Posted on Mar 12 2011 by
Sandra Manzanares in
Environment,
General,
Nonprofits 
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…
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by Jason Rabin Composting is something anyone can do to green a home or a business. In canvassing Somerville for green exemplars, Scout uncovered a few compost-specific stories. Take, for example, Cecily Harwitt, 22, of Union Square, a Community Org-anizer for a division of the Somerville Community Corporation (337 Somerville Ave). Though not herself a…
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Posted on Apr 25 2010 by
Ilan Mochari in
Environment 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…
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Posted on Dec 29 2009 by
Ilan Mochari in
Nonprofits,
Politics In the Winter 2010 Scout you’ll find New Year’s resolutions from Somerville public officials including State Representative Denise Provost (left), Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, and Aldermen at Large William (Bill) White, Jr., John M. (Jack) Connolly, Jr. and Dennis Michael Sullivan. Reporters Gretchen Alther and Deb Fraize also gathered resolutions from leaders of Somerville’s…
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Feeling a little alienated?
Well, Somerville has the cure for you: volunteer. Volunteers are a vibrant part of Somerville. And the city gives vitality back to its volunteers.
Darlene Matthews, an eight-year volunteer in the Somerville school system, said it well: “What’s great about Somerville is there are so many people volunteering and so many creative minds and people that have all kinds of talents, and they bring it. They bring it to schools; they bring it to different parts of the city…”
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