Saturday, May 30, 2009

Parking meter rates and hours to increase, permit parking to expand citywide

Major upcoming changes in citywide parking are getting a lot of attention:

Start saving: Parking meter rates and hours to increase, permit parking to expand citywide

By Auditi Guha

Wicked Local Somerville

Posted May 28, 2009 @ 05:51 PM

"The plan is to create new parking meter zones in Davis and Magoun squares’ municipal parking lots in the spaces reserved for business permit parking, and have the meters run 5-8 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday.

Loading zones in Davis Square will also be metered Monday to Friday, 5-10 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

In addition, the city plans to implement citywide residential parking including the currently 162 permit-free streets."

Read the entire article, plus Q&A with City spokesperson Tom Champion.

Davis Square Meters

Photo from Walsh's flickr photostream.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Bread & Co. rises on Winter Hill, serving up French toast in a recession

Nice piece about the still-newish Winter Hill breakfast and coffee joint, Bread & Co. By Erin Smith for Wicked Local Somerville:

Bread & Co. rises on Winter Hill, serving up French toast in a recession

By Erin Smith
Wicked Local Somerville
Posted May 08, 2009 @ 03:17 PM
Somerville —

An Italian, an Irishman and a Brazilian opened a restaurant in Somerville.

No, it’s not the start of a politically incorrect joke. It’s the origin of the best new hidden gem restaurant to hit Winter Hill.

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Wicked Local photo by Mark Thomson
The banana French toast at the recently opened restaurant Bread & Co. on Broadway in Somerville.

Memories of the Winter Hill Star Market (not good ones)

Most people seem to miss the old Star Market, but not Rona Fischman, for good reason it seems:

From boston.com

Living well at the grocery store

Posted by Rona Fischman May 22, 2009 03:06 PM

"Some chains are individually owned and operated; some just price differently depending on demand. I knew this. I used to live in Winter Hill, Somerville. The nearest grocery store was the Star Market there. The prices were outrageous. Once we figured this out, we only shopped there for fill-in items. It sort of became our extended convenience store. We grocery shopped elsewhere; it was worth the gas."

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