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Soccer in Somerville

In case you missed the Somerville soccer stadium article by Eric Moskowitz in yesterday’s Globe, here’s a recap: The Kraft Group — which owns the New England Revolution soccer team (and the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium) — is once again focusing on the Inner Belt area as the location for a 20,000-seat soccer…

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Calendar Highlight – ArtBeat

Davis Square festival ArtBeat starts tonight. Each year the festival, organized by the Somerville Arts Council, centers on a theme that will get the community’s creative juices flowing…and that’s a particularly apt metaphor for this year’s theme: water. The fruits of that creative flow will flood Davis Square, starting tonight with musical performances from Walter…

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A few good men

As a sidebar to our recent article on military veterans, here are profiles of three of Somerville’s most decorated soldiers. Keep them in mind as you enjoy the July 4 weekend. George Dilboy, Private First Class, Army, 1896-1918. Born in Alastra, Asia Minor, Dilboy came to Somerville at age 12 and lived at 85 Linwood…

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All-Female Production of Hamlet at the Armory

The past two weekends, the Armory Café was the venue for the Gan-e-Meed Theatre Project’s production of Hamlet. Gan-e-Meed, based in Lowell, started in 2009. The project’s purpose is to advance the role of women in theater in order to reduce unseen and unintentional gender bias in the theater community, and to promote genuine career advancement…

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Somerville Youth Discuss the Future with the Mayor

On Tuesday, May 25 at 6pm in the back room at The Burren (247 Elm St), dozens of Somerville residents, most of whom appeared to be in their mid 20s, came to see a presentation called “The State of Young Somerville” given by Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Young Somerville Advisory Group. For the…

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It's A Gift to hold "Save Our Store" Fundraiser during Somerville Open Studios

We have much cause for celebration these days: it’s almost May, spring is in the air, the Celtics are winning, the Red Sox are…playing, and this weekend, May 1 and 2, Somerville is holding its annual Open Studios, a great chance to connect with the local arts community. Between studio hopping, you can support a…

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Business Town Meeting Discusses the Future of the City

On Wednesday evening, April 28, the Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted the Business Town Meeting at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, attracting scores of small business owners, local officials and developers to hear Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone speak about the economic future of the city. Generally, the mayor pushed the idea that all of…

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Google Broadband Challenge

The City of Somerville is participating in the Google Broadband Challenge this year. I managed to get hold of an email from the mayor with a link to the video the city submitted in support of the application. Fun viewing! ResiStat sent out a plea for support for the City’s application: HELP SOMERVILLE WIN THE…

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