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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Jonathan Rich</title>
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		<title>Residents&#8217; group aims for zoning changes</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/21/development-and-zoning/residents-group-aims-for-zoning-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fueled by a growing dissatisfaction with the city's zoning review and approval process for development projects, a group of concerned residents have joined together to initiate what they are describing as "much-needed and long-overdue reforms of the zoning ordinance aimed at making the key decision-makers more responsible for their actions."]]></description>
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		<title>State budgets, city budgets</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/03/20/economy-poverty/state-budgets-city-budgets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Jehlen&#8217;s state budget forums have been terrific in the past.  On a local level, the Progressive Democrats are apparently planning a community forum on budget issues in May.  I haven&#8217;t heard a specific date yet, or in fact anything beyond what was published in a recent Somerville Journal op-ed.
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		<title>Tree Preservation Ordinance meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/02/17/events/tree-preservation-ordinance-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Open Space]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] This was just sent to me by a Garden Club member: A Tree Preservation Ordinance has been proposed in the Board of Aldermen to  protect healthy street trees throughout Somerville. The Tree Preservation  Ordinance will be taken up before the Board of Aldermen's Legislative Matters  Committee on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress on Street Tree Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/02/12/environment-and-open-space/progress-on-street-tree-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/02/12/environment-and-open-space/progress-on-street-tree-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Open Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhoods and Squares]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night at a meeting of the Somerville Garden Club, an audience of about forty club members got a progress report from Brad Arndt, the Coordinator for the Somerville Urban Forest Initiative.
Following up on the Mayor&#8217;s pledge in his last inaugural address to increase the number of trees in Somerville by twenty percent over four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inauguration Day party at Sabur</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/01/19/events/inauguration-day-party-at-sabur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 20, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] A couple weeks shy of a year since I first heard it, I checked in to Dipdive.com to listen to will i. am’s “Yes We Can Song,” and must report with mild embarrassment that it still chokes me up.   Will tomorrow’s inauguration speech be more than a reworking of the stump speeches we’ve all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Alert</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/12/16/arts-and-culture/artist-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/12/16/arts-and-culture/artist-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Registration has opened for the 2009 Somerville Open Studios.  This year the event will be on May 2 and 3 from noon to 6:00pm.  Registration for participating artists is only open until January 30. You can register here: http://2009.somervilleopenstudios.org/membership/

Putting together the SOS maps is a huge task taken on every year by a small group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NStar program supports wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/12/07/environment-and-open-space/nstar-program-supports-wind-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/12/07/environment-and-open-space/nstar-program-supports-wind-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Open Space]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you buy your electrical power from NStar and can afford an additional 1.389 cents per kilowatt hour, you can sign up for the &#8220;NStar Green&#8221; program,  which promotes the development of wind energy as an alternative power source.
According to their web site &#8220;Wind power will be generated at Maple Ridge Wind Farm in  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An attack on condo conversion control</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/10/31/housing/an-attack-on-condo-conversion-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/10/31/housing/an-attack-on-condo-conversion-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development and Zoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got a robo-call from the "Small Property Owners Association" telling me that I should email my alderman and demand that all condo conversion controls be eliminated.  It also urged me to attend the BOA meeting on November 18. We've had some discussion on this site about gentrification.  Well, I can't think of a better way to promote gentrification than to wipe out large numbers of rental units via condo conversion.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Carl, big time.</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/09/17/uncategorized/its-carl-big-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/09/17/uncategorized/its-carl-big-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At 7:30 this evening I was out knocking on doors in Medford, although at that point I had to stop under street lights to read the list of Sciortino supporters that I was supposed to be encouraging to get to the polls.  At one of my last doors, I was grateful to hear a woman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Patrick supports Carl Sciortino in September 16 primary</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/07/22/politics/governor-patrick-supports-carl-sciortino-in-september-16-primary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2008/07/22/politics/governor-patrick-supports-carl-sciortino-in-september-16-primary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment and Open Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhoods and Squares]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a fundraiser for his reelection campaign at Sabur Restaurant this evening, Representative Carl Sciortino got some strongly worded support from Governor Deval Patrick, and announced that an upcoming environmental bond bill would include two million dollars for improvements to Somerville’s largest open space, Foss Park.&#8230;]]></description>
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