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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne visits The Greater Somerville Homeless Coalition’s new home in Davis Sq. for a listening session, tour, and ribbon cutting on July 31.
To celebrate National Purple Heart Day, Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Department of Veterans’ Services recognized and commemorated Somerville Purple Heart Recipients at Dilboy Post 529.
Also, at today’s event, Somerville was formally named a Purple Heart Community by the Military Order of the Purple Heart organization.
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Due to anticipated weather, tomorrow’s Senior Picnic will now be a drive-thru pick up event. Attendees can pull up in front of Trum Field and will be given their boxed lunches to go. For questions, call the Somerville Council on Aging at 617-625-6600 ext. 2319.
The City’s Adopt-A-Tree program is back this year. Newly planted trees can be found around Somerville, and now they need your help. Look for the colorful “Adopt Me!” tags and scan the QR code or visit tinyurl.com/somervilletree to find a tree in your neighborhood and go through the steps to adopt it. Name it, water it and even receive an adoption certificate.
For more information, visit somervillema.gov/adoptatree
Somerville earns Purple Heart Community designation
Somerville has been named a Purple Heart Community by the Military Order of the Purple Heart organization, joining more than 100 municipalities in Massachusetts and hundreds more nationwide in recognizing those wounded or killed in combat for their country. The Military Order of the Purple Heart awards the designation to cities and towns, schools, teams, and other entities committed to honoring and commemorating Purple Heart medal Recipients and their families.
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By Chris Dwan
On October 7, 2017, Newport Construction and their subcontractor Northern Tree Service removed 38 street trees along Beacon Street in Somerville, MA. They did this with none of the notice or public process required under either city ordinance or state law.
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