The city is partnering with CultureHouse and Neighborways to increase safety on Glen and Otis Streets by creating quick-build neighborways (think: planters, vertical plastic posts, paint markings, speed humps, etc.). These will be located on Glen Street between Tufts Street and Broadway, and on Otis Street between McGrath Highway and the East Somerville Community School. Join the city’s Mobility Division for a block party on Saturday, March 16, at East Somerville Community School (50 Cross St.) from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. to learn about the planned neighborways, and share your feedback on the upcoming safety improvements. Music, refreshments, and games will be provided. Learn more at https://voice.somervillema.gov/glen-street-neighborway.

Event speakers Audrey Schulman, Steven Owens, and Patricia Nolan.

A transition away from gas to heat our buildings is an important part of addressing climate change. But how do we accomplish that? Come and hear about local efforts and strategies, including key legislative initiatives and the exciting alternative of networked geothermal energy, and learn what you can do to support them.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 6 Councilor Lance Davis, and Ward 5 Councilor Naima Sait invite you to join a virtual community meeting to learn about flood relief and water quality improvement efforts planned for Morrison Avenue (Cedar Street to Grove Street) and the surrounding neighborhood.

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Here are a few recipes I shared over the years, all in one place! Whether you’re looking to make shepherd’s pie, soda bread, or colcannon, I’ve got you covered. Check out the links below. I know the traditional way of preparing the corned beef is to boil it, but I am sharing the way I prepare mine, in a not so traditional way, sous vide. It’s the only way I prepare it now and I get rave reviews from friends and family. I have also included information on how sous vide works in a link below.

It’s a tradition that most of us have a lot of fun with. Whether one is of Irish lineage or not, St. Patrick’s Day stands for a recognition of Irish and Irish American culture, and in many ways its resulting fusion.

The religious origins of the day have, for some, been obscured and often all but forgotten in favor of the prominent displays of the color green, eating and drinking, and numerous parades. The day has been celebrated on the North American continent since before the American Revolution, and is actually an official holiday in neighboring Suffolk County. Ask any of our Boston brethren and they would – to a single soul – be aware of this fact.

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Article by Off the Shelf Correspondent Joanne Barrett

Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) will bring his acclaimed portrayal of poet Robert Frost to Boston this Spring in the one-man show Robert Frost: This Verse Business by local playwright A.M. Dolan. It’s an entertaining portrait of the great poet and platform legend whose public “talks” were hot tickets for nearly half a century and an illuminating glimpse of the old bard at home, aware of his fame and failures, with poems still to write and “promises to keep.”

Marc Zegans has penned seven collections of poems, most recently, Lyon Street (Bamboo Dart Press, 2022) and The Snow Dead (Cervena Barva Press, 2020), two spoken word albums, several immersive theatrical productions, including Sirens, Dreams and a Cat (co-written with D. Lowell Wilder, 2020), and many poetry films. Ghost Book (Kite String Press, 2024), a collaboration with fine art photographer Tsar Fedorsky, will be released in April. Marc lives by the coast in Northern California.

This service change is in place while crews perform work as part of the Track Improvement Program, which will improve reliability and provide a safer ride.

Following up on the previous announcement from February 23, the MBTA is today reminding riders that Orange Line service between Jackson Square and North Station will be suspended all day from start to end of service for four days from March 18-21.