City of Somerville

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So many fun things are happening at this weekend’s Winter Hill Better Block Festival.

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Join us for two days of fun on Winter Hill.

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This playground has a piercing

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Yes, our parks are quite stylish.

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Food Day Weekend in Somerville is on! Mark your calendars - with a thick marker. by guest blogger Erica Satin-Hernandez

Somerville Food Day Weekend is just around the corner (partayyyy!)  In honor of Food Day, a national, annual day inspiring work towards food security and food justice, the Somerville Mobile Farmer’s Market is hosting two Somerville-style Food Day Parties! 

Come on out on:

-Thursday, October 23rd from 4 to 7 at the Clarenden Hill Development  (268 Powderhouse Boulevard) -Saturday, October 25th from 1 to 4 at Mystic Ave Development at 530 Mystic Ave.

Learn about urban vegetable growing and composting; sign up to share urban gardening space; help map out our city’s food resources, swap recipes, win a raffle (with prizes!), and of course buy fresh organic produce (see pictures above) at wholesale prices!  All are welcome, there will be music and fun and all your full-price purchases help sustain our EBT discount program which brings fresh, local produce to low income residents.

Tweet us at @ShapeUpSam and #SomervilleFoodDay14 to let us know how you’ll celebrate Food Day.

 Erica Satin-Hernandez is the recently-hired Coordinator of the Shape Up Somerville program. She manages the mobile markets and tries her hardest to keep this city eating and living well.

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This weekend learn more about living large in a tiny house. The Big Tiny House Festival is taking over 10 Poplar St. in Somerville this Saturday and Sunday. Take a look inside a variety of tiny houses and attend workshops to learn how to build your own. Check out the full schedule of events.

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Somerville, MA.  Sept 2014.

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If you need weekend plans, Somerville's got you covered:

You can recycle your Styrofoam on Saturday and then check out Riverfest at Assembly Row and along the Mystic River. On Sunday you can stop by somdog's annual Dog Festival with your pooch (or to enjoy other people's dogs) and get a guided tour of the rarely-open Milk Row Cemetery.

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National Voter Registration Day is September 23, but you don't have to wait to register. Somerville's Elections Department will take your voter registration or address change any business day. If you can't make it into City Hall, that's ok too. You can register to vote at any Massachusetts city or town hall or you can download a voter registration form and mail it back in. Happy voting!

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"New transportation by itself is not a miracle cure for urban blight. Zoning, permitting, street configurations, active transport options, parks, schools, policing, trees, public art, public engagement - all of those things tend to be part of the solution.” - Somerville Mayor Joseph...

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We want to help our new residents to get to know Somerville and become part of the community. There's a lot of information to figure out when you move, so we've put together a welcome page for new residents with all the basics.

If you're a fan of old photos and Somerville history (like the image with this post), follow somervillearchives and/or like the Archives on Facebook.

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If you missed the news, a new Orange Line MBTA stop opened yesterday in Somerville. Yesterday there was a ribbon cutting in Assembly Square to celebrate the new stop.

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Happy Orange Line Day! The Assembly Square Orange Line T stop opens today and is the first rapid transit station to open in 27 years. We'll be celebrating at 2:30 today with a ribbon cutting.

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We hear a train a comin'! On Tuesday, Sept. 2, we're going to be celebrating the opening of the Assembly Square MBTA stop. So, where should our first trip take us?

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We know moving can be stressful. Rather than add to your stress by sending you hither and yon for the information you'll need right away, we've put it all on this handy website. Check it out, keep calm, and enjoy your new home!

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Let's samba this weekend at Haiti and Brazil Hit the Ville!

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Somerville's LGBT Liaison got a new logo! If you haven't already, like the Liaison's page on Facebook to follow news and updates that affect Somerville's LGBT community.