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If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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The good news for Somerville is that although council has approved the purchase and deployment of police #BodyCameras, the cameras will only be worn by superior officers at this time. The patrol officers, who come into highest contact with the public, must agree to the same terms before they will begin wearing cameras.
The program is still very expensive, but this does mean that there's still time to insist that civilian oversight must come *first*.
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Mayor Wilson would like to believe that Somerville residents are enthusiastically supportive of putting body cameras on police regardless of the policy surrounding use of the cameras.
This is why it is important not to let the September 8th hearing pass without significant public turnout, emphasizing that policy matters and that we insist on a civilian oversight body with real authority over the police department.
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It's very frustrating that Somerville is moving forward with an expensive (estimaed $400,000 per year) body cameras program without waiting for the hearing that residents have requested and have a right to.
As a reminder, Mayor Wilson's justification for urgency was that he didn't want to miss out on a quarter million dollar grant to cover the initial purchase, a sum that will be quickly outpaced by the ongoing costs of the program.
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It should be noted that the comments at the July 27th meeting against deployment of police body cameras included several activists who have been advocating for police oversight since 2020. Meanwhile, a large fraction of the comments in favor of cameras were members of the city's own past task forces on policing.
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At the Special Meeting on body cameras that Mayor Wilson called on July 27th, about two thirds of the public comments were in opposition to approval of the policy documents and/or in opposition to initiating an expensive body cameras program at this time.
Nevertheless, the Council voted to approve the policy and to accept the small federal grant for purchase of the cameras (which required that the cameras be purchased by the end of August).
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To give comments on police body cameras in Somerville, please use this link to sign up for the Zoom meeting, and raise your hand to request a chance to speak:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VAIn particular, it's important to emphasize that a civilian oversight body should exist *before* police body cameras are deployed.
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There are some important updates on the #SomervilleMA police body cameras situation.
On Tuesday September 8th, the Legislative Matters Committee will be holding the public hearing on body-worn cameras that 89 residents requested by petition. If you're concerned about the issue, it'd be great if you can sign up to give comment.
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#BostonWeekend Sun UHHH #TherapyGecko live at the armory in #SomervilleMA fielding audience life and relationship questions from polycule city usa... https://artsatthearmory.org/events/therapy-gecko-live/ #Boston #podcast
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#BostonWeekend Fri-Sun FILM #CatherineOHara Tribute weekend at the Somerville Theatre & Crystal Ballroom
Friday, August 21: #BEETLEJUICE - 35mm print, (plus bonus #SCTV greatest hit sketches!)Saturday, August 22: double-feature Christopher Guest’s #WaitingForGuffman and Martin Scorsese’s #AfterHours
Sunday, August 23: double-feature #BestInShow and #AMightyWind
Plus a CO'H costumes/drag show party?
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Saw a fox during my morning walk through the Tufts campus!
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#BostonWeekend Sat BIKES 32 miles rt #RiverToTheSea bike ride starting in #SomervilleMA literally going from the charles river to the ocean - 10am start (oops it already started sorry) https://www.instagram.com/p/DbvoTNTScsY/ #BikeTooter #BostonBikes #Palestine #Boston #CambridgeMA
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> "This Thursday, July 30, or soon after, the City of Somerville's contractors will begin implementation of preliminary Elm-Beacon Connector work"
Yaay!
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#science #metrology #electronics #retrocomputing What do we think this instrument measures? Maybe an old voltmeter? Spotted at an open-house in #SomervilleMA
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#BostonWeekend Sun BIKES The annual #SomervilleBikeKitchen #BikePageant returns! "The Somerville Bike Kitchen Bike Pageant is a celebration of unique, fun, creative, colorful and/or otherwise one-of-a-kind bikes. We will have a handful of prize categories, ranging from self-explanatory to entirely unserious." https://somervillebikekitchen.org/event/2026-sbk-bike-pageant/ #SomervilleMA #BikeTooter #BostonBikes
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#BostonWeekend Sat BIKES Support local/indie businesses and cleanse our metroplex: #Sage the city on this bike ride https://www.instagram.com/p/DWHLi-XDul3/ #boston #JamaicaPlain #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #BostonBikes #BikeTooter
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#BostonWeekend 10/x DRAG x MONSTERS Throb Zombie hosts GASH in #SomervilleMA Slumber Party experience https://www.crystalballroomboston.com/events/gash-slumber-party-massacre/ #Drag #BostonDrag #ThrobZombie #artisansAsylum #DavisSquare
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#BostonWeekend 13/x Fri DRAWING - its a meet cute with sketching? Get paired up and draw a picture of that stranger. #SomervilleMA https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/lego-maritime-festival-competition--2 #BostonArt #Boston
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@Apiary @dr_a Black Widow #Yoga is based out of #SalemMA does classes with a more headbanging vibe; they've done live classes before (some in #SomervilleMA) but it looks like most of the offerings are virtual at the moment. EDIT to add url https://www.blackwidowyoga.com #Salem #massachusetts
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#BostonWeekend Sat (sold out) WEIRD Thotbot Implantation Center in #SomervilleMA Through, maybe, March?https://thotbot.me #BostonMusic #BostonArt #BostonTheatre #Thotbot
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Growing library garden programs
WebJunction / 01 May 2024
"Library gardens offer a great way for community members to come together to learn, grow, and contribute towards a healthy, balanced environment. And creating a vibrant community green space or gardening program doesn’t have to be complicated. Across the country—and beyond—libraries are growing gardening programs in their own unique ways. As you explore some of the gardens and programs here, you’ll notice that community partnerships represent a common thread running throughout all of the programs. Local businesses, master gardening groups, arts organizations, and community government can all play important roles in growing a successful library garden program."
