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Each year, the President of the United States recognizes volunteers throughout the country with the President’s Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA). Somerville residents Alexandra Armstrong, Gabriel Begun and Xinyue Lu are among this year’s recipients. They shared their professional “know-how” with middle school students in low-income communities during after school hours. The mentorship and support they provide is helping close the opportunity gap which exists between students in underserved communities and their peers from more affluent communities.
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Last Fridays in July, August and September at Chuckie Harris Park, 3-17 Cross Street
Join Somerville Media Center, East Somerville Main Streets and Arlington International Film Festival the last Friday of July, August and September for Free Movies in the Park! We are excited to be turning the Chuckie Harris park back into a movie theater where we will all be able to enjoy movie screenings for various countries! Movie nights accompanied by music & local artists! There will also be food and drinks from local businesses.
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By Jim Clark
Police officers were dispatched to the Market Basket store on Somerville Ave. last Thursday evening on reports of an unwanted person.
Upon arrival, the officers spoke with the store manager, who stated he was in the process of watching a male, whom he had known as James McKenna, inside the store. McKenna was being watched because he was allegedly known to have shoplifted from the store in the past.
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~Photo courtesy of Somerville Media Center
Members of many Somerville-based nonprofits as well as the general public joined in for a for a community kickball game on Monday, July 16, at Nunziato Soccer Field. The goal was to build a stronger relationship among all community organizations and to invite the community-at-large to come cheer us along while learning more about these wonderful community resources.
By Joseph A. Curtatone
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A monthly look at ways to get involved with your city: Don’t just live in Somerville, be Somerville!
Short-term Rentals Community Discussion, July 19
With the growing popularity of home-sharing and short-term rentals, the City is revisiting its policies and regulations. Join us for a community meeting where City staff will review current short-term rental regulations and lead a discussion about future regulation options. The first meeting was held on June 14, and this meeting was rescheduled from June 21.
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By Courtney Young
Where can you find live music, hundreds of craft vendors, community organizations, food trucks, circus performers in the middle of the street, free coffee, free ice cream, and people of all ages walking on stilts throughout the closed-off roads? Nowhere else than this year’s ArtBeat, going by the name of “FLIP.”
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Further development and improvement of existing sidewalks, bike lanes, and storm drains are all part of the renovation plans recently implemented for the Union Square area. ~Photo by Bobbie Toner
By Ian Erlichman
In 2014, during his inaugural address, Mayor Curatone promised to make Somerville “the most bikeable, walkable and transit-accessible community in the nation.” A recently approved action for the renovation of Union square, will make good on the mayor’s promises by improving sidewalks, constructing bike lanes, and implementing environmentally conscious “Green infrastructure.”
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Jacob Kramer, a member of the Union Square Neighborhood Council’s Board of Directors, spoke at the organization’s public hearing on July 9. ~Photo by Shira Laucharoen
By Shira Laucharoen
The Union Square Neighborhood Council (USNC) achieved designation by the city as the neighborhood council for the Union Square area on July 9. The public hearing was held at the City Hall Board of Aldermen Chambers, where members of the USNC presented on the topic and were formally recognized, after a deliberation process took place.
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