Posted by Alain Jehlen at 6:27 pm on June 23, 2008
When can I drop off hazardous household waste? When does school start? Now you can find out on Somerville Voices.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 5:24 pm on June 18, 2008
What would you like to know that could help you live better in Somerville?
So far, we’ve put together on this web site information about summer activities for kids, and property tax breaks available to many residents.
We’d like to do more along those lines—offering useful information in an easy-to-use format. What shall we work on…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 3:26 pm on June 1, 2008
When school’s out, it can be hard to find enough good things for your kids to do. Here’s a local guide that several of us have put together.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 10:29 pm on May 28, 2008
Take a look at the strong article by Somerville veteran Matt McLaughlin in the Somerville News. It’s about the controversy over Sen. James Webb’s bill to restore the GI Bill to what it was when FDR signed it during World War II: a ticket to college for American veterans.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 11:28 pm on May 21, 2008
If the Red Line at Davis Square is any indication, Green Line trolleys will transform our city in the near future.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 10:56 am on April 21, 2008
It’s great that people have been responding to Linda Conte’s post proposing a parent-made directory of summer camps and other summer educational activities.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 9:00 pm on April 3, 2008
This speech about Somerville young people killed by drugs, made the front page of the Globe’s City section. But publicity’s not enough. What should Somerville do about it?…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 9:55 pm on March 20, 2008
Gentrification—when wealthy people push less wealthy people out of a neighborhood. It’s about to get worse when the Green Line arrives. Here’s a provocative film about it.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 9:25 pm on January 30, 2008
Here’s a fascinating forum on MCAS and what it really means on the ground level, inside our schools.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 9:20 pm on January 30, 2008
Is high-stakes testing “the civil rights issue of our time” or a strategy for avoid the hard steps we need to take to improve education? See what you think.…
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Posted by Alain Jehlen at 9:00 pm on January 30, 2008
Somerville Teachers Association President Linda Vitiello (an elementary school teacher) tells a story about a child, a mural, and what paper-and-pencil tests don’t measure.…
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