As always, the City of Somerville will accept pre-payments of any real estate taxes within the current fiscal year. There are four due dates for each fiscal year: August 1, November 1, February 1, and May 1. The City of Somerville does not accept pre-payments for future fiscal years. Therefore, any taxpayer who has a credit balance after May 1, 2018, will receive a refund in June 2018 for any overpayment. The practice of refunding after the FY 2018 taxes are satisfied is required by law and is within the normal practice of business for the City.
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Florence A. Lewis, 77, of Melrose, MA (formerly Somerville, MA), passed away on Wednesday December 20, 2017, peacefully at home. She was born in Boston, MA on May 2, 1940 to Frank H. and Florence Pulsifer.
Florence was a graduate of Somerville High School, Class of 1958. On January 17, 1960 she married David B. Lewis, Jr. in Somerville, MA. Together they had four children: Pamela, David (deceased 2007), Jeffrey, and Kevin. She worked her entire life: from a local laundry in Somerville, to an office worker in Davis Square. She found her most rewarding position as an Administrative Assistant in the Graduate Biology Department at Northeastern University, Boston. She retired in 2004 after more than fifteen years working at the University.
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~Photos by Claudia Ferro
ESCS students in grades K-8 presented an inspiring and joyful program of vocal and instrumental music, Tuesday, December 19 at the East Somerville Community School Auditorium.
The Somerville Health and Human Services (HHS) Department is offering free flu shots for students during December break! Please call 617-625-6600 ext. 4320 or ext. 6967 to schedule a time and day to come in. Vaccines will be offered Wednesday December 27th and Thursday December 28th from 9am – 3pm. Call with any questions!
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Roughly a dozen volunteers convened in late December to assemble more than 500 gift bags for the Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services holiday bag program. The gift bags were decorated by local students, and were distributed to Meals on Wheels recipients in Cambridge and Somerville.
Meals on Wheels provided a special delivery for roughly 500 people in late December, thanks to local students and volunteers for the Somerville Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) holiday bag program.
Assembled by roughly a dozen volunteers on Dec. 20, each holiday bag included an assortment of snacks, a calendar and greeting card. It’s an SCES tradition that every Meals on Wheels client receives one of those bag during the holidays, explained SCES Community Meals Director Deborah McLean.
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Somerville residents woke up to a white Christmas Monday morning. By afternoon the snow stopped falling, streets were cleared and travel resumed.
On Monday, December 25, City offices will be closed for Christmas. There will be no street sweeping on Christmas and meters and parking permits will not be enforced. Trash and recycling collection will be on a one-day delay all week.
Donation earned through City’s Solarize Somerville initiative for exceeding home solar installation goal
Local non-profit CASPAR, Inc. (Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Rehabilitation) will soon expand its tremendously positive impact on the community. The organization was selected to receive a 5kW solar array donation that, once in place, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and lower utility bills. The 5kW array donation from SolarFlair, the City’s installation partner, is the result of resident participants exceeding the goal of the citywide Solarize Somerville initiative to install 400 kW of installed solar capacity. So far, SolarFlair has installed 99 solar arrays, adding 531.34 kW of installed solar capacity to Somerville.
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