Praying Out Loud
Before she could spread her message of peaceful inclusiveness – and find a home at Somerville’s groundbreaking temple – Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz had to forge her own untraditional trail.
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Somerville Charter School Review Draws Hundreds
In recent days, charter school proponents like Marc Kenen, executive director of the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association (MCPSA), have been saying opposition to the proposed Somerville Progressive Charter School (SPCS) is being engineered by the Somerville Public Schools (SPS) and the mayor’s office. However, the packed Somerville High School auditorium (81 Highland Ave) at last…
East Somerville Two for Tuesdays
Following up on the wildly successful Eat Outside the Square Foodie Crawl, East Broadway has introduced Two for Tuesdays. Participating restaurants offer a two for the price of one special every Tuesday until March 15, 2012. The specials vary by week, so ask for the details when you stop in. They are available from 4:00…
Dastardly’s Liebowitz Makes the Road His New Best Friend
When singer/songwriter Gabe Liebowitz, from the band Dastardly, stops by Radio on Sunday, his hustling career will be in full swing.
“I decided I was finally going to try to make this band my full-time job,” he explained by cell-phone from unusually warm Chicago. The band cut into Liebowitz’s four-year career as a double-decker bus tour guide for the city and playing music on the side, without any manager or agent, has kept him busy. “It’s been really crazy juggling everything,” he said.
“I decided I was finally going to try to make this band my full-time job,” he explained by cell-phone from unusually warm Chicago. The band cut into Liebowitz’s four-year career as a double-decker bus tour guide for the city and playing music on the side, without any manager or agent, has kept him busy. “It’s been really crazy juggling everything,” he said.
Scout This! November/December 2011
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Scribbles and Schemes
The following is reposted from Amanda Williams’ Scribbles and Schemes blog: When my friend, Holli Banks, publisher of my local bimonthly magazine, The Somerville Scout, approached me about helping with their first annual holiday gift guide, I was thrilled. At last, my penchant for shopping locally could be put to good use! Scouring my neighborhood squares…
Wal-Mart: Pros and Cons
Since the last time we wrote about the proposed Wal-Mart grocery store in Assembly Square, two members of the group Somerville Local First (SLF) (21 Properzi Way) wrote an editorial in the Boston Globe saying that the organization “has decided to oppose Wal-Mart’s proposed expansion into our city.” When we spoke to SLF executive director…
The Twelve Days of Somerville
On my first day in Somerville my landlord gave to me
the lease to my new property.
Scout This! September/October 2011
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A Wal-Mart in Somerville?
Wal-Mart hasn’t even applied for a permit yet, but predictably, there’s already controversy about its plans to open a Neighborhood Market grocery store in Assembly Square. Some don’t see a need for the store. Maureen Barillaro of Somerville Climate Action told the Scout: “We have Market Basket, we have Shaw’s. We have Stop & Shop….
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