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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Public Health &amp; Safety</title>
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		<title>Bike Safety – Hayes Morrison &amp; Sgt. James Rooney – City of Somerville Department of Transportation and Infrastructure &amp; Somerville Police Department (5.15.12)</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/16/public-health-safety/bike-safety-hayes-morrison-sgt-james-rooney-city-of-somerville-department-of-transportation-and-infrastructure-somerville-police-department-5-15-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/16/public-health-safety/bike-safety-hayes-morrison-sgt-james-rooney-city-of-somerville-department-of-transportation-and-infrastructure-somerville-police-department-5-15-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to avoid getting a ticket? Watch the episode and find out how, as well as what you can do to stay safe in Somerville and how to find out more on the Somerville biking culture.]]></description>
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		<title>FREE Bed Bug Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/04/events/free-bed-bug-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/04/events/free-bed-bug-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaitlynbowles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 15, 2012; 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. ] PRESENTED BY THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOMERVILLE (CAAS), WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
Come learn about the growing bed bug issues in and around Somerville, and what we can do to address the problem.
JUNE 15, 2012
9:00am - 2:30pm
51 Winthrop Street
Medford, MA
&#160;
Tickets: FREE! Register to reserve a seat at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246105
Food will be provided. Free parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4/27/12 Public Meeting on Environmental Mediation at Conway Park</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/22/events/4242712-public-meeting-on-environmental-mediation-at-conway-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/22/events/4242712-public-meeting-on-environmental-mediation-at-conway-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 27, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Environmental mediation in a densely populated city like Somerville is important for public health.]]></description>
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		<title>False information posted at Ward 5 Online</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/02/accessibility/false-information-posted-at-ward-5-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/04/02/accessibility/false-information-posted-at-ward-5-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just been alerted to a new posting of inaccuracies regarding my architectural access facility complaint about the Armory.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Courtney O&#8217;Keefe posted &#8220;Armory Gets New Entrance, Support!&#8221; on the Ward 5 online blog.  This post sounds like it rejoices in the malicious attack against myself, Eileen Feldman, and the Community Access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville, MA: Civil Rights Discrimination in Motion, circa 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/29/accessibility/somerville-ma-civil-rights-discrimination-in-motion-circa-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/29/accessibility/somerville-ma-civil-rights-discrimination-in-motion-circa-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. Renault-Caragianes' letter is a cover-up on behalf of Mayor Curtatone and designed to distort the facts about why State officials had to quickly step in to relocate the U.S. Surgeon General's visit to the Ville last Friday, March 23, 2012, for the official launch event of the Middlesex County's health wellness and prevention initiative called “Mass in Motion."]]></description>
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		<title>Why @311Somerville Does Not Track Loose Utility Wire Calls</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/25/government-reform/why-311somerville-does-not-track-loose-utility-wire-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/25/government-reform/why-311somerville-does-not-track-loose-utility-wire-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@BarryRafkind</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[311 Requests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve learned so far via the following Twitter conversation (in chronological order):

#bbpBox_180716719038402560 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_180716719038402560 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }

@311Somerville I just called in a loose utility wire to 311 then was transferred to the fire dept w/o a 311 work order, so no way 2 track it
March 16, 2012 10:06 am [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/22/health-care/somervilles-curtatone-prevented-from-hosting-us-surgeon-general-at-inaccessible-armory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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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>
		<dc:creator>the editors</dc:creator>
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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>Somerville Variance Hearing 2/27/12: Community Path Cedar to Lowell</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/24/transportation/occupy-somervilles-variance-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/24/transportation/occupy-somervilles-variance-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, the Architectural Access State Board will hear the City of Somerville's request to waive the necessity to place an accessible ramp adjacent to a proposed shortcut between the Lowell St. bridge and the future Community Path Extension.  Public transportation stewardship begins at home!  Let's encourage Somerville's deciders to sTop wasting local and sTate transportation resources on exclusive facilities- and instead, plan for the future by designing accessible multi-modal pedestrian routes at every step.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Representative Provost&#8217;s Smart Framework For Sustainable Transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/05/politics/representative-provosts-smart-framework-for-sustainable-transportation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/05/politics/representative-provosts-smart-framework-for-sustainable-transportation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville Representative Provost has just published a piece at bostinno called:  MBTA Troubles Just a Symptom of Systemic Crisis.  
This Monday February 6, 2012 at 11:30 will be the Public Hearing on Rep. Provost 's House Bill 2659, a bill relative to transportation finance and equity. Location: State House, room A-1.
Rep. Provost article link: http://bostinno.com/2012/02/01/mbta-troubles-just-a-symptom-of-systemic-crisis/]]></description>
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