Mark your calendars for October 11-12th for the third annual HONK! Festival. HONK! is an exciting and eclectic festival that features activist brass band musicians throughout Davis Square in Somerville, MA. This year, organizers … [Read more...]
Help Protect our Pro-Equality Supermajority – It’s Time to Get Involved
There's less than two weeks to go till the Democratic Primary here in Massachusetts. Yes, we know – there's so much interesting stuff going on in national politics, it can be hard to focus on the races we've got here at … [Read more...]
2,000+ citizens ask for Green Line to Route 16
Here is the update:Petition and Demographic Data Support Route 16 Station for Green Line Extension to Medford/Somerville MEDFORD (August 4, 2008) -- The Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance (MGNA) today presented state transportation … [Read more...]
Tonight in Somerville -Sciortino event with Deval
Carl Sciortino has been my State Rep for four years now. I can go on and on about what a wonderful representative he is - but I will try to be brief. I find Carl to be extremely intelligent and personable. He is quick to … [Read more...]
Petition — please support the Green Line extension to Route 16
Sign Our Petition to Support the Green Line to Route 16 http://www.petitiononline.com/... The Executive Office of Transportation is nearing a decision on its final recommendation for station locations along the Green Line extension to … [Read more...]
Green Line Extension community meetings
The Green Line Extension is currently planning the new route and T stop locations. Locations under consideration are in or around Brickbottom, Union Square, central Somerville (Ball Square, Magoun Square), Tufts, and Mystic Valley … [Read more...]
Best candidate call ever
Anyway, a little while later I got a call from my housemate upstairs after his call arrived. His answering machine reads off the numbers of the caller so you can judge the call a bit. But his machine … [Read more...]
The budget is a moral document; please justify $264 million
Governor-elect Patrick mentions "Smart growth" in almost every one of his policy papers. He seems to be particularly interested in transit-oriented development. (I'm guessing that is partly lieutenant governor-elect Tim Murray's … [Read more...]
GOP Somerville alderman switches parties, backs Patrick
For folks unfamiliar with White, he served as chair of the GOP finance committe for three years in addition to Alderman and a campaign for State Senate.In the Metro article by Tony Lee, he explains:"I think it's a reflection of a lot of … [Read more...]
Assembly Square = on.
But because of the agreement, task force member Wig Zamore said, ``All the lawsuits are going away."I know this doesn't directly affect everyone who reads here, and I know that not everyone will have followed the details. But to … [Read more...]