Somerville Community Request: Help Your Neighborhood Trees during Drought

 Current severe drought conditions have left many of our street trees in dire need of water. While our Department of Publics Works crews are working diligently to care for the needs of our parks, open spaces, and trees, we need the community’s help to provide water to our street trees during these extreme conditions. Continue reading Somerville Community Request: Help Your Neighborhood Trees during Drought

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, August 10, the 223rd day of 2016 with 143 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:46 and sunset is @ 7:53. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus & Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter & Mars.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1792 – King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer