Scout Deal: Mike’s Food and Spirits

Dear Tufts students,

New semester, new problems. We’d like to help by bringing your attention to one of our many fantastic Scout Deals. Our $6 voucher will get you $10 worth of food from Mike’s Food and Spirits in Davis Square.

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Aldermen talk firefighter pay, fortune tellers

The Board of Aldermen met Jan. 12, where it continued to address the Curtatone administration’s battle with city firefighters.

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‘Greater Somerville’ Talks Fiscal and Physical Fitness Goals for 2012

“Greater Somerville” co-host KyAnn Anderson was joined this week by Rebecca Schrumm, partner of Commonwealth Financial Group and Maren Kravitz, co-partner of The Training Room, about their “Top 5″ list to help achieve fiscal and physical fitness goals in 2012.

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New Year’s Scouting Report: First Flag Flown

  I used to live on Prospect Hill. As recently as two years ago or so, I would hurry past that castle parapet everyday on the way to Union Square, always just barely catching the bus to work. Of course, it wasn’t until I moved elsewhere in Somerville that I finally learned of Prospect Hill’s…

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Somerville Scouting Report: Davis Sq. Statues

    Many folks find the statues in Davis… creepy, well-sculpted work but somewhat unsettling, largely because of their masks. So effective are these statues at doling out both the heebies & the jeebies that one wise observer wondered whether or not that had been the artist’s intent all along. As it turns out, this was not the case….

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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…

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A Tingling of My Spine’s Eye

        The circus came to Radio last Friday night by way of Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys. There was androgyny, kabuki masks, red balloons, girls disrobing at intervals, breasts with mustaches, breasts without mustaches, Native American headdresses worn by Sickert and an inflatable Bozo the Clown, and some of the most chunky, grizzled rock ‘n’ roll in town. My eyes were like wall sockets stuffed with too many plugs.

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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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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…

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