Ballot boxes have been popping up around the city. If you opt to vote by mail this election season, you have the option to mail your ballot to City Hall or hand-deliver it to one of these boxes, which say “Vote in the Ville.” The Elections Department is currently in the process of setting up more ballot boxes. The list of current locations is available at somervillema.gov/
The City of Somerville, in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), is seeking submissions of original photography and artwork for the Keep Cool Somerville photovoice project and survey.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
Life in the Ville has sure changed since March. Excuse me for straying from my usual format of discussing a light hearted topic from Somerville’s past. But, as a citizen of Somerville, I need to discuss our present and our future. I live here and every day I see how individuals are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Neighbors,
We are in unusual times, this is certain, but that may be the only certainty we have before us.
Many of us are frightened for our health, stunned at the squandering of our wealth, and worried about the very structures that support Democracy.
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By Denise Keniston
On Thursday, August 10, Somerville’s Transportation Mobility Planners held their second public meeting on the “Holland St. and College Ave. Mobility Improvements” project. In Spring 2021, the city will start resurfacing the roadways and sidewalks of Holland Street from Davis Street to Teele Square, and of College Avenue, from Davis Square to Powder House Circle.
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By Isabel Sami
To brighten and incite joy in Somerville, the Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation had an idea: a beautiful mural at the CHA Somerville Campus. Together with the Somerville Arts Council, the foundation put out a call for local artists to submit ideas for the mural, and Amanda Hill was selected.
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