Mayor’s Senior Picnic
Scout photographer Kelly MacDonald snapped these great shots at the 30th Annual Mayor’s Senior Picnic today in Powderhouse Park, just outside Ball Square. Attendees enjoyed good food, music and lots of fun!
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Has “Hell’s Kitchen” boosted business at Gargoyles?
In case you missed Tom Nash’s story in The Somerville News or Donna Goodison’s piece in Friday’s Boston Herald or the Inside Track piece in Thursday’s Herald, we’re here to tell you: There’s a celebrity chef in town, he works at Gargoyles on the Square (219 Elm St) and his fame will come to a…
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…
Calendar Highlight – Fourth of July Weekend
Independence Day is more often referred to as the Fourth of July. But how much does the exact date really matter? Sure, Congress passed the Declaration of Independence on the fourth in 1776, but there were certainly other monumental events on the days preceding – legal separation of the colonies from Great Britain occurred on…
Somerville’s Green All-Stars
Somerville resident Dan Delongchamp sells Agripods, which people use as portable urban kitchen gardens. Read all about them — and other green initiatives going on in Somerville — in the next Scout. Green issues are not just green issues. When we talk about the environment, we’re also talking about health, wealth and quality of life….
Hearty Meals for All hosts free community meal
On Friday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 pm, Hearty Meals for All will host its monthly free meal at the Community Baptist Church in Davis Square (31 College Ave). Founded by Somerville residents and social workers Emily Bullen and Rebecca Gallo, Hearty Meals for All uses only fresh and natural ingredients and sources locally when it’s…
An expansion celebration
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, Ball Square Fine Wines & Liquors held its expansion celebration. Employees were stationed behind the register and five tasting stations. The stations were dedicated to wines, cheeses and beer from Portugal, Germany and Italy (among other places). The store was packed. The cheese and microbrewery stations were the most crowded areas,…
Ball Square Fine Wines Expansion Celebration
Are you a fan of wine and cheese? If so, Ball Square Fine Wines & Liquors is the place to be Tuesday evening (Jan. 26). From 5:30-7:30 pm, Ball Square Fine Wines (716 Broadway) will celebrate its recent store expansion with free cheese and wine for guests. Examples include Auricchio Aged Provolone from Italy; Parrano…
Community supported agriculture, at the library
In the seasons to come, will you know where your produce comes from? Boston Localvores, in partnership with Transition Somerville and Somerville Climate Action, wants to make sure you can. On Monday, Jan. 11 at 6pm at the Somerville Public Library (79 Highland Ave), they are bringing together farmers with community supported agriculture (CSA) drop-boxes…
12th Annual Silent Auction to Benefit Pets in Need
On Friday night Nov. 4, the Dilboy VFW Hall hosted the 12th Annual Silent Auction to benefit the nonprofit Pets in Need. The goal was to “help surrendered pets” by selling items just in time for the December holidays. The monetary goal was to surpass $3,700, which was last year’s total. A silent auction, of…
