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Community meetings planned for January 10, 11 and 25
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The mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development is working to update the city’s Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP). This plan will guide the next seven years of City work on parks, sports fields, open space, conservation land, and recreational programming, and it needs your input.
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As the holiday season winds down, a reminder that Christmas tree pick up begins Tuesday, January 2.
Trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash day after removing all decorations. Do not put trees in a plastic bag.
Constituents should contact 311 (617-666-3311) if their tree has been out for over two weeks.
Holiday schedules are available, all subway lines will operate until approximately 3:00 a.m.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is reminding riders that free service on all modes will be available after 8:00 p.m. on December 31 through the end of the service day to help support safe celebrations on New Year’s Eve. All subway lines will operate until approximately 3:00 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. Full holiday service schedule information is available at mbta.com/holidays.
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This service change is in place while crews perform work as part of the Track Improvement Program, which will alleviate speed restrictions along the line.
Following up on the previous announcement from December 21, the MBTA is reminding riders that Green Line service on the B branch between North Station and Babcock Street, on the E branch between North Station and Heath Street, and on the C and D branches between North Station and Kenmore station will be suspended all day from start to end of service for 10 days from January 3-12 and for 13 days from January 16- 28.
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We make dreams come true. So can you.
Members of our local, regional, and global communities come to us with dreams of what they want to bring alive in our historic spaces, and we do our very best to work with each and every one to realize their live event, attended by their biggest fans who are also enriched in the process. We do this in an ever-growing number of ways–through our own programs like the Spotlight Series, the Performance Opportunity Program (POP), the Feet Keep the Beat Festival, Somerville Winter Farmers Market, and ROOTED Café Exhibitions, and through the 750+ events we host in our spaces each year using a sliding scale model that provides equity and inclusivity so that all dreams can come true.
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Ceremonies and Addresses to be held at Somerville High School on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Public reception at The Row Hotel will immediately follow.
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, the Somerville City Council, and the Somerville School Committee, warmly invite the community to attend the 2024 inauguration ceremonies on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
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DCR Hosting Hikes in 13 State Parks as Part of Agency’s Signature First Day Hikes Initiative; Program Started in 1992 in Blue Hills, Now Hosted in 50 States
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is encouraging residents and families to kick off their new year with a free guided First Day Hike at state parks across Massachusetts. On January 1, 2024, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is hosting the agency’s 33rd annual signature First Day Hikes initiative in 13 parks across the state – from Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in East Falmouth to Mount Greylock State Reservation in Lanesborough.
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Somerville’s 248th Annual Grand Union Flag Raising takes place January 1, 2024. ~Photo by Bobbie Toner
Program begins at 11:30 a.m. with Procession from City Hall to Prospect Hill
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Museum will kick off the New Year on Monday, January 1, 2024, with a ceremony for the anniversary of the “Grand Union” flag-raising ceremony at Prospect Hill Park. A processional will leave from the City Hall Concourse at 11:30 a.m., followed by a ceremony at Prospect Hill Park from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. As always, members of the public, including families with school children, are invited to participate, and to inspire authenticity, all are encouraged to wear what they consider to be traditional colonial clothing.
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Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services is bringing Savvy Caregiver dementia training to The Cambridge Homes in January. The six-week course will be taught by SCES Social Worker Nathaniel Meyer (left) and Case Manager Juan Bautista. — Photo courtesy of SCES
Registration is now open for Savvy Caregiver, a free training program that provides family caregivers with skills and knowledge about dementia.
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