Somerville’s Collaborative Amazon HQ2 Proposal

The City of Somerville is pleased to present a collaborative “Amazon on the T” proposal inviting Amazon to establish its second corporate headquarters along the transit lines that link our adjacent Greater Boston communities.

Lyndell’s is holding their annual Sean Collier Memorial Fundraiser this weekend.

$1 from every half moon sold from now until closing this Sunday will be donated to the Somerville Auxiliary Police Sean Collier Memorial Scholarship which gives money to Somerville High students interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement.

Owner of Casa B, Alberto.

By JT Thompson

Alberto: The Puerto Rican owner of Casa B, an elegant but warmly welcoming tapas restaurant just off Union Square’s main plaza. He and his Colombian wife Angelina developed the restaurant together. They both grew up on the Caribbean coast and their menu brings together the culinary traditions they each inherited, out of which they have created a unique, new American tradition.

The description on the menu says the dishes are “based on the reinterpretation of traditional dishes from the Spanish Caribbean cuisine, infused with flavors, colors and textures of our travels, memories and life experiences.”

Join Mayor Joe Curtatone, the Somerville Public Library, and Somerville-based Publisher Candlewick Press for an afternoon story time on Saturday, October 21. Mayor Curtatone will read Windows — a new picture book set in Somerville!

Julia Denos and E.B. Goodale, author and illustrator of Windows, will join the mayor for this very special story time to answer questions about the book.

​​​Friday, October 20 from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.​, is the 2nd Annual Community Media Day! Come down to Union Square, say hello and celebrate ​Somerville’s Media Center. It will also be live-streaming it on SCATV Ch.3, on Boston Free Radio and Facebook Live.​

Somerville Media Center joins other community media centers across the country for th​is​ newly sanctioned free speech holiday called “Community Media Day.”

Somerville High School maintains Level 1 designation for fifth consecutive year, posts highest Science/Technology achievement to date

This week,  the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released results of the next-generation MCAS, administered for the first time in grades 3-8 last spring. These spring 2017 results will serve as the baseline for the new assessment and for target-setting for 2018 and beyond, and should not be compared to previous years’ achievement scores. Student achievement score levels for the next-generation MCAS are different from what the Department now refers to as the legacy MCAS, with next-generation scores falling into one of four new categories that measure where a student falls in terms of grade-level expectations: Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Partially Meeting Expectations and Not Meeting Expectations.

By Jim Clark

While on assignment at Assembly Row last week, a Somerville police officer was contacted via text message by the manager of Express Outlet. The message included a picture of a man, explaining he had allegedly concealed several shirts in his backpack.

On October 8, 2017 Officer Louis Remigio of the Somerville Police Department was involved in a motorcycle accident while off duty in North Hampton, NH.  Louie passed away a day later at the Portsmouth,NH Hospital.  Lou left behind two young daughters who also lost their mother just 18 months ago.  His brothers and sisters at the Somerville Police Department would like to help make sure that his daughter s are provided with financial support as they face this difficult and tragic time in their lives.

Compiled by City of Somerville staff

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 Davis Square Neighborhood Meeting, 10/19

Join City planning staff, area experts, and your Davis Square neighbors as we take a deeper dive into the community-selected topics from a previous meeting and identify action steps to address the goals and needs related to each. Whether your concerns are open space, traffic, parking, accessibility, streetscape, bicycle infrastructure, housing or more, we hope you’ll join us. For more information, please contact planning@somervillema.gov.

When/where: Thursday, October 19, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Community Baptist Church, 31 College Ave.

Statue Park in Davis Square is home to the City of Somerville’s newest public reusable water bottle refilling station thanks to the city’s residents who participated in the Somerville Energy Efficiency Now (SEEN) campaign in 2016.

“Statue Park is the intersection of public transit, the community bike path, local business, and culture,” says Christine Andrews, Housing and Environment Programs Coordinator for the City of Somerville. “By providing a way to refill water bottles at a central and accessible location, we are hoping to encourage everyone to reduce waste, whether they are passing through or enjoying the sights and sounds of Davis Square.”