Somerville Invites Neighbors to Roll Up Their Sleeves for Spring Cleanups

April 25 event launches Somerville’s Year of the Neighbor with ward-based cleanups, connection, and community care

SOMERVILLE— Sometimes it’s the litter things that can make a big difference. On Saturday, April 25, neighbors across Somerville are invited to come together for neighborhood Spring Cleanups — an easy way to spend a couple of hours outside, meet people nearby, and leave your street a little better than you found it.
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Somerville Community Invited to Take First Look at Proposals for 90 Washington St.

SOMERVILLE – Somerville community members are invited to take a first look and provide public comment on proposals to redevelop 90 Washington Street, a nearly four-acre site near the East Somerville Green Line station. At the public meeting of the 90 Washington Street Civic Advisory Committee (CAC) on Tuesday, April 22, from 5:30-7 p.m., CAC members will review and share input on the recently received proposals and will also welcome feedback on the proposals from members of the public.
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Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Unpopular opinion: some bikers are actually reckless Biking

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

I’m driving down Beacon Street one night, trying to get home after work, going the speed limit. I see the road up ahead that a box truck is turning left onto Beacon from a side street. There is a normal amount of space that I’m between and the truck. All of sudden, a biker comes swinging out from the truck’s back left side. He is trying to cut from the backside of the truck towards the bike lane.
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Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: Genuine Question: How is this crosswalk supposed to work during busy morning traffic/commute?

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

I hope this isn’t breaking any of your rules but this is not Somerville or Medford this is Arlington? Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: Genuine Question: How is this crosswalk supposed to work during busy morning traffic/commute?