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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Historical</title>
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		<title>Disability Discrimination Rocks in Somerville, MA- again</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/03/12/arts-and-culture/disability-discrimination-rocks-in-somerville-ma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick spoke in the inaccessible Somerville High School auditorium this past Monday March 8, 2010, celebrating the fact that Somerville, MA was named one of the 10 All America Cities, 2009, by the National League of Cities.
A week later, the Somerville Arts Council- which enjoys American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funding, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pieces of Somerville&#8217;s History</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/09/politics/pieces-of-somervilles-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having only lived in Somerville for about three and a half years, I have much to learn about the city&#8217;s past. Here are some historical articles that may be of wider interest. I hope others will share other stories that can inform the newer residents of what life was like in the good/bad old days.

Somerville [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise the Flag/Spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/12/20/events/raise-the-flagspirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 1, 2010; 11:30 am; ] Last year's flag raising event at Prospect Hill was kind of thrilling.  We'd had one of our many snowstorms of last winter and the day, the first day of the year, was clear and bright as a bell.  The Prospect Hill Tower was open to the public and I dashed up for a look-see.  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Post-Meridian Radio Players bring Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” to the Somerville Theatre this Halloween.</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/12/events/the-post-meridian-radio-players-bring-orson-welles%e2%80%99-%e2%80%9cthe-war-of-the-worlds%e2%80%9d-to-the-somerville-theatre-this-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahcr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 29, 2009; 8:00 pm; October 30, 2009; 8:00 pm; October 31, 2009; 2:00 pm; 8:00 pm; ] The Post-Meridian Radio
Players (PMRP) are pleased to announce the launch of the Web site and
ticket sales for "The Big Broadcast of October 30th, 1938" - the
latest iteration of their annual Halloween tribute to the Golden Age
of Radio.]]></description>
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		<title>Ghosts of Somerville-Drama in the Cemetery</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/10/11/events/ghosts-of-somerville-drama-in-the-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 17, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] The Ghosts of Somerville will rise again next Saturday, October 17th from 4:00 p.m. to dusk, at the Milk Row Cemetery, at 400 Somerville Avenue, next to DeMoulas Market Basket.  Historic Somerville, Inc. is producing the event, with help from the Somerville Museum and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC).  Ghosts of Somerville is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking Tour of Historic Somerville</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/09/13/events/walking-tour-of-historic-somerville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 27, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] From Powder House Pickles to the Brick Yards of Ball Square --West Somerville’s Explosive Growth at the Turn of the Century

Ed Gordon, President of the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society will lead a tour exploring the architecturally rich and historic neighborhood between the Tufts campus/Powder House Square and Ball Square, currently known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Somerville Historic Walking Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/06/01/events/west-somerville-historic-walking-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ June 14, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] Historic Preservation Event: A Walking Tour entitled, "West Somerville- From Powderhouse Pickles to Ball Square Brickyards", has been rescheduled to its rain date on Sun. June 14th rain date. The tour goes from 10:30 - 12:30 pm and starts at the Powderhouse Field House. See here for more information: http://www.somervillema.gov/alert.cfm?alert_id=203]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycle Tour of Historic Somerville &#8211; Sunday 5/31</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/05/19/events/bicycle-tour-of-historic-somerville-sunday-531/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/05/19/events/bicycle-tour-of-historic-somerville-sunday-531/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 21:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 31, 2009; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] 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 on Sunday, May 31. We'll take about three hours to ride about nine miles, stopping along the way to see various churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patriots&#8217; Day with Paul Revere!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/14/events/patriots-day-with-paul-revere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/04/14/events/patriots-day-with-paul-revere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Columbine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 20, 2009; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Celebrate Patriots' Day the Colonial way!  Period dress encouraged.]]></description>
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