Learn more:
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/growing-library-garden-programs.html#SolarPunkSunday #LibraryGardens #PortageIN #KildareIreland #SpokaneWA #GlendoraCA #SomervilleMA #Tennessee #SouthCarolina #Montreal #Pennsylvania #Illinois #ProtectingPollinators #GrowYourOwnFood #Commons
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#BostonWeekend Through, maybe, March? WEIRD Thotbot Implantation Center in #SomervilleMA 6/x https://thotbot.me #BostonArt #BostonTheatre #BostonMusic #weird #Boston #thotbot
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Cool #shoegaze show tonight 12/9 - at the #SomervilleArmory - #TAGABOW (They Are Gutting a Body of Water, another addition to my ongoing list of bands with weird and long names) with #Hooky. $34, 6pm doors. All Ages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHDU_tkwWCE https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/they-are-gutting-a-body-of-water-lotto-review-1235449627/ #BostonMusic #SomervilleMA
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#Ube Shop still closed - now its made the news on #GBH https://www.reddit.com/r/Somerville/comments/1pf5oum/ube_desserts_and_illegal_sandwiches_this/ #SomervilleMA
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#BostonWeekend 21x Sun MARKET noon-6 @ 438 Somerville Ave Artist Studios hosts 30+ local artisans - including @downstairs in the music studio (have you seen the new bag designs she's been posting to the fediverse?) - stop by while you're in #UnionSquare #SomervilleMA for the Jingle Mingle maybe? But also a pleasant walk from #PorterSquare #HarvardSquare or #DavisSquare - and its right by #MarketBasket and #BowMarket so you can get a bunch of shopping done :) IDK but I'll be there, come! https://www.instagram.com/p/DRH9WgZjgAo/ #ShopLocal #Artist #Art #shopping #handmade #Somerville #CambridgeMA #Boston #BostonArt
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#BostonWeekend 5/x Fri CERAMICS - Nonprofit clay Studio in #EastSomerville - Mudflat hosts an opening reception for their annual Holiday Open Studio & Pottery Sale tonight, which runs at various times through the 14th. Easy walk from the Green and Orange Lines (#SullivanSquare) - its right on Broadway.
https://www.mudflat.org/open-studio-pottery-sales
#SomervilleMA #BostonArt #Ceramics #Pottery #clay #Boston #art -
#BostonWeekend 3/x Through Dec(?) - ART - #ThotBot Implantation Center live experience - take it all in at #BowMarket - 2 tickets for Fri 12/5 (tonight!) still available but many nights sold out - support weird and local art in #SomervilleMA
"Is your ThotBot Glitched? Do you need an operating system Reboot? Are you ready to be Implanted for the first time? Protect your Value. Optimize your Redemption. Visit the ThotBot Implantation Center for all your brain implant needs." #Boston #BostonArt #BostonMusic https://thotbot.me
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As was foretold, I have managed to finish up two more messenger bags and will have them for sale this SUNDAY DEC 7 at the HOLIDAY MARKET at 438 Somerville Ave 12-6. Should be a blast, there's three floors of artists, makers, and local organizations, Cambridge Hackspace is hosting a repair clinic during the market, there's gonna be live music, drinks & snacks. Come say hi, get your holiday shopping done early and support the local artists who keep your community good and weird. And there's two other markets right around the corner! IT WILL BE FUN.
Milk Row (where I’ll be, in the basement): 438 Somerville Ave. 12-6p (Building is not reported to be accessible, per SOS website.)
Aeronaut’s Holiday Market: 14 Tyler St. 1-6p
Green & Jolly Holiday Faire: Bow Market 2-6p#SomervilleMA #cambridgeMA #ShopSmall #ShopLocal #hackspace #uterus #dragon #library #handmade
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#BostonWeekend 12x Sat&Sun ART Open Studios Brickbottom and Joy Street in #SomervilleMA https://brickbottom.org/events/bbos-2025 #BostonArt #Art #Boston #openStudios
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#BostonWeekend 3x Thu FUNDRAISER Support the #SomervilleMuseum's 100 years - 108$ tickets get knocked down to 92$ with the code ASIMOV https://www.somervillemuseum.org/calendar-events/rewind-record-play
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#BostonWeekend 8x Through October, THOTBOT - Friend, is your #THOTBOT glitched? Get thee to the implantation center. https://thotbot.me/index.html #SomervilleMA #BostonArt #Boston
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#BostonWeekend 20x Sat noon-6p SYNTHS “Synth-tember 2025 Community Day” - Pet-a-Synthesizer! #Theremin building workshop is sold out. New Alliance Gallery #SomervilleMA https://www.newalliancegallery.com/events/synth-tember-2025-community-day
#bostonMusic #synths #synthesizer #synth #BostonArt #BostonScience -
#BostonWeekend 10x 7-11p Fri SYNTHS x ART Synth-tember opening in #SomervilleMA "Our opening reception, featuring an exhibition titled "Deviations." Live performances include This Bliss’s album release of ‘Grave of Sound,’ DJ A.C. Wiley of High Energy Vintage, and a special appearance by #EugeneMirman (!)" https://www.newalliancegallery.com/events/synth-tember-2025-opening-reception #Boston #Synthesizers #BostonArt #Synthtember #BostonMusic
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Sat #BostonWeekend 26/x #PHOTOGRAPHY #SomervilleMA hosts the #ToyCamera Festival across multiple galleries, receptions Saturday and works on display through September
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/08/31/stunning-images-at-somerville-toy-camera-fest-poetry-from-low-tech-that-might-even-lack-a-lens/
https://www.somervilletoycamera.org
#BostonArts #BostonArt #Boston #photos #Holga -
#BostonWeekend 36/x
Sunday #PunchNazis Double Feature:
2pm - #TheSoundOfMusic in a beautiful 35mm print, and at 6pm #TheGreatEscape in 4K.
As part of the #SomervilleTheatre #FuckTheNazis series.
https://www.somervilletheatre.com/repertory-programs/fk-the-nazis/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZNcqtx83Io
https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/the-sound-of-music-in-35mm/ -
If you’re in #bostonma let’s grab dinner. We are holding a meetup Thursday at 7PM at Gustazo in #Waltham. All are welcome!
#boston #walthamma #CambridgeMA #newton #somervillema #unionsquare #InmanSquare #centralsquare #newengland #mit #BelmontMA #FediMeetup #harvard #MoodySt
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#BostonWeekend 46/x
Wed 5/21 4-9p, Fabville (#SomervilleMA High School #makerspace) hosts a free 'scrap bashing' night, upcycling trash into terrain building - "Aimed at creating #terrain for games such as #Warhammer40k, #Battletech, Dungeons and Dragons, #StarWarsLegions and more" https://fabville.org/new-events/2025/1/28/open-shop-hours-29sa7-cs7am-p6eaf-nxyyc-6rt5c-3cf4n-4lmpy-h6sjc-cbhym-a5kz9-ln5xa-emc6j-tflx2-bgp78-2rwpb-nke76-hzh7y-t2rr3-htflr-kbb9x
#BostonGeek #bostonArt #BostonGames #Boston #Pandemonium #TTRPG #TerrainBuilding #fabville #ArtisansAsylum #craft #BostonKids #BostonFree
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Rümeysa Öztürk is BACK HOME in Massachusetts!
Live: Rümeysa Öztürk press conference at Logan, Sen Markey speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrHq1xKtdEM
#RümeysaÖztürk #MAPol #Somerpol #SOmerpoli #USpol #SomervilleMA #boston #massachusetts #tufts #
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#BostonWeekend 9/x
Thu May 8 Fabville open house, demos, and 3d printer giveaway!"FabVille is hosting our Annual Maker Showcase on Thursday May 8th 4-9 PM in our design lab at Somerville High School. We are looking to celebrate and highlight our community’s creativity and the amazing wonders of Making.
At this event you can expect:
Tours of Fabville and testimonials by community members
Demonstrations of the tools we have in the shop: Laser Cutters, 3d Printers, Vinyl Cutters, CNC machines and more!
5-10 minute presentations from local creatives, organizations, and businesses on their projects and how Makerspaces like Fabville fulfill their needs.
Tabling by local artists, orgs, and businesses.
Networking opportunities with the Makers and Crafters of Somerville.
A Giveaway where one community member win a brand new 3d printer and a one on one 101 class to learn how to use it!?
https://fabville.org/new-events/2025/5/8/fabville-4th-annual-makerspace-showcase
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJDTBK2Mdaw/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJWz6MGS9yl/
#SomervilleMA #makerspace #hackerspace #HighSchool #STEM #ArtisansAsylum
