First things first: We want to thank the Somerville Chamber of Commerce for naming us the 2009 Small Business of the Year. We are flattered to have received this honor. We share it with the more than 100 Somerville businesses who have helped us bring this free publication to our community.
Stan Koty’s fleet consists of three bobcats, two bombardiers and dozens of pickups, ten-wheelers and six-wheelers with sanders and plows attached.
Koty, commissioner of the Somerville Department of Public Works, wields a total of 42 pieces of “snow-fighting equipment.” Last year, he needed all of it, as Somerville faced a whopping 64 inches of snow (22 inches more than the average annual snowfall).
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What a difference three months makes.
We produced this issue (our third) from our new office at 235E Highland Avenue in the Spring Hill part of town. We’re just about halfway between the O2 Yoga Studio and Arts at the Armory. We’re across the street from Somerville Hospital and three doors down from Supreme Kitchen, a breakfast and lunch restaurant whose food and vibe we wholeheartedly endorse. In short, we’re in the neighborhood – and we’re thrilled…
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The sounds of Somervillian Audrey Ryan meld the storytelling stylings of Joni Mitchell with a very contemporary self-awareness that is not always easy to listen to – but is often rewarding to hear. In songs like “Make tackles challenging subjects.
When read on the page, her lyrics sometimes come across as slightly simplistic: “Whatever you do don’t live your life with a cancer heart. Cause cancer may kill you but don’t live with a cancer heart. Don’t lose your will.” When performed, though, these lines leave you…
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Five years before Bertucci’s debuted in Somerville in 1981, Henry Patterson opened a small (400 square feet) pizza place on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, between Harvard and Central – not far from the current location of The Plough & Stars. Bel Canto was a different sort of pizza joint. You could get varietal wines by…
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By Sarah Vivenzio Kipp Many Somerville residents – and not just the students among us – stay up late experiencing the live music scene. Even if you’re not a night owl – and I happen to be a 28-year old who enjoys a 10:00 p.m. bedtime – there are plenty of bands and singers who…
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Winter 2010
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