Come to the first stop on
The Wise Turtle's
Sustainable Living Tour

The Wise Turtle presents:
The Davis Square Raw Food Picnic and Living Philosophy Salon

Sunday June 22nd
1pm - 3pm
Seven Hills Park (behind the Davis Square T station)
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Hi All,

You're invited to our mid-week service in our cool basement chapel this evening at First Church Somerville. Rest and Bread begins at 6:15 and ends at 6:45. Music for meditation begins at 6:00.

If you want to, you can hang out afterward to help with the finishing touches to our Pride Hats, amazing constructions of summer hats and flowers. Then, of course you can march with us in the Pride Parade on Saturday.

You can find us at 89 College Ave., on your way home. Come for some peace and balm.

Laura Ruth
Minister of Outreach

Hipsters, artists, students, LJ'ers citywide: Share your Somerville love - design a t-shirt for the city!

The winning design will be produced for sale citywide, with any proceeds benefiting Somerville Homeless Coalition. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 16, 2008.

Contest flyer with details (large picture)

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Dear Davis Square friends and neighbors,

The new Somerville Voices blog is about connecting residents across our city, sharing stories and news, and creating a forum for diverse perspectives on issues that matter. Please visit us today and add your voice to the discussion. And check out the recent article about us in the Somerville Journal.

Sincerely,

Barry Rafkind
Organizer and Web Designer
www.SomervilleVoices.org

Hipsters, artists, students, LJ'ers citywide: Share your Somerville love - design a t-shirt for the city!

The winning design will be produced for sale citywide, with any proceeds benefitting Somerville Homeless Coalition. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 16, 2008.

Contest flyer with details (large picture)

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I just noticed that Somerville's 2008 Environmental Services Guide - with the yard waste collection calendar, hazardous waste collection dates (for your CFLs!), and information on discounted composters and rain barrels - is now on line:

http://www.somervillema.gov/CoS_Content/documents/EnvironmentalGuide2008.pdf

I think they'll mail a copy, but I always lose that, so I depend on this electronic version through the year.

Anne

The GoGreen Davis Square group was featured on a Living on Earth segment about efforts to battle global warming in Massachusetts. Including quotes from three Davis Square businesses (Johnny D's, Diesel Cafe and PlanetTech.
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=08-P13-00011&segmentID=4

If you're interested in more on GoGreen Davis Square visit http://groups.google.com/group/gogreendavis.

And if you're interested in green power in Somerville, please consider a contribution to the Somerville Solar Challenge at http://www.newenglandwind.org/wind/challenge.somerville.php See previous discussion here.

Thanks,
Eric

Do you want to contribute to renewable energy projects and help Somerville win free solar panels for a school?

Join Somerville Climate Action in the New England Wind Fund Solar Challenge at www.NewEnglandWind.Org/Somerville. The deadline is April 30th to be counted in the race to win solar panels!

Here's how it works:

Your Somerville household/business makes a donation ($5 per month or a $100 one-time contribution) to the New England Wind Fund.

1. The donation is fully tax-deductible.
2. The donation is matched twice by the state's Massachusetts Technology Collaborative:
- once back to Somerville to fund renewable energy projects, and
- once to fund clean energy projects that benefit the state's low-income residents (which Somerville may be able to draw upon).
3. AND....as an added incentive: the New England Wind Fund will provide and install at no cost to the city a 2kw solar system on one of our schools - BUT ONLY IF we get enough people to sign up by April 30th: We need 150 new donors to the New England Wind Fund.
4. It's a great educational opportunity for the school.
5. The city saves money on electricity costs, creates fewer greenhouse gases and other air pollutants, and helps New England move toward energy independence.

We can only win with your help! And only if you join SOON.
For more details and contact information, plus to learn which other towns won panels, and to join now!: www.NewEnglandWind.Org/Somerville

JOIN US TO SPREAD THE WORD:
Somerville Climate Action www.somervilleclimateaction.org

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,
Eric

Ras na hEireann is an Irish 5k race and celebration of traditions dating back centuries - and simply a celebration of spring in Somerville. Everyone (not just those of Irish decent!) is invited, all runners and walkers, to celebrate life, the coming of spring, and to enjoy a memorable race and St. Patrick’s Day celebration on March 16th at 11am in Davis Square!

I'm not affiliated with the event (I'm not even Irish!), but I am running and helping spread the word because I think it will be a good time.

The official website with extensive information and registration (limited to 2500 runners and filling fast!) is here.

A FaceBook community that I put up to coordinate with other racers is here.

I just sent the following to the Middlesex Bank. I also e-mailed Rebekah about it. Does anyone else ever notice this trend on the marquee but me? It's annoying and depressing.

( Complaint to Middlesex Bank )

The City Clerk's Office will be issuing dog licenses at Somerville's Sixth Annual Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday morning, June 3, 2006, from 10:00 to 12:00, at the Animal Control Office in the Public Works complex on Franey Road, across from Trum Field.

The fee is $12.00 for a dog license, or $6.00 if the dog has been spayed or neutered. The cost for the vaccine service is $5.00. No prior record is needed, but vaccines will be for one year only unless a current rabies certificate is supplied. All dogs must be leashed and cats must be in carriers.

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Hiya, there's a flickr group for Davis Square photos now. That is all. Hope to see you there.

Before she ran for and got elected Davis Square's alderman, Rebekah Gewirtz co-founded Progressive Democrats of Somerville and chaired the group for two years. Tomorrow, Tuesday April 25th, PDS is holding its annual meeting, and Rebekah will be the keynote speaker. If you'd like to get to know more about her and the organization she founded, come join us!

PDS annual meeting
Tuesday, April 25th, 6:30pm social w/food, meeting at 7pm
VNA assisted living center, 259 Lowell Street
(on the south side of the Lowell Street bridge)
#88 or #90 bus from Davis Square to Lowell Street, walk up 3 blocks

After Rebekah's talk, we'll elected new officers for the year, have a discussion about goals, and talk about future endorsements. You can RSVP online at DFA-Link.

I just got this email from PPLM:

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On Wednesday, February 22, Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts is opening its first express health center!

Plan: A Planned Parenthood Express Center
Davis Square Plaza
260 Elm Street
Somerville

PLAN will provide patients in the Davis Square area with convenient access to a number of Planned Parenthood's services, including clothes-on consultations with experienced medical professionals. All in 30 minutes. Schedule an appointment or just walk in!

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this afternoon at around 12:30 pm, I was riding my bike southbound across the temporary Lowell Street Bridge. I suddenly fell after taking the last little turn from the bridge onto the Lowell Street sidewalk, in front of the Visiting Nurses Association building. I guess I must have hit some ice but I'm really not sure.

I somehow managed to get myself up and ride home to Day Street, but I'm in a lot of pain right now, on my left side from my underarm around to my back. Probably bruised a bunch of ribs. [Edit: My doctor phoned me a couple days later to inform me that I didn't just bruise a couple of ribs, I cracked them.]

If you're riding your bike this week, be careful -- at least, more careful than I apparently was.

I moved davis_square over to S2. The ability to set up tags (hopefully in the near future) is the main reason for this change.