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Every week we get a produce box delivered from Ball Square Fine Wines, they partnered up with Katsiroubas Bros. Each box contains a variety of vegetables and fruits, like romaine lettuce, broccoli, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, lemons, limes, mangos, avocados, cucumbers, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, celery, apples, grapes, mushrooms and more.

Development of a Somerville-specific and local pollinator species inventory and other strategies are under consideration by the Somerville Pollinator Action Plan Advisory Committee.

By Ana Celerier Salcedo

On July 10, The Somerville Pollinator Action Plan Advisory Committee held their bi-weekly meeting to discuss housekeeping items regarding developments on the city’s Pollinator Action Plan.

It’s been getting pretty darn hot lately. And it’s looking like we’ll be facing a good little stretch of even more hot weather in the days and – yes, even maybe – the weeks to come.

There’s little to be done about it other than exercising a little common sense to minimize dangers of heat stroke. Watch your activity levels, get plenty of water, etc. Just be careful and do the right things. You’ll make it.

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At the Longfellow House in Cambridge, MA, poet Afaa Weaver will be the recipient of our New England Poetry Club’s prestigious Golden Rose Award. Last year’s winner was Patricia Smith.

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Lynne Zika is an award-winning poet and photographer and a retired editor of closed-captioning. Awards include: Pacificus Foundation Literary Award in short fiction, Little Sister Award and Moon Prize in poetry, and Viewbug Curator’s Selection, Staff Favorite, and Hero Awards in photography. Her father, also a writer/poet, bequeathed her this advice: Make every word count.

Support critical medical care for homeless pets awaiting adoption and shop for great stuff too

Kitty Connection, an all-volunteer non-profit dedicated to rescuing and finding safe, loving homes for local cats and dogs, will hold a Summertime Online Auction from Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23. Auction proceeds will go toward the cost of pre-adoption medical procedures.

Somerville Homeless Coalition was awarded $105,000 in 2023. Michael Libby (left) and Felicity Beal (right), of Somerville Homeless Coalition, pose with Cummings Foundation cofounder Joyce Cummings at the 2023 Grant Winner Celebration.

Cummings Foundation is now accepting letters of inquiry for its annual $30 Million Grant Program. This place-based initiative will deliver substantial multi-year funding to 150 eastern Massachusetts nonprofits.

A pair of grants will help Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) expand cultural events and strengthen hybrid workplace training.

The projects are funded by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grants through the City of Somerville. The funding will help SCES meet key DEI and employee-retention goals, said agency Director of Operations & Community Support Colleen Morrissey.