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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Health Care</title>
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		<title>Somerville&#8217;s Curtatone Prevented from Hosting U.S. Surgeon General at Inaccessible Armory</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/22/health-care/somervilles-curtatone-prevented-from-hosting-us-surgeon-general-at-inaccessible-armory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville's Mayor Curtatone, who announced on WGBH this week (Boston’s Growing Income Gap, hosted 3/20/11 by Kara Miller) that he is "advising the First Lady on the Let's Move Initiative," attempted to get the US Surgeon General's  launch of a major Public Health initiative at the inaccessible Somerville Armory this Friday (March 23, 2012).]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Labor Coalition Accuses Curtatone of Divide And Conquer Strategy on GIC</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/09/health-care/somerville-labor-coalition-accuses-curtatone-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-on-gic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/09/health-care/somerville-labor-coalition-accuses-curtatone-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-on-gic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following letter (circa Fall 2011) was recently obtained by Somerville Voices from Peter Blaikie with the Somerville Labor Coalition after a reference to the letter appeared in the 12/29/2011 SJ article Somerville unions form coalition against recent health care switch by Andy Metzger which stated &#8220;Last week he (Mayor Curtatone) said he had heard about the labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nourish Your Well Being</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/24/events/nourish-your-well-being-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/24/events/nourish-your-well-being-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 5, 2011; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Amethyst Center is again hosting a fundraiser for the Somerville Homeless Coalition, Saturday November 5, 1:00-5:00. "Nourish Your Well Being" will offer short treatments from its practitioners in exchange for a suggested $10 donation. This is the 16th benefit in 7 years that Amethyst has hosted for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Amethyst's practitioners include specialists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When will Somerville get a PLAN?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/06/02/health-care/when-will-somerville-get-a-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/06/02/health-care/when-will-somerville-get-a-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FCC Chair Genachowski says that, by next April, cities across the country will have access to a new technology just launched in New York City-to send critical emergency alerts to residents' mobile phones when public safety is threatened.  This new technology and service is called the Personal Localized Alerting Network, a.k.a., PLAN.  Would it benefit Somerville?]]></description>
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		<title>Nourish Your Well Being</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/09/events/nourish-your-well-being-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/09/events/nourish-your-well-being-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 23:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 14, 2011; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Join us for a day of well being: have some refreshments, meet the members of  Amethyst Center, and get to know what we do. For a donation to the Somerville  Homeless Coalition, experience what our practitioners have to offer. Each of us  is providing brief sessions focusing on an aspect of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go for the Enchilada</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/06/22/health-care/go-for-the-enchilada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/06/22/health-care/go-for-the-enchilada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Bremer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In budget-cutting season, politics can be brutal,” wrote the author of a recent View from Prospect Hill column in the Somerville News.  With an $8.1 million budget gap, it is imperative that the city cut costs.  However, the current, shortsighted approach, with its focus on outsourcing hourly jobs, will sow the seeds of discord for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nourish Your Well Being</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/05/02/events/nourish-your-well-being/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/05/02/events/nourish-your-well-being/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=5565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[ May 8, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Amethyst Center is again hosting a fundraiser for the Somerville Homeless Coalition, Saturday May 8, 1:00-5:00. "Nourish Your Well Being" will offer short treatments from its practitioners in exchange for a suggested $10 donation. This is the 13th benefit in 6 years that Amethyst has hosted for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Amethyst's practitioners include specialists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of A Congressman</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/22/health-care/the-wisdom-of-a-congressman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/22/health-care/the-wisdom-of-a-congressman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.somervillevoices.org/?p=5070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The timing of support is worth lots more than just a single vote.]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-planning-meeting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/31/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-planning-meeting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 16, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Planning Meeting

Tues., Feb. 16, 6:30 PM

Upper Hall
Greek Orthodox Church
29 Central St.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the rescheduling of the Feb. 9 Phase 3 planning meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. At this meeting, the group will begin specifying goals, policies and actions to implement the vision statement. A guest speaker is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Visioning Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/18/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-visioning-meeting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/18/events/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee-visioning-meeting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 26, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Visioning Meeting

Tues., Jan. 26, 6:30 PM

Upper Hall
Greek Orthodox Church
29 Central St.
Somerville MA (map)

This is the last Visioning meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. At this meeting, the group will finish the vision statement.

The goal of the comprehensive plan is to improve the quality of life for Somerville's residents and workers [...]]]></description>
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