Green All-Stars

by Jason Rabin photos by Kelly MacDonald Last year Somerville sent 24,226 pounds to the incinerator, while our recycling rate — the percentage of total waste collected that is recyclable — was just 15 percent (as a nation our recycling rate is about twice that). There are toxins in our air that can cause asthma and lung cancer. There…

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Composting – Apple Cores? Coffee Grounds? We want that!

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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Green Community and Open Space Task Force

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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2010 New Year’s Resolutions

• Luis A. Morales – Candidate, Alderman at Large (defeated)
  Mr. Morales’ unsuccessful run for Alderman at Large “opened [his] eyes to certain issues, especially parking difficulties in Somerville and the impact this has on small businesses.” Morales claims that
• James (Jim) Campano – Candidate for Ward 6 Alderman (defeated)
  In 2010, Mr. Campano resolves to keep voicing his concerns about what he considers to be wayward development in the city, particularly in and around Davis Square. “I would like to see them put a stop to [issuing more] liquor licenses, and restore the time limits on parking meters to a quarter for a half-hour,” Campano says. These and similar steps, Campano argues, are essential to seeing “the neighborhood come back.”
• Rebekah Gewirtz – Alderman, Ward 6
  Alderman Gewirtz believes that “there is a big opportunity in this city to do more environmentally,” and in 2010, she is resolved to reduce Somerville’s carbon footprint…

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New Year's Resolutions from Somerville Public Officials

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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