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Patriotic Somerville

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Kathleen Powers
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Fabulous Intern Sophie didn’t have to go far to find examples of Somerville dressed up for the Fourth of July.

Math is fun

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Kathleen Powers
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Celia Taylor sent over these cool photos of Family Math Night.

That looks like a good time.

‘The end of Somervillization as we know it’

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Kathleen Powers
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I didn’t expect to be inspired by the not Somerville-MA Google update I just got, but here I am.

I get these Google alerts – you might get them too – when “Somerville” pops up in news stories. I’ve noted a lot about the Somerville All Blacks soccer team, murders in Somerville NJ and the heat in Somerville TX.

Today I got a tribute by The North Coast Journal of Humboldt County, California, with a tribute by Marcy Burstiner honoring Times-Standard Managing Editor Rich Somerville. I stopped on it as it noted “The end of Somervillization as we know it.” This was no diatribe against gentrification, however. This was a moving tribute to a newspaper man.

Apparently Mr. Somerville was home sick and not answering the phone – Read more

Court documents are good beach reading

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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This week, we published a story about the latest Sciortino/Trane election court dispute. This time, Sciortino’s next-door neighbor Paul Ruseau filed an objection against some of Bob Trane’s signatures. The objection was thrown out.

Want to read the court’s discision? Sure you do! Click here.

Low-hanging wires on Mason Street

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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Emergency provisions were taken to hang low wires on my street.

Simpson Avenue after the storm

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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This is what the clouds were doing on my way home from work last night:

Sudden summer rainstorm

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Kathleen Powers
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I tried to meet some of the folks in my office for lunch, but got caught in this afternoon’s storm.

Looks like I wasn’t the only one.

Doesn’t look like I’ll have to water the tomatoes tonight.

Is it raining with you?

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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The weather is crazy out there! It can’t make up its mind at all. One minute it’s clear out, the next, here comes the rain again!

ESCO story has been updated

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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I’ve updated the story on the city’s ESCO contract this morning– the story we’ve run in print is slightly different from the story on our site, which you can read here.

Somerville car owners go green

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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According to the Globe, Somerville car owners are working to go green, just like city officials. Hybrid car ownership jumped 77 percent from 2007 to 2008, with an additional 278 hybrids on Somerville’s streets.

Galluccio honored by adult ed school

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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State Senator Anthony Galluccio was presented with the Distinguished Service to Education Award from JFYNetWorks, an adult education school formerly known as Jobs For Youth. Pictured above, Galluccio poses with his award with JFYNetWorks Deputy Director Paula Paris.

Boston July 4 revenue tallied by Somerville

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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How do we know the city of Boston earns $20 million in a single night every July 4?
The Globe says it’s Somerville’s Mt. Auburn Associates that does the tallying.

Liberty Mutual, a Boston insurance company that is the chief sponsor of the local Fourth of July event, said it based that estimate on a recent study conducted by Mt. Auburn Associates, a Somerville-based research firm.

The Fourth of July spending estimate was part of a larger study that the firm released last month and that claimed that the Boston Symphony Orchestra has an economic impact on Massachusetts of $166.7 million a year.

Add that to the exhaustive list of things Boston needs Somerville for.

Somerville woman wins pole-dancing competition

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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The Herald is reporting Somerville’s Danielle Rueda-Watts took home $10,000 at a pole-dancing competition in Las Vegas club Bank– not just for working magic on the pole, but because she shared the club with the Celts themselves.

“The fact that the Celtics were in the house - the DJ brought up the fact that they were there a couple of times and everyone cheered - contributed to her victory,” said our spy on the scene. “Because when they said, ‘Let’s hear it for Danielle from Boston,’ all the guys cheered and pumped their fists.”

Danielle, 26, reports she’s not a professional exotic dancer, although she does have a pole in her house.

Winners all around!

Medford bank robber crosses city line

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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Our scanner is reporting a robber held up a bank in Medford, with a note that said he had a gun, before fleeing to Somerville over Route 20 28. No weapon was shown.

I’ll update this space as I get additional information.

Boston ticket hikes take effect today

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Steve Bagley
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Another fun Fiscal Year thing, kind of a New Year’s Resolution, only it hurts you: Ticket prices in downtown Boston and surrounding parts of the city take effect today, the Globe reports.

Many fines downtown have doubled. In residential neighborhoods, the ticket hikes are more modest.

The fine for parking in a fire lane downtown increased from $40 to $100. Parking in front of a hydrant will now cost $100, instead of $75. The fine doubled for parking in front of a curb ramp from $50 to $100. In residential neighborhoods, double parking will now cost $30, instead of $20.

Somerville’s ticket prices are not increasing, Jackie Rossetti told me.

My advice? If you want to go into Boston, take the subway. Parking in our neighbor to the south has always been a headache and a nightmare anyway.

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