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SOME presents: SOMEDAY FEST in Union Square 4s19p
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The Somerville Organization for Multimedia Experiences (SOME) is proud to present SOMEDAY FEST, a day-long festival at the Boston Figurative Art Center featuring Somerville artists and musicians.
With funding from the Mass Cultural Council, SOMEDAY FEST celebrates strictly Somerville-based talent with two stages (acoustic and amplified) and an array of local vendors and makers.
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City of Somerville releases Master Plan for public-owned community arts center at Armory building 2b703y
Roap for successful community arts center reflects nearly three years of community . City issues call for Somerville Armory Advisory Board .
After an intensive community engagement process, the City of Somerville has now released its Master Plan for establishing its Armory building as a public community arts center, which would place Somerville among only a handful of communities nationwide with a public-owned arts and culture center. The plan comes at a time when private arts spaces and studio costs are under increasing pressure in the Boston region and in Somerville. This cultural investment is fitting for a city known for its high concentration of artists, creative festivals, and steadfast of the arts.
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City of Somerville to present findings from Senior Needs Assessment at May 23 event 5p6330
Somerville Kiwanis celebrates 100 years of community service 715x16
Somerville Kiwanis in attendance.
On Sunday, May 18, more than 80 Somerville Kiwanis Club , friends, and guests gathered at the Cafe Escadrille in Burlington to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Kiwanis Club of Somerville. The club charter was actually delivered on May 21, 1925.
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Somerville’s Nicotine-Free generation policy begins 69603t
The Somerville’s Board of Health recently voted for the city to adopt a Nicotine-Free Generation policy.
This spring, Somerville’s Board of Health (BOH) voted for the city to a growing national movement to create a Nicotine-Free generation by adopting new public health regulations limiting the sale of nicotine products, which went into effect May 1.
The updated rules, adopted unanimously by the Somerville Board of Health on March 25, mark the start of a major local effort to prevent nicotine addiction, especially among youth.
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Q’s Nuts closing Somerville location in June, to be replaced by do-good bakery 4g6451
Somerville nut roaster Q Nuts is closing its store in Davis Sq. and will be focusing on online sales in the future. — Photos by Jeffrey Shwom
By Jeffrey Shwom
A local nut roaster, Q’s Nuts, is transitioning operations more online and closing its brick-and-mortar near Davis Square in June, while bakery and pastry shop Hearth & Hug Bakery takes over the lease. “Somerville is an amazing community in of the people … the customers and the fellow businesses that we’ve met,” shared co-owner Beth Quinn. “The neighbors, the people that come in. We have a lot of regular customers, and for that, I’m sad.”
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LTE Students Facing Homelessness and Now Fire at Winter Hill 3z5c6l
(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)
Dear Editor,
One of the most acute stresses of human rights in our city – students facing homelessness–is seen as students cope with the enormous forces driving our housing crisis. Let me report startling numbers shared from the School Committee. Earlier this winter I learned that the school year in our district opened with 111 students facing housing instability. 79 K-8 students became 61 after the Holiday break as 18 moved to shelter or out of state. And among the remaining 49 students in grades 9-12, 19 are unaccompanied minors. Deserved thanks for compliance with the McKinney-Vento Act goes to Regina Bertholdo and Jennifer Ochoa who work directly with our homeless families.
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Officials asking for public’s help in Somerville fire investigation 146d21
Tipsters can call arson watch reward hotline
Several fires in a former school building are being investigated as suspicious and officials are asking for the public’s help, said Somerville Fire Chief Charles J. Breen Jr, Somerville Police Chief Shumeane Benford, and State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine.
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Newstalk – May 21 66g5s
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Department of Veterans’ Services invite all community to in honoring local veterans and our nation’s fallen heroes at the city’s Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday, May 25, rain or shine. Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. The parade will proceed west from Davis Square on Holland Street through Teele Square and onto Broadway, ending at the Veterans Cemetery between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street. The Remembrance Ceremony takes place immediately following the parade at Somerville Veterans Cemetery (between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street).
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