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		<title>5/17: Film Screening: There Once Was an Island</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/13/events/film-screening-there-once-was-an-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emilyh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 17, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Presented by State Representative Denise Provost and Somerville Climate Action: Three people in a unique Pacific Island community face the first devastating effects of climate change, including a terrifying flood.  Will they decide to stay with their island home or move to a new and unfamiliar land, leaving their culture and language behind forever? ]]></description>
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		<title>5/22/12 Public Meeting on Green Line Retaining/Noise Walls</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/13/events/52212-public-meeting-on-green-line-retainingnoise-walls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 22, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Managing neighborhood impacts is necessary for the success of the Green Line Extension project.]]></description>
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		<title>5/17/12 Somerville Planning Board Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/13/events/51712-somerville-planning-board-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/13/events/51712-somerville-planning-board-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 17, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Public notice includes an ordinance amending the Somerville zoning code to encourage urban agriculture.]]></description>
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		<title>Be verrry verrry quiet&#8230;I&#8217;m hunting butterflies!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/12/environment-and-open-space/be-verrry-verrry-quiet-im-hunting-butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/12/environment-and-open-space/be-verrry-verrry-quiet-im-hunting-butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, this may not be the type of &#8220;wildlife sightings&#8221; report on the city that Somerville Voices expected to cover. But it&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening today at my house, and I wanted to share it. (with video)
Today is the day we wait all winter for. Perfect temperatures, sunshine, breeze, and the lilacs are blooming in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the &#8220;Somerville Stock Exchange&#8221; community art project</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/uncategorized/announcing-the-somerville-stock-exchange-community-art-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/uncategorized/announcing-the-somerville-stock-exchange-community-art-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 20:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timdevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone!
I&#8217;m working on a new community art project&#8211; and I hope you&#8217;ll decide to participate!
It&#8217;s called &#8220;The Somerville Stock Exchange,&#8221; or SSE for short. Unlike our New York or London cousins, this stock exchange is all about community. It&#8217;s a community form, a fund-raiser&#8211;and a different take on what a stock market can be.
You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5/8/12 Somerville Redevelopment Authority Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/events/5812-somerville-redevelopment-authority-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/events/5812-somerville-redevelopment-authority-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 8, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Agenda includes the acquisition of 258 Somerville Ave., the status of Assembly Square and Union Square, and the creation of a web page for the SRA.]]></description>
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		<title>5/15/12 Reclaiming neighborhoods: Better living with less traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/51512-reclaiming-neighborhoods-better-living-with-less-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/51512-reclaiming-neighborhoods-better-living-with-less-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 15, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:15 pm. ] Turning McGrath Highway back into a boulevard would relink parts of Somerville that have long been severed.]]></description>
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		<title>5/9/12 HUD One Year Action Plan Public Hearing (2 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/5912-hud-one-year-action-plan-public-hearing-2-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/5912-hud-one-year-action-plan-public-hearing-2-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 9, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The HUD block grants are a very important source of funding for affordable housing in Somerville.]]></description>
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		<title>4/30/12 Assembly Row Groundbreaking Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/43012-assembly-row-groundbreaking-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/events/43012-assembly-row-groundbreaking-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 30, 2012; 10:30 am to 11:30 am. ] Ceremony marks the start of retail/residential construction of Phase I of the Assembly Square mixed-use development.]]></description>
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		<title>Copy of e-mail to Nancy Busnach, Chair, Somerville Redevelopment Authority</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/housing/copy-of-e-mail-to-nancy-busnach-chair-somerville-redevelopment-authority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/29/housing/copy-of-e-mail-to-nancy-busnach-chair-somerville-redevelopment-authority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Somerville Comprehensive Plan has been endorsed by the city and adopted by the Planning Board, I would like to pass along a suggestion.]]></description>
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