July/August 2011
Features & Articles
ASSEMBLY SQUARE More than 20 years in the making, preparations for construction began on Assembly Row in June. Styled as the “largest new neighborhood since the Back Bay was created,” Assembly Row is intended as an addition upon the already existing Assembly Square Mall. When completed, the row is expected to provide more than 40…
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 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…
In the seasons to come, will you know where your produce comes from? Boston Localvores, in partnership with Transition Somerville and Somerville Climate Action, wants to make sure you can. On Monday, Jan. 11 at 6pm at the Somerville Public Library (79 Highland Ave), they are bringing together farmers with community supported agriculture (CSA) drop-boxes…
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…
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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