Opa! Greek Yeeros is open

[teko.livejournal.com]

They just opened today in the former Kickass Cupcakes space. I stopped by this afternoon; they have a choice of chicken, pork, or beef/lamb gyros (or "yeeros" as they call them), salads, kebabs, hummus, soups, and spanakopita. They also make their own yogurt -- I got a cup of the stuff topped with Greek honey and fresh figs, and it was rich and very tasty. Their menu, hours, etc are here.

Proposal to Buy Bulk Electricity to Reduce Costs and Introduce Renewable Energy Sources

[mem-winterhill.livejournal.com]

I attended the city's Commission on Energy Use and Climate Change (CEUCC) meeting this evening. One of the issues discussed was this proposal to have the city adopt a Community Choice Aggregation Program for. From the web site:

The objective of municipal aggregation is to lower electricity bills through the formation of a buying group composed of the residents and businesses without interfering with the level of service provided by the existing utility (Eversource in Somerville), which will continue to distribute the electricity supply. In addition to lowering and stabilizing electricity prices, aggregation can be used to increase the amount of renewable energy in the community’s energy supply.

It sounded like a reasonable proposal, which has been adopted in other communities, as a way to help access more green power, among other benefits. We are still having other initiatives like Solarize Somerville (which is still underway and will roll out later in the spring), but that won't be suitable for everyone's situation. So this might be an option some folks would like to investigate.

They hope that people will read this and ask any questions they might have. http://www.somervillema.gov/sustainaville/cca

(By the way, if this is an issue that interests you and you have skills in their topic areas, the city will also have a couple of openings on this commission soon. Look for announcements.)

Glitchy street cleaning email notification emails from the city?

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

The city email notification for street cleaning is a great service and has worked fine but I noticed I didn't get one for today (1st & 3rd Wed). I had backup with a calendar app I forgot to disable when I signed up with the city, so I didn't get caught. I did receive one for the 1st Wed. – so maybe it is a temporary outage.

Anyway – maybe something to check if you have come to rely on those city notifications.