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PBS, Funding and Journalistic Integrity: The Koch Quagmire
by Intrepid today at 6:34 pm
I recently posted a written exchange between a representative of WGBH and me concerning their airing of, what shall I say, an infomercial created and distributed by Walmart. I was in a quandry as to…
Business Support Sought for Annual Fluff Festival
by Mimi Graney today at 6:11 pm
The “What the Fluff?” Festival is fast approaching on Saturday, September 28 and we welcome area businesses as part of the event. Last year 10,000 sugar-hungry, fun-loving attendees, media and area businesses made the event a smashing success. Some ways … Continue reading →
Call for Vendors at Fluff Festival
by Mimi Graney today at 6:00 pm
Applications are now being accepted for vendors at this year’s What the Fluff? Festival. This year’s theme is “It’s a Fluff-Fluff-Fluffy World” and we’re looking for inventive ways that New England born Fluff mashes up with cultures from around the … Continue reading →
Column: Washington Street project falls short of Somerville’s standards
by Somerville Journal today at 11:11 am
The recent column written by Danny LeBlanc regarding the Somerville Community Corporation’s proposed development at 181 Washington Street describes the project as embodying a shared community vision. Developed alongside Cathartes Private Investments, who are proposing a building to replace the adjacent historic Cota Funeral Home at 197 Washington Street, they promise a “thriving neighborhood at the gateway of Union Square” that is a “mixed-income, mixed-use site with community amenities such as public green space and ground floor retail.”
Lechmere station design meeting
by reisnere today at 1:00 am
Tuesday, June 18, 6-8 pm
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
41 Second St, Cambridge (map)
Why No Coffee at the Union Square Farmers Market?
by Mimi Graney on Mon, Jun 17, 2013
It’s a query we get a lot here at Union Square Main Streets. “I would love to be able to buy a decent cup of coffee at the market. Can you bring in a coffee vendor to the Union Square … Continue reading →
Letter: Boys & Girls Club development will help Somerville residents
by Somerville Journal on Mon, Jun 17, 2013
I think it is vitally important to keep people who were born and raised in Somerville as members of this community. Somerville has become a very desirable place to live and will become more so with the addition of the Green Line and …
Column: Questioning the vagaries of life’s unwritten rules
by Somerville Journal on Mon, Jun 17, 2013
The other night our baby of the moment, still bald and in a high chair, put her head down on her tray and wept like a man broken by life entirely.
STEP meeting
by reisnere on Mon, Jun 17, 2013
Monday, June 17, 7-9 pm
VNA Community Room
259 Lowell St (map)
6/25/13 Sullivan Square Disposition Study Meeting
by David Dahlbacka on Sun, Jun 16, 2013
This is a public planning and visioning exercise to determine the character of new development and open space in Sullivan Square. Sullivan Square is an important area for Somerville citizens living just over the border. More…
6/4/13, 6/5/13 Forums on Ethanol Trains through Cambridge and Somerville
by David Dahlbacka on Sun, Jun 2, 2013
The Cambridge legislative delegation is holding two public forums about a plan proposed by Global Partners to transport ethanol through Cambridge, Somerville, and Chelsea using the existing rail system. The ethanol trains may be a mile long and contain up to a million gallons of hot-burning, hard-to-extinguish ethanol. Far better to transport it by barge from Albany NY. More…
Public TV and Walmart: WGBH Responds
by Intrepid on Sun, Feb 24, 2013
When my membership renewal came due I sent WGBH a letter explaining the dilemma I faced deciding whether to continue to support Boston’s non-commercial public television station. I had recently seen a promotional piece- a…
What we can learn from the School Committee’s selection process
by Bill Shelton on Wed, Feb 20, 2013
Last month the School Committee chose a replacement for their colleague, Maureen Bastardi, who had been appointed Ward 1 Alderman. They did so through an open process that involved soliciting interest from potential candidates and…
2/6/13 Public Hearing on Ethanol Train Routes
by David Dahlbacka on Wed, Feb 6, 2013
Ethanol trains carrying large amounts of flammable liquid would pass through Somerville, including right by Brickbottom, East Broadway and Assembly Square. More…
Why Should ‘Villens Consider Livestock Grazing (Ever)?
by Linda Conte on Sat, Jan 26, 2013
When a sober, soft-spoken, octogenarian with a Scottish accent delivers a somber warning about a six-degree temperature increase on our planet the impact is immediately warmly felt. So it was in the ASEAN Auditorium at…
Why a new library?
by Joeb on Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Why build when we can use what we have so much better?
Editorial: Definitively reject secret Somerville meeting
by Somerville Journal on Thu, Sep 27, 2012
At the past few meetings of the Board of Aldermen, the agenda has included a request from Mayor Joe Curtatone to hold a closed-door meeting about the city's billboards and their owner, Clear Channel. At each meeting, the Journal …
Mayor @JoeCurtatone Misses Own Deadline for OpenData Initiative
by @BarryRafkind on Wed, Aug 1, 2012
In June, the City proudly announced that it would be posting lots of operational data in July online at data.somervillema.gov. Well, it’s August 1st and that webpage hasn’t been set up yet. …
Shea leaves legacy: human rights, schools, wit
by Bob Sprague on Sat, Jul 28, 2012
Described “a force for good in the world,” William E. Shea was honored at a funeral Mass Friday, July 27, in St. Camillus Church, in Arlington, following his July 24 death at home. He had been president Ames Envelope and had been active in many ways in Somerville. See the full story at YourArlington.com…
Assembling the Pieces
by Somerville Scout on Fri, Jul 27, 2012
Construction is underway at Assembly Row, Somerville’s great hope for economic development. The path to this point has been winding.
What will the way forward bring?
