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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Seniors</title>
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		<title>4/23/13 HUD One Year Action Plan Public Hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2013/04/14/events/42313-hud-one-year-action-plan-public-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 23, 2013; 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The HUD block grants are a very important source of funding for affordable housing in Somerville, yet very few people attend these hearings. <a href="http://mvtf.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/42313-hud-one-year-action-plan-public-hearing/">More&#8230;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mvtf.wordpress.com&#38;blog=30341042&#38;post=457&#38;subd=mvtf&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>The Library Grows &#8211; Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2013/03/26/events/the-library-grows-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 26, 2013; 10:00 am; ] Somerville Library as a digital laboratory, community service, and creative resource to both city and national users.]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Reframed Film Series Presents &#8216;Children of a Lesser God&#8217; on January 12, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/21/arts-and-culture/disability-reframed-film-series-presents-children-of-a-lesser-god-on-january-5-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/21/arts-and-culture/disability-reframed-film-series-presents-children-of-a-lesser-god-on-january-5-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DisAbility Reframed presents a showing of Children of A Lesser God at the Cambridge Citywide Senior Center on January 12, 2012.  All welcome!]]></description>
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		<title>City Hall Drops the Ball&#8211;Yet Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/05/neighborhoods-and-squares/city-hall-drops-the-ball-yet-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/05/neighborhoods-and-squares/city-hall-drops-the-ball-yet-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, there hasn&#8217;t been a premature dropping of a local New Years Eve time-ball&#8211;City Hall has dropped the ball on long-promised bike enforcement and a companion public safety campaign—yet again&#8230;
At an Aldermanic Public Health &#38; Public Safety Committee meeting in October, 2011, the Administration was queried for its failure to initiate both bike enforcement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12/4/12 Somerville Housing Authority Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/02/events/12412-somerville-housing-authority-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/12/02/events/12412-somerville-housing-authority-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ December 4, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Agenda gives no specific issues, but includes resident concerns, major projects, and finance.]]></description>
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		<title>CCPD Board Votes to Oppose Assisted Suicide Ballot Question</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/accessibility/ccpd-board-votes-to-oppose-assisted-suicide-ballot-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/accessibility/ccpd-board-votes-to-oppose-assisted-suicide-ballot-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities  have participated in the Somerville online transportation surveys and frequently collaborate with members of Community Access Project, Somerville to help raise awareness and lower barriers to disAbility rights and inclusion in MA.  Here is their statement, published in the Access Letter, October 2012, regarding their recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Disability Commission Advisory Board Votes To Oppose Question 2</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/accessibility/boston-disability-commission-advisory-board-votes-to-oppose-question-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/accessibility/boston-disability-commission-advisory-board-votes-to-oppose-question-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Boston Disability Commission Advisory Board have participated in the Somerville online transportation surveys and frequently collaborate with members of Community Access Project, Somerville to help raise awareness and lower barriers to disAbility rights and inclusion in MA.  Here is the press release from that Board regarding their recent resolution to oppose statewide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City offers flu shots Thursday evenings</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/health-care/city-offers-flu-shots-thursday-evenings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/10/24/health-care/city-offers-flu-shots-thursday-evenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryM</dc:creator>
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Recently the health department has offered this year&#8217;s information about getting a flu shot. They will be regularly available on Thursday evenings from 5-7pm at the City Hall Annex (50 Evergreen Avenue). There are also sessions at other locations as well; be sure to see the link at the city page to the schedule of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maxwell&#8217;s Green Entrance Signs/Walls on Lowell Street are Blocking the Sightlines to/from Community Path, despite almost half a million dollars in state Transit Oriented Development funding</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/09/05/transportation/maxwells-green-entrance-signswalls-on-lowell-street-are-blocking-the-sightlines-tofrom-community-path-despite-almost-half-a-million-dollars-in-state-transit-oriented-development-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/09/05/transportation/maxwells-green-entrance-signswalls-on-lowell-street-are-blocking-the-sightlines-tofrom-community-path-despite-almost-half-a-million-dollars-in-state-transit-oriented-development-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Friends of the Community Path</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of the Community Path sent this letter to the George Proakis and the Planning Board on August 17, with no reply so far:
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
George Proakis
City Planning Director
GProakis@somervillema.gov
 
City of Somerville Planning Board
c/o Dawn Pereira
617.625.6600 x2533
DPereira@somervillema.gov
Date: August 17, 2012
Re: Maxwell’s Green Signage/Walls on Lowell Street Exceed Approved Height
To George Proakis and the City of Somerville Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5/7/12 Somerville Housing Authority Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/events/5712-somerville-housing-authority-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/events/5712-somerville-housing-authority-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 7, 2012; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Agenda includes the FY 2012 budget.]]></description>
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