…..Somerville Garden Club presents plant propagation lecture.
September 2nd, 2010On Wednesday, Sept. 8, the Somerville Garden Club will present a lecture on plant propagation by Leo Blanchette, owner of Blanchette Gardens in Carlisle.
The lecture is part of the club’s September meeting. It will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at 167 Holland St., second floor. The space is handicapped-accessible.
The first, sketchy designs for stations along the Green Line Extension were released last Friday, showing that the planned trolley line running along an existing railway bed would substantially change the neighborhoods it passes through.
But along with that positive step, the project is dogged by past follies in transportation construction.
Harvest Fest 2010!
August 31st, 2010While not a GWS event, our roomie Somerville Local First is hosting this great annual event at the Armory!
Event & Ticket Page: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117508
Event Blog: http://somervillelocalfirst.org/slf-events/harvest-fest/
Harvest Fest 2009 was insane. 1,000+ people showed up to revel in the local love. Guests enjoyed beer from independent craft breweries across New England snacked on bites from some of Somerville best local restaurants and enjoyed the talents of some of Greater Boston’s best musicians, artists and performers.
Most importantly, Somerville Local First and the Harvest Fest organizers learned what worked and what didn’t and have an incredible package put together for 2010.
Harvest Fest will run in TWO sessions this year. Here’s what each will look like.
Session 1 ~ Somerville Rocks ~ 1:00-5:00 PM
–Headlining Performance: The Seamonsters
–A wide selection of New England craft beer (approx. $10 breweries) and a selection of locally made wines
–1 bite from 10 Somerville Restaurants
–Opening performances from local musicians
–Photo and information booths, live tweeting, general awesomeness
Session 2 ~ Local is the Future ~ 6:00-10:00 PM
–Headlining Performance: The Zebbler Encanti Experience with Aircraft Aerial Arts (This performance will be legendary)
–A wide selection of New England craft beer (approx. $10 breweries) and a selection of locally made wines
–1 bite from 10 Somerville Restaurants
–Fashion performance featuring Somerville’s finest fashion retailers
–Opening DJ performance by David Day
–Photo and information booths, live tweeting, general future awesomeness
This will be a ticketed event this year, so we’re going from 1,000 to 700 guests. This event WILL sell out, tickets will be available online soon.
Pricing:
$20 per session
$35 for both sessions
….we think this is a phenomenal value and hope you do too.
Somerville Local First hopes to raise much needed capital to continue its work to build a strong local economy. All artists and organizers will be fairly compensated for their contributions to help give you one of the best events of the year.
Fluff Fest 2010!
August 31st, 2010Groundwork Somerville is happy to participate in this great annual community event! If we are approved for a spot, look for our table at the festival!
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It’s the fifth annual Fluff festival in Somerville and our madcap celebration continues to grow! “What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention” honors Fluff creator, Archibald Query who invented the gooey sticky stuff right here in Union Square in 1917. Join our madcap tribute for all ages that includes musical, and theatrical performances, games stage and DIY midway, cooking contest and lots of tasty Fluff treats.
The …2010 theme is the whoopie pie, that most enticing of Fluff creations, the Whoopie Pie. Often chocolate but could be other flavors from vanilla to carrot to pumpkin, the Whoopie Pie is not properly a sandwich, not quite a cupcake, oddly not even a pie — like Marshmallow Fluff itself, it’s in a class by itself.
Guests can also join in the festivities by creating a mallowey concoction for the cooking contest or participating in a range of Fluff shennanigans and field games — all with fab prizes. Get your tongues ready for the Fluff lick-off, your coordination on track for the Fluffernutter relay, and your balance for Fluff bowling. Play culinary roulette and dare to eat the Fluffed-up results. Sample the taste of Fluff from our various vendors presenting Fluff sweet and savory. There’s Fluff-inspired cocktails at local watering holes throughout Union Square. A range of musical and theatrical performers will entertain the fluff-infused crowd.
For more info visit http://unionsquaremain.org/committees/Special%20Events/flufffest10.html
or follow us on Twitter at @FluffFestival for the latest updates
And for a chance to win our poetry contest, write something clever and post it to our wall on our Poetry Contest Facebook Page or email it to fluff.festival@gmail.com.
