNIZED FOR ‘OUTSTANDING APPELLATE WORK’

Matthew
Buckley awarded Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award for work in recent
court cases

ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR RECOGNIZED FOR ‘OUTSTANDING APPELLATE WORK'

Matthew Buckley awarded Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award for work in recent court cases

GOV. PATRICK SIGNS HOME RULE PETITION TO INCREASE SOMERVILLE’S RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION TO 35%

Home Rule Petition makes Somerville's the largest exemption in the State. 35% rate is retroactive to July 1, 2014.

Orange Line Assembly Station Opens at Assembly Row in Somerville, Tuesday, Sept. 2

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston invite neighbors and community members to a "Listening Session," the latest in a series of public meetings to discuss the upcoming Lincoln Park Renovation, on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Argenziano School cafeteria, 290 Washington Street, and will review results from earlier community meetings and discuss plans for the Landscape Design process. For more information about the project, contact Melissa Miguel at 617-625-6600 ext.

Please join the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) for a Union Square Walking Tour, "Union Square: An Intermixing of Industry, Immigration and Innovation," on Sunday, September 21 2 to 4:30 p.m. The tour is free, and will step off from Somerville High School, 91 Highland Ave. It will include interior tours of the historic St. Anthony's Church and the new Greentown Labs, and will end with a reception at Machu Picchu Restaurant. This event is sponsored by SHPC and ArtsUnion. A rain date has been set for Sunday, Sept. 28.

The City of Somerville invites all community members to join in the annual 9/11 Vigil Walk to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93 in 2001. The walk will step off from the Cedar Street end of the Community Path at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, and end with a brief ceremony in Davis Square.

FOAM CONTAINER BAN ENFORCEMENT IN EFFECT,
INFORMATION SENT TO BUSINESSES
Information about alternative products provided as City begins enforcement of ordinance

Due to forecasts of severe storms and high heat on Saturday, Sept. 6, the Community Path Party co-sponsored by the City of Somerville and the Friends of the Community Path has been POSTPONED until Saturday, Sept. 20, from 2 to 6 p.m.