Parking free in metered lots on Saturdays for residents

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

This past Saturday I was feeding a meter in Davis Square when a parking officer approached me and told me that because I have a resident sticker, I can park in any of the metered lots in Davis Square without paying, on any Saturday. I was surprised because I feel like I stay pretty well-informed about stuff like that, and hadn't heard anything of the sort.

I took a look on somervillema.gov and parksomerville.com and could not find anything to corroborate this. Nor have I seen anything about it on the city's social media accounts -- although admittedly it's easy to miss things on Twitter and Facebook. I tweeted this morning to the official city Twitter account asking whether this is true, and they replied that it is. I replied back asking why it isn't mentioned anywhere on either of the aforementioned websites, but haven't received a response to that yet. (Update: Got a rather tepid response from @SomervilleCity on Twitter, saying that they will "ask Traffic and Parking" to put this info on their website.)

In any case, since this was news to me, I figure it might be news to others also, so I'm passing it along. Caveat: I'm not entirely clear on which lots are covered by this. The parking officer indicated the Rite Aid lot, as that was nearest where we were at the time, but he also said "or any of the other metered lots" with a sweeping arm motion that I interpreted to mean the Davis Square area, but maybe it meant all metered parking lots throughout the city for all I know.

Stargazing locations

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

Hi Everyone, Tried to watch the meteor shower last night from Robbin's Farm Park and it was ok, but still too much light pollution. Want to try again tonight. I have a car but don't want to venture too far away (the islands are not an option), anyone have a recommendation, especially in the Concord, Lexington, Rt2 area - i figure light pollution is less in that direction?? Thanks

Theatre@First Shakespeare Slam THIS SUNDAY!

[jh1230.livejournal.com]

Hello, everyone!

This coming Sunday, August 18th, your local thespians from Theatre@First are proud to bring you a SHAKESPEARE SLAM at The Burren (247 Elm St.)! But what IS a Shakespeare Slam, you ask? Why, it's an afternoon of open-mic theater, with a special eye toward the Bard! So if you like:

-Open Mic Readings

-One Act Plays

-Sketch Comedy
-Trivia Games

-Shakespeare

or all of the above, then come see what we have to offer!

***ALL WELCOME, none judged!***

( Additional details found here )

The Facebook page for the event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/400460186739483/

I hope to see many of you there!

Jared Hite