(RAINDATE: September 26th)
Want to volunteer and be in the inside fluff scoop?!? Email us at fluff.festival@gmail.com
Riverfest 2010!
August 31st, 2010Hosted by Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) and the City of Somerville
Come join Groundwork Somerville and other community organizations as we celebrate the beautiful Mystic River! GWS will host our new Water Miles Relay to demonstrate just how far our water travels to get to us.
More information to come soon.
Bunker Hill Community College – Get Involved: Community Service and Internship Fair
August 31st, 2010Bunker Hill Community College – Get Involved: Community Service and Internship Fair
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown Campus, Main Lobby
9:00am- 2:00pm
Tufts Community Day
August 31st, 2010All are invited to a day of education, art, and family entertainment. All activities, including lunch, are free of charge.
Residents, neighbors and friends are invited to celebrate the eighth annual Community day at Tufts University from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 26. The event will take place on the academic quad at Tufts’ Medford and Somerville campus and is cosponsored by the two cities.
Highlights of the day include:
- Complimentary lunch and refreshments
- Exhibits, activities, and resource information presented by Tufts departments/organizations and by Medford and Somerville community groups.
- Tips on safety and fire prevention by police and fire departments
- Music and dance performances by student groups
- Pumpkin painting, crafts, face painting, and other activities for children
Community Day is free and open to the public. All events are handicapped accessible. Events including lunch will take place on the main academic quad at the top of the hill by Goddard Chapel, Ballou Hall and the statue of Jumbo. Community Day will be held rain or shine.
Parking for Community Day is available free of charge in the Tufts parking garage at 419 Boston Avenue, Medford. Take elevators in the Garage up to the 7th floor, exit the building, and walk across the footbridge toward the Quad.
A complimentary shuttle will run from Davis Square (across the street from Somerville Theatre) to the Tufts campus.
For more information about Tufts Community Day, please call the Office of Community Relations at 617-627-3780.
Community Day will be held rain or shine. The event will only be canceled in the event of severe weather. Cancellation information will be posted on the Tufts web site (http://www.tufts.edu) by 8:00AM Sunday morning.
Everett City Fest
August 31st, 2010A day of fun, food and culture in Everett! At the same time as the Everett Farmers’ Market. Click here for directions!
More information to come soon
Farmers Market in Everett Square, starting Saturday, July 17
th from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Fresh produce from local farms will be available for sale, as well as items from local businesses and restaurants. The Marketplace will also showcase a painter, jewelry and other handcrafted items, a baker, and some local organizations with outreach tables and activities including, the Boys and Girls Club, Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA,) The Joint Committee for Children’s Healthcare in Everett (JCCHCE,) Kool Smiles, and many more to come.
Local Yacht Clubs Close for Herbicidal Spraying
August 31st, 2010http://insidemedford.com/2010/08/31/local-yacht-clubs-close-for-spraying-of-aquatic-weeds/
…Somerville receives $400,000 EPA grant to help developers clean up contaminated sites
August 31st, 2010Thanks to a new federal grant, Somerville has another $400,000 to dole out in brownfield loans, giving developers funding to clean up property, making room for new construction.
“No private developer can go it alone,” said Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, noting that much of the property available for redevelopment in densely packed Somerville has been contaminated and needs cleaning up.
The money will be loaned out to developers in Union Square or East Somerville, but city officials would not mention what specific properties it could go to because they are still in negotiations.
The old Kiley Barrel site on Prospect Street — where 38 years of cleaning chemical barrels left a potpourri of toxins in the soil — was mentioned as a possible target of a brownfield loan.
Somerville currently has $450,000 in similar funds that have been lent out, mostly to clean up Maxpak, an old factory torn down to make room for a residential development off Lowell Street.
There are several polluted properties in East Somerville and Union Square, including 50 Tufts St., the Target parking lot, Webster Avenue, the intersection of Pearl Street and the McGrath Highway and the Public Safety Building, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Curt Spalding handed a giant mock check for $400,000 to Curtatone at a press conference in Union Square Tuesday morning.
“Cities must thrive for us to be successful going forward,” Spalding said. “Somerville is a great example of a city using our grant and loan money especially well.”