The City of Somerville’s Fair Housing Commission (FHC) seeks one new member. Boards and commissions offer an opportunity for residents with a range of experience, skills, expertise, and perspectives to share their talents and insights with their community. The person who fills this opening must be a Somerville tenant who is income-eligible for assisted housing in the city. Applicants should also have experience or demonstrated interest in housing, social services, or civil rights.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the City of Somerville invite community members to provide public comments about rent stabilization at a third and final listening session. The city hosted two listening sessions last month and is holding a third session for anyone who was unable to attend earlier or has additional comments. The city has also extended the written comment period through September 10.
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City memorializing community members lost to opioid overdoses on August 31. Awareness and Narcan distribution events will take place in September
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the City of Somerville’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) invite the community to join in recognizing International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31. Somerville Prevention is also hosting several awareness events throughout the month of September, which has been designated National Recovery Month to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and addiction recovery practices.
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Community input is essential for shaping our collective response to climate change
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The Somerville Media Center (SMC) announced today that it has secured a temporary site in Somerville effective September 1, 2023. With assistance from Rafi Properties, owner, and operator of Somernova (aka Somerville’s Innovation Hub), a 7.4 acre innovation campus and community located just outside Union Square. SMC will begin their move from the old firehouse in Union Square next week and expects to begin limited operation at Somernova in a currently vacant space located in the heart of the campus at 12 Tyler Street on September 15, 2023.
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You are invited! Sunday, August 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Lou Ann David Park, 1060 Broadway, Somerville. Your friendly HONK! Festival founder and host, Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, is celebrating 20 years as a band by changing its name! They cordially invite you to celebrate with them. Enjoy a special public performance including band members past and present, a name-change ceremony and reveal, and cake for everyone!
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