Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) are pleased to announce the income-restricted resale of one (1) 3-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom condominium. Located at 9 Avon Place, unit nine will be available to income-eligible households with a combined annual gross income at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI).
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Kick off the start of summer with your friends and neighbors at the Growing Center! This spring marks the 30th Anniversary of the beginning of programming, and they want to celebrate! Join them for Forge ice cream samples drizzled with their own maple syrup; Birthday Card making; pollinator rafts; button making; archival activities; an interview station; and a pay-what-you-want bake sale. This event is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.
James Neville, Boston area artist and brain damage survivor, will stage how he has restored his functionality through painting and psychedelics in an exuberant day-long ceremony at Parma Chai’s Out of the Blue Gallery Too in Somerville’s Armory Building, June 30, 2024, 3-7 p.m., 191 Highland Ave.
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Community encouraged to ask questions and share feedback on current version of the Neighborhood Plan
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the city’s Planning, Preservation, and Zoning Department invite Somerville community members to a public meeting to help inform the final draft of the Brickbottom Neighborhood Plan. City staff will present the most current version of the plan and will answer questions from the community.
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By Mina Rose Morales
Dave Ortega’s sequel, River, continues the narrative from Días de Consuelo. Ortega narrates his family’s semi-autobiographical immigration story in River, which is set in the region where Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico converge in the United States.
“Can you imagine Mijo? Three places meeting in one spot like that,” Consuelo comments.
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