Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Tote-ally in Love

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…

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The Somerville Scout…ing Report: Bike-Path

Recent unseasonably warm weather has allowed us to observe & analyze the wilds of the Somerville Bikepath before its wheeled denizens go into true hibernation for the winter. Here are our findings… in cartoon form. Share this:

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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.

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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…

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The Twelve Days of Somerville

On my first day in Somerville my landlord gave to me

the lease to my new property.

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Scout This! September/October 2011

Correctly identify where this photo was taken and you will be entered to win $50 cash from Scout! You can also view previous contests » Share this:

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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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Scout This July/August 2011

Correctly identify where this photo was taken and you will be entered to win $50 cash from Scout! You can also view previous contests » Contest is now closed. Look for the winner in the September/October 2011 edition of Somerville Scout Magazine! Share this:

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Taco Loco Closed Temporarily

Taco Loco (44 Broadway) has been temporarily shut down by local authorities after a pickup truck crashed into the restaurant. I was first aware of the closure when my roommate Kevin returned from a brief walk, frustrated and burrito-less, forced to reluctantly make a peanut-butter sandwich. It didn’t take me long to find the news…

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Summer-Ville Has Much to Offer

On the evening of June 21, to honor the summer solstice (and because I missed the 87 bus), I walked 1.7 miles from Davis Square to the intersection of Beacon and Washington Streets. Along the way, I noticed other Somerville residents celebrating the first day of summer in style. Outdoor seating was plentiful at Mike’s…

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