Elections on the Medford side of the line :)

[gingicat]

There was a City Council primary this past Tuesday (why so early? well, one of the polling places is a synagogue...) that narrowed a field of 16 to 14. There are two seats available.

Edit - forgot to mention:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1597769450491172/
Meet Your Candidates, hosted by Jay Campbell
Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30pm
Tufts University, Cohen Auditorium, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155

The November election will be:
- a hotly contested mayoral election between Bob Penta (conservative not-really-an-outsider) and Stephanie Muccini Burke (progressive long-time participant in city government)
- the aforementioned City Council election
- School Committee election

I personally think participation is really important. There are problems with streets, parks, (including Wrights Pond), mild public safety issues, snow removal, and budget allocations.

Discussions are happening mainly in Facebook groups:
- Medford for Massachusetts gives good summaries of candidate platforms (also at http://medfordforma.org/): https://www.facebook.com/MedfordForMassachusetts
- Medford Square has a lot of the discussions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/medfordsquare/

If you're a parent, male or female or other, the moderated-membership Medford Moms group has a lot of discussion of the public safety issues there as well.

Ward 6 candidate forum next Thursday; Candidates answer PDS and Somervlle Times questionnaires

[ron_newman]

The Somerville Democratic City Committee will hold a Ward 6 Candidate Forum next Thursday, September 10, at 7 pm at First Church Somerville, 89 College Avenue. All four ward alderman candidates will be there.

Progressive Democrats of Somerville sent a questionnaire to the candidates, and you can read their detailed responses here. (I wrote two of the questions, about 240 Elm Street and the West Branch Library.)

The Somerville Times also asked questions to each candidates, and here are those responses.

Here on DSLJ, we'll hold an Ask Me Anything session with 3 of the 4 candidates next Tuesday evening.

For more election coverage and links to all of the candidates, see this post.

Yard Sale 9/5, 76 Willow Ave. starts 10am

[mary388.livejournal.com]

YARD SALE! 76 Willow Ave., Saturday Sept. 5 starting at 10am

Yard Sale!!! We got the stuff we don’t want but you just have to have! Tons of MIB Star Trek items as well as other misc. collectibles from Star Wars and Harry Potter, gardening equipment including bonsai dishes,
tools and pots. Records, DVD’s, comics, board games, jewelry,
bikes, misc. furniture.

Lost book inside printer.

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

This is strange and a long shot but I'm putting it out there since I need my book back. A neighbor on Cedar street was getting rid of a large canon printer this past Monday. I took it to my house to see if it would work with my computer but it didn't. I forgot my book inside of the scanner part. The book is, Introduction To Literature by Karl Anderson. It is blue. I couldn't find a picture of it.

If anybody has the book by any chance (I know someone took the printer) could you please message me. I need it.

Ugh, I hate being forgetful, lol.

Open House and High Holidays at Havurat Sahlom

[havnik.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to let you know that attending the High Holidays at Havurat Shalom is free. We don't have tickets. You're more than welcome to just show up!

You can see the schedule of events, including all the services, here:

http://www.thehav.org/servandevents.html

and the fall newsletter is here: http://eepurl.com/bwWJvD

Open House: Saturday September 12, 2015, 6:30 PM:
Come to our Open House! Whether you’ve never been to Havurat Shalom before or are an old-timer, if you’re interested in learning about the Havurah, come to this M'lave Malkeh dinner to meet members, hear about who we are, what we do and tour the premises. Bring your friends!

Shanah tovah!

Heidi

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Somerville Toy Camera Fest

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Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This September, the third annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at the Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Gallery, making it among the largest toy camera festivals in the world. Showcasing the work of local, national and international photographers, the STCF highlights the talents and creativity of artists using low tech tools to create high art images.

Full schedule of shows and events: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/