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~Photos by William Tauro
(Taped by Vaughn Simkins outside the SCAT building)
By Tom Nash
Somerville
officials outlined the city's response to last Saturday's flash
flooding on Wednesday, beginning with Mayor Joseph Curtatone noting the
storm was an anomaly that overwhelmed the city's infastructure.
"This
is a 25-year storm occurring in one hour," Curtatone said of the 3.5
inches of rain that overwhelmed streets and homes throughout the city.
"You could tell based on the forecasts of this storm [that] it was
different."
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Water theme to cool down annual art fest Friday and Saturday
By Patrick Gough
Hit the streets in Davis Square Friday and Saturday to catch ArtBeat. This year's theme is water. - Photo by Christina Acosta
ArtBeat returns to Davis Square this week with an appropriate theme to cool down the scorching Somerville streets: water will be showcased, celebrated and discussed through various exhibitions of dance, music and interactive installations on Friday evening and Saturday throughout the day.
GroundWorks Somerville will be hosting a game called “Water Miles”, which encourages participants to think more about how far water has been transported before they drink it.
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The hearing for the vacant Star Market on Winter Hill is not going to be this week, the owner and the Ocean State Job Lot people have asked the planning board to postpone it until August 5 at City Hall at 6p.m. Ward 4 Alderman Walter Pero has asked everyone to be notified of the change. The meeting between the neighborhood and the owners and job lot didn’t go properly as planned; let’s hope they at least spell Somerville correctly this time in their presentation to the Planning Board. We bet this time the Attorney for the owner will remind us at least 12 times in his presentation he’s from Brookline and the owner is from Newton. By the way Alderman Pero asks all those interested to keep sending him your comments by calling him at 617-628-0137.
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By Mike Rubin
The Somerville Alibrandis are falling from first place with a tough 10-5 loss to the Al Thomas Athletics last week. Currently, they're seven points behind the Malden Bulldogs, who are in first place in the Stewart Division with 25 points.
After suffering a tough loss to the Malden Bulldogs in a battle for first place in the Bill Stewart Division of the Yawkey League, the Somerville Alibrandis continue to endure some hard times.
Plagued by a six run second inning, the Alibrandis succumbed in a tough 10-5 defeat to the Al Thomas Athletics in last Tuesday night’s match-up. Currently, the Alibrandis are now 12-5-1 overall.
Following a scoreless inning, the A’s erupted for six runs in the second on triples by Mike Niland and James Katsiroubas. Katsiroubas also contributed with a single and three walks.
For the Alibrandis, Justin Crisafulli recorded two hits, including a home run.
Facing a 6-0 deficit, the Alibrandis rallied for two runs in the fourth and fifth innings before the A’s secured the win with another four run surge in the bottom of the fifth. Other offensive contributors for the Alibrandis included George Whitener, Adjatay Nyadjroh along with David Scioli, who recorded three hits apiece while Bernie Driscoll added a hit.
On the mound, Chris Foundas earned the loss, allowing six runs on just one hit while walking eight. Also in relief was Dave Fioretti, who allowed just one hit while allowing three runs, but walked 10. Closing out the contest was Jay Wisner, who allowed one run on two hits.
“We walked a total of (18) walks, and that’s not going to win you many games,’ said coach Ron McDonough. “We didn’t allow many hits, but that’s because we didn’t throw strikes. We just had trouble finding the strike zone.”
Currently, the Alibrandis now stand seven points behind the Bulldogs for first place.
“There’s still plenty of baseball left to be played,’ said McDonough. “We just have to regroup and keep it going. We’ve been playing some great baseball and we’ll be fine.”
By George P. Hassett
A motorist swims to safety during intense rain and floods Saturday. - Photo by Lauren Ostberg
Weekend flash floods in East Somerville will cost the city millions in damages but it could have been worse – one Somerville woman almost lost her life as she was trapped in 18-foot waters under the Assembly Square Bridge.
Now, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone is wondering if it all could have been avoided. Curtatone said this week that city officials are looking into issues at the Amelia Earhart dam on the Mystic River.
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For the second time in a month, Somerville aldermen are asking the state’s two U.S. senators help keep revenue flowing to cities struggling through an economic downturn. At the board’s first full meeting since passing next year’s budget, Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston said lobbyists for online travel agencies were working on Capitol Hill to hinder state’s and localities from collecting their share of hotel taxes. Continue reading » |
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The View From Prospect Hill – 7/14/10
Now in 2010, there has been (painfully) slow progress but news broke this week that the completion date has been pushed back yet again to 2015.
Somerville carries a heavy burden when it comes to area transit. Train tracks cover the city, yet there is only one station. Highways cut through neighborhoods leaving a trail of pollution that has infected Somerville citizens with some of the highest rates of asthma and lung cancer in the state.
This latest delay allows state officials to place a maintenance facility in a more advantageous spot for Inner Belt economic development and the mayor says it will help the city realize plans for a community bike path.
If Somerville gets a city-long bike path and robust economic development, this 10-month delay will hardly be remembered after four decades of waiting. If we don’t, it is another setback for environmental justice.