Petition Signing this coming Wednesday at Somerville Theatre

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

This coming Wednesday, June 3rd from 6:30-8:30pm I will be at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square (hey, someone may not know where it is..) collecting signatures in the lobby for a petition against the parking meter hour extension. Currently, the theatre is also collecting signatures at the box office as well. They're providing me a table in the lobby, so please, come on by and say hello! We need at least 50 registered voter signatures, but I am sure that more would make an impression.

Please note, this is ONLY a petition against the meter hours extension in items 9-12. I have always lived on a permitted street in Somerville, and paid far more at meters in other places, so the two other major changes are not as large an issue for me. Hurting businesses that are already suffering in an economic downtown just to scrape together a few more dollars on TOP of doubling parking rates? I have issue with. If you are unhappy about the permitting of streets, or any other part of the new regulations, I encourage you to draft a petition yourself, and organize. I'll happily sign it. It took me all of a half hour to write one up, get in touch with the ST, and set up times to be present and collect signatures.

If you are interested in a copy of the petition to collect signatures yourself, and return to me, or the city, just ask!

I hope to see you there!

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Free Electronics Recycling on Saturday, May 30th

[pbockelman.livejournal.com]

Free Electronics Recycling Day Tomorrow:

Free electronics (TVs, computers, etc.) recycling event tomorrow (Saturday, 5/30) at the Dilboy Parking lot from 9:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Dilboy Stadium and parking lot are at 110 Alewife Brook Parkway.) For residents of Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington, and Belmont only only.

See here for more information: http://www.somervillema.gov/cos_content/documents/ElectronicRecyclingSpecialEvent.pdf

Davis Square and Somerville links

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

The community info page has a lot of great links.

But it doesn't have a link to the Ward/Precinct map, nor the My Address Look-up.

ron_newman asked that I make a new post here looking for your input, so that he and the other mods may sift through the suggestions about what other links should be up there.

So, have at it.

comment emailing is off for this post, but of course comments are left on

A/C Service?

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

We have a large window A/C we'd like to have serviced before the summer gets going. Can anyone recommend a local business to take it to? Thanks in advance!

Bicycle Tour of Historic Somerville - This Sunday

[ron_newman]

Join the Somerville Bicycle Committee and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission for a bike tour featuring Somerville's many historic houses of worship.

We'll meet at Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, at 2 pm this Sunday, May 31. We'll take about three hours to ride about nine miles, stopping along the way to see various churches and synagogues throughout the city. I'll be co-leading the ride.

The ride will be fully escorted by the Somerville Police bicycle patrol. We'll end at the Somerville Museum, where participants can enjoy refreshments and view the Somerville Preservation Awards exhibit.

Before the ride, from 1 to 2 pm, police officers will be available to register bicycles and hand out literature on bicycle safety and security. Registering your bike helps police return it to you if they recover it after a theft.

For more information, visit http://SomervilleBikes.org , e-mail rnewman@thecia.net , or call 617-628-8895.

A $3 donation is requested to support the activities of the Historic Preservation Commission.

A map of the route is at http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/280441 .
A turn-by-turn cue sheet is at http://www.bikely.com/cuesheet/route/280441 .

McKinnon's

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

Is McKinnon's no longer open until 8:00 on Fridays?