Somerville Announces Early Voting Schedule; Reminds Residents about Additional Upcoming Election Dates and Vote by Mail

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Early voting for the September 1 primary to take place from
August 22 to 28 at City Hall

SOMERVILLE, MA – The City of Somerville will hold seven days of early voting ahead of the Tuesday, September 1, primary elections. All early voting will take place at Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., and the schedule is as follows: Continue reading Somerville Announces Early Voting Schedule; Reminds Residents about Additional Upcoming Election Dates and Vote by Mail

Announcing All New East Somerville Meal of Fortune Week!

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A fun new way to support local businesses!

East Somerville Main Streets is excited to announce Meal of Fortune Week! Tickets are available now!

Prior to the week of September 28th through October 4th purchase a ticket for a surprise meal that will be matched to a local East Somerville restaurant based on your uniquely customized flavor profile. Continue reading Announcing All New East Somerville Meal of Fortune Week!

Rayla Campbell Takes to the Streets of Somerville as a Candidate For Congress MA-7

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This past Thursday, candidate for congress for MA-7 (That includes Somerville) Rayla Campbell took to the streets of Somerville as well as spending the afternoon at the Foss Park Swimming Pool that’s located on Broadway talking and listening to people and families who were expressing their opinions, concerns and frustrations about Somerville. Continue reading Rayla Campbell Takes to the Streets of Somerville as a Candidate For Congress MA-7

Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Rent Control is a Disaster

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RENT CONTROL can never work. They tried it in Cambridge and how we got all these crazy liberals because our rents were always lower than most surrounding cities and we had the best access to the MBTA which other towns desperately lack– Arlington, Medford and Everett being the worst. Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Rent Control is a Disaster

Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Regarding Old Star Market on Broadway

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Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

What city administration and their donors want — Everything that will not benefit the working class neighborhoods. That’s all everyone needs to know. The owners proposal of putting in an OCEAN STATE JOB LOT, was a good idea. I think everyone in the city would have benefited. Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Regarding Old Star Market on Broadway

Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Renan SANTOS (MV Violations)

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The following is a summary of the details related to this incident.

On Sunday, August 2, 2020, I, Officer David Ruf, was in full-uniform and assigned to marked cruiser East-1, for the Somerville Police Department. At approximately 1:36 A.M., Officer Johnson (East-4) and I were dispatched to 43 Third Ave (UPS) for a large car group. Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Renan SANTOS (MV Violations)

$1 BILLION-PLUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOND

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By Bob Katzen

The House 155-4, Senate 39-0, approved and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker a $1 billion-plus information technology bond titled “An Act Financing the General Governmental Infrastructure of the Commonwealth.” The state would borrow the funds to finance the projects in the bill. The original version of the package was filed by Baker more than a year ago on April 11, 2019. Continue reading $1 BILLION-PLUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOND

MEASURES APPROVED TO CREATE NEW MASS STATE SEAL AND MOTTO

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By Bob Katzen
The Senate 39-0, approved a measure that would create a special commission to investigate the official state seal and motto including “those features that may be unwittingly harmful to or misunderstood by Bay State citizens to ensure that they faithfully reflect and embody the historic and contemporary commitments of the state to peace, justice, liberty and equality and to spreading the opportunities and advantages of education.” Continue reading MEASURES APPROVED TO CREATE NEW MASS STATE SEAL AND MOTTO

BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL

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By Bob Katzen

Governor Baker signed into law a bill designed to boost participation rates in school breakfast programs in high-poverty schools. The measure would require that breakfast be offered only after the school day begins, through a variety of ways including breakfast in the classroom, grab-and-go and second-chance breakfast. Currently, only 150,000 of the 300,000 students eligible for breakfast actually take part in it. Continue reading BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL