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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

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

Image by Derek Kouyoumjian

 

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

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