thanks

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

Yesterday afternoon my 3-year-old daughter was bitten on the face by a dog outside JP Licks in Davis. I just wanted to say a general thanks to all the Davis Square denizens who came over to help us out, calling 911, bringing napkins to try to stop the bleeding, water, ice, and so forth. I didn't catch any names or, honestly, see any faces since I was so focused on my daughter, but I know there were a lot of people offering help and I appreciate it.

FYI, she needed nine stitches and will have some scarring, but she's doing fine. It remains to be seen whether she'll ever want to go near a dog again (or whether I'll let her!). We didn't get home from Children's till midnight so we're pretty wiped today.

Introducing Boston.com/somerville

[daviddahl.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,

    David Dahl from the Globe here.
    I'm writing to introduce Boston.com/somerville, a new website focused on your community.
    The site is the spot where you can catch up with news and information about Somerville.
    It provides links to local blogs and discussion groups, as well as opportunities for you to post comments and listings about local events. You'll also see blog postings from Travis Andersen, the town correspondent, and other stories about Somerville that appear elsewhere in the Globe and on boston.com.
    We heard from many of you when we made the difficult decision to close City Weekly. This site is an answer to those concerns, providing an online outlet for you to get news about Somerville. Rest assured, though, this is not the only spot you will get news and information from the Globe and Boston.com: we're still covering Somerville in Globe North, and in other parts of the daily Globe.
    As many of you may know, the Globe and boston.com have launched a series of these Your Town hyperlocal sites. We now have 12 sites around the region. We've had a great response from readers and the sites have helped us focus even more intently on local news.
    The sites work best when you, the readers, participate. We have places where you can do that now -- by posting a comment, an event listing, or by submitting a column that we can post. We are interested in hearing from you to find out how we can do more.
    Check out the site, and tell us what you think. You can reach me at dahl@globe.com or Travis at travis.m.andersen@gmail.com.
    Thanks for your interest.

Have You Seen a Black Cat Around Willow Ave?

[cestlavie814.livejournal.com]

 I know there are a number of strays in the area, but my roommate lost her male, black cat Sunday night in the Willow Ave/Broadway area. He's a shy cat, but very sweet. He doesn't have any tags but responds to the name Wally. If you've seen him please let me know at cestlavie814@gmail.com

My roommates and I greatly appreciate any tips!

~SJP 

Parking Hearing TOMORROW (Aug 13)

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Reminder: there's a parking hearing TOMORROW, Aug 13 (Thursday) at 6 pm. See:

http://www.somervillema.gov/NewsDetail.cfm?instance_id=1493

apparently according to the above link, this hearing will either result in all traffic rules reverting to what they were prior to May, or keeping all rules. No modifications are possible.

This is annoying, since they've already changed the meters, so it would cost money to change them back. So there would be resistance to "going back". I feel like they've manipulated things so that we would be forced to keep the new, stupid rules.

Woodstock Event profiled in "The Somerville News"

[othniel77.livejournal.com]

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=1878

Screenprinting/screenburning assistance needed

[fangirl715.livejournal.com]

I have the bright idea that I'd like to print a design of my own on a couple of t-shirts in the next week, and have been doing some online research on DIY screenprinting. I think I can handle most of the actual printing myself*, but I do need someone to burn a screen for me--I can buy a blank screen of my own, but I don't have the facilities or equipment for actually burning the design on it, so if there are any silkscreen artists out there who'd be willing to help me out for a small sum, please let me know; I might even be persuaded to bake some chocolate-chip oatmeal cookies for you as an additional bribe, I mean, token of my appreciation. :D

Thanks in advance for any and all help!


*although it's entirely possible that this line WILL come back to haunt me...

Wallet found on College/Morrison crosswalk tonight, 8 PM

[spatch]

FINDED (by me): One small brown leather wallet in the gutter of the Morrison Avenue/College Ave crosswalk, right in front of the West Somerville Library. Spotted it around 8:00 this evening.

INSIDED (left by someone): Twelve dollars in cash but no cards, identification or anything else, except:

STICKED (on the wallet): A puffy sticker of a cartoon character.

The size of the wallet, cartoon sticker and lack of anything else inside leads me to believe that it belongs to a young'un who is probably missing their twelve dollars. (My first thought was that it may have been emptied and left by a thief, but the cash is still there.)

So if you have a kid who lost a wallet on College Avenue or know of a kid who lost a wallet on College Avenue or if you yourself just liked carrying around a wallet with a cartoon sticker and a little cash and you lost it on College Avenue, please email spatula (at) spatch.net and tell me which cartoon character is on the sticker.

(No, you don't get three guesses. Let the kid have a chance of getting their wallet back!)