Community Path Clean-Up, Saturday

[somervilledog.livejournal.com]

The Friends of the Community Path and the Somerville Dog Owners Group (som|dog) are co-sponsoring a park clean-up on the Community Path, Saturday, November 5, 2005, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Clean-up headquarters are on the Path outside Lexington Park. Please join us!

In addition to cleaning up the Path, we will also be replanting the mums outside Lexington Park. Thank you to Ricky's Flower Market, in Union Square, for donating the mums!

Refreshments will be provided! Thank you to True Grounds, in Ball Square, and a generous Somerville dog owner for donating coffee!

Thank you, too, to the Department of Public Works, for supplying tools for the clean-up. Volunteers are encouraged to bring work gloves, rakes, brooms, and flat-head shovels/dust pans.

(Note: Please make other arrangements for your canine companions: Dogs are not allowed on the Community Path.)

Comments

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Is there a corresponding organization for Medford, or have meffites joined som | dog?

Medford Dog Owners Group

[somervilledog.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for meffites, but I can say that, to my limited knowledge, there is no Medford Dog Owners Group (yet).

The Somerville Dog Owners Group is working with the City of Somerville for safe and legal options for off-leash recreation. We also promote responsible dog ownership, and we are working to double the number of dogs licensed in Somerville (http://www.somervilledog.com/somdog/archives/how_many_dogs_are_there_in_somerville.php). (Please license your Somerville dogs!) To work toward a similar goals in Medford, Medford dog owners would do well to contact your local elected representatives.

Sixty percent of open space in Somerville is not owned by the City, rather these properties (Dilboy Field, Draw Seven, Foss Park, Mystic River Parkland and Shore Drive Parkland) are owned by the Commonwealth and are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), formerly the MDC. The Middlesex Fells are another DCR property (outside Somerville). Citizens who reside in many cities and towns in Massachusetts will have to work together for more equitable distribution of recreational opportunities on DCR properties!

Medford residents are welcome to come help clean up the Community Path in Somerville on Saturday!

Re: Medford Dog Owners Group

[dreamgirly19.livejournal.com]

what does the licensing do exactly? i have two dogs and havent registered them

Reasons to license your dog

[somervilledog.livejournal.com]

1. It's the law (http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-137.htm).


2. A true story:
   
   On Monday morning, my friend, Scott, found a dog wearing a collar with a Somerville dog license, but no other identification. Scott called the Somerville City Clerk (617-625-6600 ext. 4100), and the City Clerk gave him the phone number of the owner, who was pretty happy that her dog had been found.
   
   If your dog is lost, a current license is the best insurance that he will be returned to you quickly.


3. Only 800 dogs are licensed in Somerville. According to national averages, there may well be 18,000 dogs living in Somerville. The owners of 18,000 dogs have a stronger voice than the owners of 800 dogs.

Re: Medford Dog Owners Group

[ah42.livejournal.com]

I don't own any pets, and I no longer live in Somerville... but some people might like to know...

*Why* should people license their dogs? ("It's the law," isn't a good answer (Is it law in Somerville?))

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

Are dogs really not allowed on the path? I usually run the stretch from Alewife to Cedar St. and I always see tons of 'em.

[ceo]

Let's just say that the enforcement of that particular ordinance is, er, less than vigorous.

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

I guess so. Heh. :)

I'm surprised there's no signage.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

There IS, at the intersection of the path with Willow St, but it is NOT very clear, as it says that dogs are not allowed in park or playgrounds . . .
Doesn't state, explicitly, that the path is a park.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Was actually discussing this with a friend the other day--that there were lots of dogs on the path though not allowed. But the other day I was looking for some signage (which I know I'd seen before) and didn't see it, so thought maybe things had changed. I don't recall if I'd looked specifically at the Willow Street location, but I thought there used to also be a sign where it intersects with the Brooks parking lot, and when I looked, I didn't see it.