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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…
Somerville fitness studio The Training Room will host a charity Spin- A-Thon in support of The Breast Cancer Fund on Saturday, July 24th, 12pm-6pm. July marks the one year anniversary of the studio’s grand opening. As part of the birthday festivities, the Spin-A-Thon will be held outdoors on the street in front of the facility…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
A red banner stretched across the back page ad in this fall’s print edition reading: “How’s this for keeping local: Just say “SCOUT” at the time you buy with us in 2009, and you’ll get a $100 gift certificate to spend at Somerville businesses advertising in this issue of Somerville Scout.” I just want to…
Last week the Somerville Chamber of Commerce announced that Somerville Scout had won the 2009 Powderhouse Award for Small Business of the Year. We are thrilled and flattered. On Wednesday Nov. 4 the Chamber of Commerce will hold its 63rd Annual Dinner, at which Scout and the other Powderhouse Award winners will be honored. ———–…
