East Somerville Main Streets Upcoming Events!

Please support East Somerville:

First Tuesdays: Fasika
May 4th, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Our monthly after-hours social is back on Tuesday and we are going to enjoy a taste of Ethiopia! Don't miss out on a night of your East Somerville friends.

Historic Walking Tour
Thursday, May 6th 5:30pm-7:30pm
Meet at Mt. Vernon (14 Broadway) for a walking tour of Historic East Somerville! Find out what has changed and what has stayed the same throughout the years. Sponsored by ESMS, Somerville Historic Preservation Commission and Mayor Joe Curtatone.

East Somerville Clean-Up
Saturday, May 8th 10am-12pm
Rain Date: May 9th
Meet at the Cross St. Senior Center (165 Broadway) for the annual Spring clean up and to make Broadway look better than ever.

East Somerville Open Studios Sites, May 1 & 2
Christian Waeber: 68 Glen St. Mudflat: 149 BroadwayVisit these Open Studio sites and support East Somerville artists! Visit http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/ for more information.

For more information contact the office at info@eastsomervillemainstreets.org or call 617-623-3869.




Fasika: From eatanddestroy's photostream!

Winter Hill in Olden Tymes

Excerpted from the Somerville News 11/5/2008 6:01:00 AM

Memories of a Hill gone by Jimmy Del Ponte On The Silly Side This week's column was a breeze to write - a gentleman who reads my ramblings every week sent me an email about growing up on Winter Hill. I asked him if I could share his memoirs with the readers here and he said yes. This is basically his story - as he told it to me. I guess you could call this week's column "On The Hilly Side." He's not the kid whose mother hung out the window and yelled "Anthony..." on Wednesday afternoon in the North End; however, this Anthony has a lot of stories to tell about his childhood in the 'Ville. He went to the Arthur D. Healey School and then Northeastern Junior High School - which was condemned at the time, but still operated as a learning institution. Anthony then graduated from Somerville High School in 1981. Read more...

A Little Confused About Foss Park

I've been reading with great interest: Somerville Massachusetts, A Brief History by Dee Morris and Dora St. Martin. In it, the authors describe the story of Saxton Conant Foss, sent from Somerville to France to contribute to the effort in World War I. He was killed in the line of duty and posthumously awarded a Distinguished Service Cross. Foss Park is named in his honor.

I often see this park refered to as "Saxton J. Foss Park". There's just a minor discrpancy in the middle initial. Anyone know why?


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