Along with other opportunities to stay cool at Somerville cooling centers and air-conditioned libraries, as well as pools and park water features, the City invites residents (and other miserably hot folks) to come to regularly scheduled public skating at our air-conditioned Veterans Memorial Rink Continue reading Somerville Adds Public Ice Skating Hours for Extreme Heat →

Free Open Streets event to feature live music, family-friendly activities, food, and more.

SOMERVILLE – Celebrate the season at “Seize the Summer,” the August installment of the City’s SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 2 to 6 p.m. between Davis Sq. and Teele Sq. on Holland St. SomerStreets is the City of Somerville’s take on the internationally renowned Open Streets concept, closing busy city streets to vehicles, and opening them up for cycling, walking, dancing, running, and other modes of activity. Through SomerStreets, the City and its community partners aim to promote and encourage easy access to physical activity, fresh foods, and reconnecting with neighborhoods and businesses and their unique cultural elements in a thriving urban environment. Continue reading ‘SEIZE THE SUMMER’ AT SOMERSTREETS ON HOLLAND ST., SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 →

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, August 12, the 225th day of 2016 with 141 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:48 and sunset is @ 7:50. 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: 1676 – “King Phillip’s War” came to an end with the killing of Indian chief King Phillip. The war between the Indians and the Europeans lasted for two years.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer  →