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This is the positive experience and such an amazing act of kindness that my Mom and I received from the Team at Chipotle in Davis Square. Chris Gruber (Chipotle Team Leader), and Denise Rodriguez (Chipotle Restauranteur) and the entire Chipotle Davis Square Family of Somerville, MA deserved to be recognized.

Ball Square’s Gil Barbosa “The Book Shop” Owner was a Survivor.

Gil Barbosa was a survivor. The owner of “The Book Shop” in Ball Square in Somerville kept his store alive during a time when many similar used bookstores had a rise and inevitable fall. Barbosa told me: “It is hard to believe that three and a half years have gone by and we are still here, and I am glad to have a very good landlord who understands and is sympathetic to small businesses.” But unfortunately the vagaries of the biz has caused the shop to close. Barbosa told me he had to work 7 days a week to keep it afloat, and even then times were hard–not to mention it compromised his health.

This poem from Somerville Poet Ed Meek about ice will suffice.

All Somerville Public Schools will remain closed on Wednesday, February 11, due to continuing inclement weather conditions. District offices will be open. All Wednesday evening activities are also cancelled.

The City of Somerville’s Zoning Code Public Hearing scheduled for Tues., Feb. 10, has been rescheduled for March 5, 2015 at 6 p.m. The hearing will take place in the Aldermanic Chambers at City Hall.

Arrests:
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Raphael Caminero, of 111 Locust St., Woburn, February 4, 1:18 a.m., arrested at Medford St. on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Jose Fuentes, of 20 Otis St., February 4, 1:18 a.m., arrested at Medford St. on a charge of drug possession to distribute.

On Tuesday, all MBTA rail services (Subway, Trolley, and Commuter Rail) will be suspended all day while maintenance crews continue to clear snow and ice from tracks, the third rail and switches. Mechanical forces will continue to assess the damage done to subway cars, trolleys, locomotives and passenger coaches. 

Due to continued historic levels of snowfall, the Somerville snow emergency and parking ban will remain in effect until further notice, Somerville schools will be closed at least through Tuesday, and I am asking that anyone able to avoid travel in Somerville stay off the roads on Tuesday to allow our plows to do their job quickly and efficiently. Public safety and securing safe passage for emergency vehicles especially on narrow side streets remains our primary concern and focus. For this reason, residents should be prepared for an extended parking ban on even side parking. To ease this burden, the ban will eventually be lifted on a rolling basis to widen roads and free up parking sooner starting with main roads. Please watch for announcements in the next several days.

Automobiles, heaters, cooking appliances, and other everyday items produce carbon monoxide when they run. This gas is normally vented out of buildings and cars long before it poses any health risk, but this cannot happen if exterior vents are blocked by snow, ice, or debris. Carbon monoxide is deadly in high quantities. Because the gas cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted, it is extremely important that all exterior home heating vents and vehicle tail pipes be cleared completely, and that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are tested to ensure they have batteries and are working.

The video below is an important announcement from Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone regarding the impending snow storm. For more information, visit www.somervillema.gov/snow