The Somerville Public Schools and the City of Somerville will be jointly hosting an online Schools Reopening Town Hall on local efforts to prepare for the 2020/2021 school year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 21, at 5:30 p.m. Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole interpretation will be available.
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Early Voting Starts Oct. 17
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Tuesday, November 3: The General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3.
October 17-30: In-person Early Voting will be offered at City Hall from October 17 to 30. See the schedule below.
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Great news: Urban Axes has officially reopened. You can book one of the following axe-periences online starting today at https://urbanaxes.com/boston/book-now
They we have a max cap of 24 customers at a time, they can have 4 groups of 6 (max) or people can book groups of 2 if they want. Unfortunately they are not allowed to resume their food and beverage options at this time.
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Clinical trials for COVID-19 using placebos raise an ethical issue. In a pandemic with thousands dying, the conventional trial method of a double-blind study in which the identity of those receiving treatment versus a placebo is concealed from both patient and administrator does not make sense. Ethically, in a pandemic where the virus claims lives at a staggering rate, can we give a person a placebo knowing that they are not protected and could die or suffer permanent severe organ damage.
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By Jim Clark
Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the area of Prospect St. and Somerville Ave. last Friday evening on reports of a man exposing himself.
This call came after receiving a similar report of a man matching the same description exposing himself inside the Target store on Somerville Ave about an hour and a half earlier.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
September is back to school season and although this year will be very different, we are still reminded of our wild and crazy high school days.
Recently I posted a question: mention something you were good at in high school. Comments came from Somerville High School students from the 60’s, 70’s and so on.
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The City of Somerville will install protected bike lanes on Route 28 across the Wellington Bridge thanks to a MassDOT Shared Streets and Spaces Program grant award. This new statewide funding program supports public health by facilitating quick-build projects that provide new or repurposed space for socially-distanced walking, bicycling, dining, retail, and bus travel during the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Denise Keniston
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West Somerville resident Erin Turco walks her dog Wally most days and when it isn’t raining, she heads to the Dilboy Stadium and Fields complex. Because of limited recreation space in Somerville, natural grass athletic fields often double as recreation spaces for residents like Turco. “These fields are disgusting!” says Turco. “They are especially gross in the spring and fall. When it rains there’s mud, muck, and the rain forms pools of standing water which attracts bugs.”
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