More Hubway

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http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2012/10/hubway_bike_share_adds_4_stati.html

Good to see stations starting to appear in the smaller squares. Will greatly improve mobility about town.

Free forum on "Buying Black" -- THURSDAY!

[colorgarden.livejournal.com]

WHAT: Ford Hall Forum public discussion on "Black Economy, White Privilege"

WHO: Speakers: Maggie Anderson, author of "Our Black Year" and Professor Thomas Shapiro, author of "The Hidden Cost of Being African American"; Moderator: Arts Marketer Candelaria Silva; Sponsor: Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC)

WHEN: Thursday, 10/4/2012, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Modern Theatre, Downtown Crossing, 525 Washington Street

WHY: To discuss whether community-based microeconomies are necessary, whether they can work in all communities, why some people took offense to The Empowerment Experiment in which Anderson "bought Black" for a year, and what Shapiro's data and analysis says about the Black community losing economic ground.

HOW MUCH: FREE

For more information or to register to come, visit www.fordhallforum.org.

Crime alert: Indecent assault, Dover Street, 8 pm yesterday

[ron_newman]

From a Somerville Police press release:

Somerville Police are investigating an indecent assault and battery that occurred in the Davis Square area Monday evening. At about 8 p.m., a 32-year- old woman was walking from the Davis Square MBTA station to a nearby address. She exited the station through the rear of the Holland Street side.

The woman proceeded to walk up Dover Street toward Cambridge while talking on her cell phone when she was approached from behind by an unknown suspect who indecently assaulted her. The victim turned around, saw the suspect and screamed while running into the street. The suspect immediately fled in the direction of Davis Square. The victim was not injured and required no medical treatment.

The victim described the suspect as a black male, about 6 feet tall, wearing all black clothing and a black baseball cap.

HONK! begins this THURS!

[chillguru.livejournal.com]

With the help of the lovely people at Union Square Main Streets, we bring you a PRE-HONK! Thurs night party!!
To get Somerville warmed up for HONK! 2012, five HONK bands will invade Union Sq for a HONK pre party and you're all invited.

Don't miss the rumpus as we extend this year's HONK! a day earlier and into the plaza at Union Sq. Come out to party with us!

( Thurs night schedule )

If you're out of town for the weekend and can't catch HONK!, this is your chance to get a taste. If you're going to be at all of HONK!, this is your chance to get a little extra party in before all of the bands take over Davis Sq.

Learn more at http://www.honkfest.org/
Facebook event page

Old stone Somerville boundary posts

[ron_newman]

A century or more ago, Somerville and Medford installed stone pillars at various locations to mark the boundary between the two cities. While planning the Somerville Bicycle Committee's upcoming Edge of the City Tour on October 13, I looked around for these markers -- both on the Web and on foot around the Tufts University campus.

So far, I've found seven of them, which I've plotted on a Google map. The map includes links to a photo of each marker -- one by Georgy Cohen (georgy), two by David Maze (dzm), one by Elizabeth Bolton, and three by me. Typically, the markers have S etched on one side, M on another side, and the marker number on a third side (or sometimes the same side as S or M). ETA 10/5/12: Thanks to your comments here, the map now has 10 markers, with more coming soon.

If you've seen one that isn't on my map, please comment here so that I can add it! I'd especially like to know if any markers remain for the Somerville-Cambridge or Somerville-Boston (Charlestown) borders.

Here's my photo of one on the west side of Packard Avenue, next to the Tufts tennis courts. (Click on the photo to see a larger version.)