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Mayor Joe Curtatone

HOT TOPIC: WHY IS SOMERVILLE STILL INSTALLING TURF FIELDS IN INCREASINGLY HOT CLIMATES?

Written by Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

The “Living With Heat Report” explains that Somerville is especially vulnerable to urban heat island impacts because of our excessive pavement and lack of tree canopy and open spaces.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Capuano School, cdc, Climate Change, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, heat exhaustion, hottest month, Living with Heat Report, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Medford, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Recreation Department, The Show. George Scarpelli, Trum Field, turf, Youth Sports

FROM DECAY GROUND TO PLAYGROUND (AND BACK AGAIN)

Written by OLIVIA FALCIGNO Posted November 14, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Somerville residents reclaim empty lot, then forced out in latest rift of 10-year saga

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, empty lot, Mayor Joe Curtatone, planning, recreation, Sewall Street, SOMERVILLE, Star Market, ZBA, zoning

TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES

Written by DOUGLAS YU Posted September 21, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

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Longtime volunteer Bob Schofield, well known to his neighbors for greeting Somervillians who show up in the stands for neighborhood baseball action, is frustrated. As the Somerville Youth Softball president who also helped launch the ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Babe Ruth, baseball, Bob Schofield, George Scarpelli, Massachusetts, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Medford, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Recreation Department, The Show. George Scarpelli, Trum Field, Youth Sports

MEDIA FARM: IF EBOLA CAME TO SOMERVILLE, THE GLOBE WOULD PRAISE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AVANT-GARDE VOMIT ART

Written by DIG INTERN Posted October 17, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS

If Mayor Joe Curtatone peed himself in public and his pantaloons stuck to his pelvis, the Globe would commend him for sporting the same skin-tight jeans worn by his hip constituents.

Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cambridge, Cambridge City Hall, Carlone petition, central square, Chris Faraone, davis square, Dennis Carlone, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Donald Norton, George Dilboy, Herb Foster, homeowners, Massachusetts, Mayor Joe Curtatone, MIT, Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, Richard DiGirolamo, Sean O’Donovan, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News, SomerVision, Ten Hills neighborhood, The Somerville Files, VFW, Zoning Board of Appeals. ZBA

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