Sunday, October 31, 2010

Let's hear it for Math! In Somerville!

From Somerville Mathematics:

Welcome to Somerville Mathematics, a blog devoted to exciting mathematical things happening in Somerville MA. I am the founder of The Somerville Mathematics Fund, an affiliate of Dollars for Scholarshttp://www.somervillemathematicfund.org/. The Math Fund was chartered to celebrate and encourage mathematics achievement in Somerville. I find that there are many other interesting things happening mathematically in Somerville and I hope on this blog to have others share what they are doing. So please contact me at voolich@aol.com if you would like to contribute an article. Erica
Chris Devers notes someone's complex mathematical achievement in the bathroom at Redbones.


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Please help: Lost Winter Hill Shih Tzu

From Somerville Blog:


by Auditi Guha

Animal Control Officer April Terrio has sent out an alert about a missing Shih Tzu in Somerville.
Precious is a 5-year-old female who lives in Winter Hill. She was last seen at 7 p.m. on front porch of 10 Sycamore Terrace. She is mostly white, with small amount of brown and wears a silver choke chain. She is a familiar fixture in her neighborhood and her owner is very distraught.


If you see her please contact April at 617-625-6600 ext 2190.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Somerville Blog skipping right past the 2010s to the 2012 elections: Capuano for Senate?

From wickedlocal.com by Andy Metzger:

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Congressman Michael Capuano, D-Somerville, hasn’t ruled out another crack at the seat once held by Ted Kennedy. A Winter Hill resident, Capuano was the mayor of Somerville, during the 1990s.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

De-paving Winter Hill

From boston.com By Marion Davis:


Striking a blow for a softer, greener world
The ‘de-paving’ movement comes to Somerville

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It was a small victory, but combined with dozens like it, that ceremonial smash helped reclaim about 400 square feet of green space in a backyard in Somerville, a city that is 77 percent paved over. A few blocks away, behind another Winter Hill house, volunteers cleared about 200 square feet of asphalt.

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