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…
“When we see the news and read about Occupy Boston, we don’t see the 99 percent. We see, maybe, the 47 percent. Because we have people claiming to represent the 53 percent, and they say, ‘I work two jobs. I’m struggling to make ends meet. Half my money goes to my mortgage, but I don’t…
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…
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….
by Michael Schulman A long-time Somerville resident poses 26 questions from A to Z for Ville-ans old and new—with bonus questions at the end. 1. Signs all over town herald Somerville as an “All America City,” an award Somerville received for the second time in 2009 (the first was in 1972.) What does that mean?…
Somerville resident Claire Elise Johnson, Miss Black Massachusetts, was on hand to open the new Mystic Market in the Mystic River Development/Mystic View Apartment complex Saturday, June 18. The market is an initiative of Shape Up Somerville to bring fresh food to the North side of Winter Hill. When I arrived, Claire was playing games…
A few weeks ago, the City of Somerville’s Traffic and Parking Department (133 Holland St) began beta-testing 15 new pay-by-space parking meters in the Union Square lots and in the Davis Square Rite Aid (393 Highland Ave) lots, replacing 30-single spaced meters that previously stood in those locations. “Residents often complained that few people have…
Shape Up Somerville, the City’s healthy living program, is a finalist in the U.S. Department of Health’s Healthy Living Innovation Awards program. (see full post for link)
In the Winter 2011 Scout, our cover story (“The Kids Are All Right”) addressed a broad question: Are Somerville’s schools teaching students to be good citizens? The article just skims the surface of what the schools are doing. Keep checking our blog for more stories on the subject, including parental perspectives like this one. Citizenship…
The term Fab Lab stands for Fabrication Laboratory, and Somerville’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) believes a Fab Lab could parlay the city’s human resources – artists and academics, techies and nerds – into an entrepreneurial community. In the Boston area, there’s a Fab Lab at the South End Technology Center (SETC)….
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