Zoning Overhaul Meeting POSTPONED

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Community Note: Economic Development Zoning Meeting POSTPONED Due to Snow

Due to today’s forecast, the City’s public meeting on Economic Development as part of the proposed Zoning Overhaul Process has been POSTPONED. The meeting, originally scheduled for Mon., Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m., will be rescheduled for a later date. For the full meeting series schedule and additional information, visit www.somervillema.gov/zoning.

free books: foreign-language stuff and books on writing

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Hi folks,

These are available to a good home. Please let me know what you'd like.

German-language materials
Deutsch Heute (German Today): textbook, workbook, and accompanying CDs
German-English/English-German dictionary—standard paperback size

ETA: also, a whole stack of (handwritten) German-English flash cards.--CLAIMED

Russian-language materials
Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way
Russian-English/English-Russian dictionary—standard paperback size

books on writing
Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscript (Cynthia Laufenberg)
How to Blog a Book (Nina Amir)
Writing Novels that Sell (Jack M. Bickham)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott)--CLAIMED
By Cunning and Craft [advice for fiction writers] (Peter Selgin)
The Writing Life (National Book Award Authors)
Essays on the Novel (about Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen)
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Bill Bryson)
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the U.S. (Bill Bryson)

Somerville snow emergency ends, move cars out of city lots by 9 pm

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Hello, this is Jackie Rossetti from the City of Somerville with snow-related information for Mon., Feb. 8.

Somerville's snow emergency will end as of 7 p.m. this evening, and normal parking rules will go back into effect. Vehicles parked in school and City lots MUST be moved within 2 hours of the end of the snow emergency. Cars not moved from these lots by 9 p.m. tonight may be subject to ticketing and towing.

Additionally, permit enforcement will resume at 9 p.m. Tuesday, so please make sure your parking permit is visible.

Property owners are reminded that they have 6 daylight hours after snow ends to clear sidewalks of snow and ice or you may be ticketed.

We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this storm. For more information on post-snow policies, please visit http://www.somervillema.gov/snow. For more information or to submit a non-emergency service request, please dial 311 or 617-666-3311 from cellphones or outside Somerville.

Davis Square Area Presidential Primary Poll

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As we often do before important elections, Davis Square LiveJournal presents a poll.
Which Presidential candidate do you prefer in the upcoming March 1 primary?

Remember that the registration deadline for the primary is this Wednesday, February 10.

(Note: Like our previous polls in DSLJ, this is not a secret ballot; individual votes are readable by all members of the community)

Feel free to post any comments that are relevant to the candidates or the primary election.

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