The Gobble View from Magoun Square

Here's a view of yesterday's Somerville Road Runners Thanksgiving Gobble Gobble Gobble. Can you find yourself??

Help shape the future of Magoun Square this Wednesday night, 5/25/2011 6:00 PM.

From ward5online.com, by Courtney O'Keefe:

Magoun Square tops the agenda for the upcoming Housing and Community Development Committee scheduled for Wednesday May 25th at 6pm, being held in the second floor committee room of City Hall.

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Photo borrowed from Gig Harmon's flickr photostream.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone's 2009 Mid-Term Address

Read Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone's 2009 Mid-Term Address in the Somerville News. The steady progress throughout Somerville definitely makes me feel optimistic. Note some important shout-outs to the Winter Hill and East Somerville community, including the support of the East Somerville Community School after the 2007 fire, infrastructure and transportation development in East Somerville and Magoun Square as part of the Obama recovery plan, as well as preparation for the IKEA move to Assembly Square.

I have to admit though, I do miss Good Time.

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Big Buck Hunting, Winter Hill Style

If you are not familiar with the video game Big Buck Hunter and it's various forms you may want to acquaint yourself and prepare for the next tournament season. Where best to do this? You'll be happy to know that there is a Big Buck Hunter system right here in Winter Hill at the Olde Magoun's Saloon.

And don't worry, if you are considerate and take the time to explain that they are not *real* animals, even your more sensitive friends might join you for a hunt after a few drinks.

Magoun Square: Green Line Extension, Neighborhood Meetings, etc.

The great hope for Winter Hill is that there will one day be a green line on the MBTA that takes you back home after a day of work to a mini-bustling area centered in Magoun Square where you can have some coffee or get a beer, and then pick up whatever else you might need from a local shop on the walk home. This probably will never happen without significant community involvement.

Unfortunately, this information is a little late, and there isn't much on the web, but as an FYI for the future, here are a few sites and some information that you might keep an eye on for information about future discussions, meetings, etc. related to development in the area:

Blue Mass Group
Magoun Square ResiStat
Magoun Square ResiStat Yahoo Group
Progressive Democrats of Somerville interview Joe Lynch about Magoun Square

For a little more info on the types of neighborhood discussions at the ResiStat meetings, see this pdf of the notes from the last Magoun Square ResiStat meeting.


If you have more information that would be useful to post, please get in touch.