By Denise Provost
On Monday, June 5, under cloudy skies, Somerville city officials cut a ribbon to open ESCA Park. ESCA stands for East Somerville Citizens for Action, a grassroots organization that led the fight against construction of elevated I-93. That State Highway Department project involved the taking and demolition of many East Somerville homes and today exposes the neighborhood to toxic near-highway air pollution and noise.
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By Jim Clark
Somerville Schools officials and city administrators have been hard at work over the past week, looking for ways to safely and efficiently reassign students at Winter Hill Community School to alternative classrooms to finish out the school year after a piece of concrete fell onto a stairwell inside of the school last week.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2023! We wish them the best in the next exciting chapter of their lives.
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The Winter Hill Community School has closed for the remainder of the school year due to concrete falling from the ceiling of a stairwell. Everyone is grateful that no students were in that stairwell at the time and hoping the city will be assessing all the schools during the summer to look for any other issues before the next school year begins. For updates on the Winter Hill School visit https://somerville.k12.ma.us/alert.
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By Wilfred Mbah
Candidate for Somerville City Councilor at Large
The City Council held a lively public hearing last week at which residents and workers from neighborhoods around the city called on the council to correct a variety of procedural problems and a pro-developer bias in planning and zoning.
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Senator Patricia Jehlen (D- Somerville) is happy to announce that the Senate recently approved a FY24 budget of $55.9 billion. It includes expansion of childcare funding, first steps toward free community college, and increased funding for the MBTA, thanks to $1 billion in revenue from the Fair Share Amendment. The most spirited debate in the Senate was on a Republican amendment to strike the plan to allow Massachusetts high school graduates without documents to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities. Senator Jehlen was pleased that this amendment was defeated 3-37, although it had previously been controversial.
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I remember this salad from my childhood. A lot of people had gardens in the neighborhood and used to share their cucumbers and tomatoes with each other. This quick and easy salad is a fantastic addition to the summer salad repertoire since these ingredients are pretty much staples. So, if you’re looking for another recipe to use up your tomatoes and cucumbers that are ready for picking in your garden, give this a try.
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