Row It Forward for Door2Door & Ways2Go!

   
 Calling all friends, family & supporters!
We’re participating in Assembly Row’s Row It Forward fundraising shopping event and need your help. Many of you are already shopping, dining, and enjoying the offerings at Assembly Row and from August 10-23 we can turn your back to school shopping receipts into points.

 

Help us rack up points to win one of the top three cash prizes ($20,000, $10,000 and $5,000!!) or thousands of dollars in gift cards by simply registering your receipts from any of the shops, restaurants, AMC Theater and even LEGOLAND Discovery Center at the Assembly Row Welcome Center August 10-23. Continue reading Row It Forward for Door2Door & Ways2Go!

CITY’S FIRST PUBLIC PARKLET OPENS ON SOMERVILLE AVE

   
 Photos by William Tauro

Pilot project sets example of tactical urbanism for residents and businesses

SOMERVILLE –The City’s first public parklet (or mini park) is now open on Somerville Avenue thanks to a partnership with Forge Baking Company. At just the size of roughly two car-lengths, the seasonal Forge Parklet qualifies as the city’s smallest park, but it packs in plenty of outdoor seating ringed by flower boxes by seasonally transforming two parking spaces into attractive open space (the spaces will revert to parking during winter). Continue reading CITY’S FIRST PUBLIC PARKLET OPENS ON SOMERVILLE AVE

CPA FUNDING ELIGIBILITY APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE

  

More than $3.7M available for affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic preservation projects

SOMERVILLE –More than $3.7 million is available this fiscal year for affordable housing, open space, outdoor recreation and historic preservation projects in Somerville through the Community Preservation Act (CPA), and Somerville residents, organizations and businesses are invited to submit their project proposals to see if they are eligible for funding. Details on what CPA funds can be used for are available at http://www.somervillema.gov/cpa.
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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

  GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, July 31, the 212th day of 2015 with 153 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:34 and sunset is @ 8:06. The Full Blue Moon is exact @ 6:44 AM. The morning stars are stars are Mars, Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1498 – Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Trinidad. 

1790 – The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer. 
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SOMERVILLE POLICE & PREVENTION OFFICE TEAM UP FOR ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE CHECKS AT LOCAL RETAILERS

   Most licensees in compliance; 4 establishments cited for selling to minors.
SOMERVILLE – An undercover check to ensure local liquor stores are not selling to minors was successfully carried out recently as the Somerville Office of Prevention (SOP) and the Somerville Police Department teamed up to conduct a minimum age alcoholic beverage purchase law compliance check in Somerville, announced Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) Director Cory Mashburn. 
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