Do you love Somerville’s new zero-sort recycling program? Really love it? So much that you actually photograph your recycling toter? Well, you’re in luck. The city is running a contest to celebrate the new program, and it has extended the deadline until Tuesday, Dec. 13. Submit a photo of your new zero-sort toter and you…
Sometimes the Scout staff gets so caught up in creating the next print edition…a few days, nay, weeks go by without a single blog post. So I figured I it was high time to weigh in with something. Luckily, today’s Herald provided ample grist: 1. A story by Richard Weir about MBTA officials approving $56.5…
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) honored Somerville High School (SHS, 81 Highland Ave), naming it “Innovative School of the Year” at the Massachusetts Biology Council’s Annual Meeting on March 21. SHS has had a relationship with MassBioEd since being named a BioTeach School in 2005. As part of MassBioEd’s Life Science Career Development Initiative, the…
After four years as Executive Director of Groundwork Somerville (19 Properzi Way), Jennifer Lawrence has resigned. Lawrence arrived at Groundwork in 2006 as a graduate of Tufts Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy Program. Under Lawrence’s direction, Groundwork grew from two staff members to eight, in addition to 25 summer/youth employees. “We looked at the need not…
It is that time of year again: rats and mice are looking for housing. To help you prevent them from moving in with you, the Somerville Rodent Task Force produced a video with prevention tips. (Video after the jump)
Somerville resident Dan Delongchamp sells Agripods, which people use as portable urban kitchen gardens. Read all about them — and other green initiatives going on in Somerville — in the next Scout. Green issues are not just green issues. When we talk about the environment, we’re also talking about health, wealth and quality of life….
On Wednesday evening, April 28, the Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted the Business Town Meeting at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, attracting scores of small business owners, local officials and developers to hear Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone speak about the economic future of the city. Generally, the mayor pushed the idea that all of…
We wanted to call your attention to an article in Friday’s Somerville Journal about the proposed creation of a Green Community and Open Space Task Force, announced at the April 22 Board of Aldermen meeting by Aldermen Rebekah Gewirtz (Ward 6) and Maryann Heuston (Ward 2). Quoting from the story: “The task force is designed…
The City of Somerville is participating in the Google Broadband Challenge this year. I managed to get hold of an email from the mayor with a link to the video the city submitted in support of the application. Fun viewing! ResiStat sent out a plea for support for the City’s application: HELP SOMERVILLE WIN THE…
Everybody knows Earth Day is April 22, but Earth Hour is this coming Saturday, March 27. The premise is simple: From 8:30 to 9:30pm, the City of Somerville will turn off all non-essential lighting. You can learn more in the Somerville Journal and Boston Globe. Last year, more than 4,000 cities in 87 countries participated….
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