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Posted by Ron Newman at 9:13 am on September 29, 2011
The Somerville Bicycle Committee invites you to ride our 19th Annual Tour de Somerville. This year’s theme is “Arts in the ‘Ville”.
We’ll meet at 10 am on Saturday, October 15 in Seven Hills…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 3:45 pm on December 8, 2010
Please join the Somerville Bicycle Committee on Saturday evening, Dec 18, to celebrate the coming of winter and year round cycling. We will enjoy a casual bike tour to see some of the city’s…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 8:36 am on October 26, 2010
Davis Area Resident/Business Initiative (DARBI) will kick off its monthly cocktail hour this Thursday, October 28th from 5:30-7:30 pm at Foundry on Elm, 255 Elm Street.
Whether you are a business owner…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 7:35 pm on October 8, 2010
The Somerville Bicycle Committee will hold the 18th annual Tour de Somerville on Saturday, October 16. This year’s theme is “Paths, Present and Future: A Mystic River Ramble”.
This bike tour will explore current…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 3:23 pm on April 27, 2010
PARTICIPATE IN POWDER HOUSE COMMUNITY SCHOOL REUSE FOCUS GROUP: The City of Somerville is seeking community volunteers to participate in a Powder House/Teele Square Focus Group. The Group will be led by City staff to…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 11:01 am on April 26, 2010
Somerville has a number of stairways that pedestrians can use to walk between places that aren’t well-connected by streets. Most of these are poorly marked and unknown to people outside their immediate neighborhood.
I’ve…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 12:03 am on November 24, 2009
The next meeting of the Davis Square Task Force will be on Tuesday December 1st, 7-9 pm at the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland St. The agenda items are below. Please let Rebekah Gewirtz (rebekah@rcn.com) know if there are…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 3:17 am on September 29, 2009
Join the Somerville Bicycle Committee for our 17th annual fall Tour de Somerville. This year’s theme is “Somerville: City of Seven (Or More) Hills”.
We’ll meet on Saturday, October 17 at 10 am at…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 5:59 pm on May 19, 2009
Join the Somerville Bicycle Committee and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission for a bike tour featuring Somerville’s many historic houses of worship.
We’ll meet at Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, at 2 pm…
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Posted by Ron Newman at 6:56 am on October 1, 2008
Join the Somerville Bicycle Committee for the 16th Annual Tour de Somerville on Saturday, October 18th. We’ll meet at 10 am at Seven Hills Park, behind the Holland Street T entrance in Davis Square. …
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Posted by Ron Newman at 8:36 am on May 29, 2008
This Saturday, May 31, I’m co-leading a bicycle tour of historical sights around Somerville, on behalf of the Somerville Bicycle Committee and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission. The ride will focus on the many commuter rail stations that Somerville once had, and on the Green Line stations that will soon take their place.
The ride starts at 10 am at Somerville City Hall …
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