The City Council passed a resolution in support of the Plant-Based Treaty, which addresses current food systems causing environmental destruction.

By Harry Kane

In the latest effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat the negative impacts of a climate crisis affecting the planet, Somerville approved a resolution in support of a global initiative that seeks to incentivize and promote a plant-based food system.

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By William C. Shelton

In 2016, the Somerville Planning Board approved a Union Square Neighborhood Plan that was inimical to what Union Square neighbors said they wanted – and to the objectives set in the City’s Comprehensive Plan, SomerVision. At a hearing on Thursday, the Planning Board and City Council’s Land Use Committee will consider whether they should compound the error.

Somerville artist, creator of Gesso, Liv Cappello.

By Iris Martinez

Working as an artist is a unique mix of creativity, marketing and sales, and administrative work. From website hosting to tracking inventory, Somerville-based painter Liv Cappello noticed a lack of tools that could support artists’ needs in one place — so she decided to use her experience in web development to create Gesso, a platform for artists.

Celebrate Week of the Young Child on April 16. Somerville families, educators, and caregivers are invited to a community celebration on Thursday, April 16, on the Somerville High School concourse (81 Highland Ave.) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event will include family-friendly food, music, and activities. For more information regarding Somerville’s child and youth programs or initiatives, please visit www.somervillehub.org.

Eagle Feathers #352 – The Couriers

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” These words were written over 2,500 years ago by Greek historian Herodotus and have become the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service. The official mission statement of the post office is as follows: “The postal service shall have as its basic function, the obligation to provide postal services, to bind the nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide reliable and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities.”

On each Patriots’ Day, we look for ways to remember with reverence the exploits of the brave men and women who made the American Revolution the success it eventually became.

The Somerville Museum reopens with Somerville Open Studios First Look Show. See a preview of participating artists’ works at the First Look Show at the Museum. On view through May 9.

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I had the pleasure to interview Lloyd Schwartz about his latest book of poetry: ARTUR SCHNABEL AND JOSEPH SZIGETI PLAY MOZART AT THE FRICK COLLECTION (APRIL 4, 1948) and other poems. Schwartz’s work is full of musicality and delicately gets the marrow of life.

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Braxton Crockett is an undergraduate at Endicott College in Beverly, MA.