Emily Pauls

May 15, 2024 | cambridgeday.com | Emily Pauls

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. West Broadway reconstruction outreach pop-up,11a.m.to1p.m.Friday. City staff takes questions and feedback about the West Broadway reconstruction concept design, which will reconstruct sidewalks and repave Broadway between Clarendon Avenue and Alewife Brook Parkway (Route 16). The pop-up will be at Clarendon Hill Towers, 1372 Broadway.

May 12, 2024 | cambridgeday.com | Emily Pauls

Help for people concerned about rising water and sewer charges should be in place in Somerville with the arrival of 2025, with some changes more obvious than others. A structure that forces people in apartments or other multifamily structures into higher payment tiers is likely to be adjusted, and billing will go monthly to make it more manageable than the current cycle asking payment every four months, said Dave Fox, vice president of a city consultant called Raftelis.

May 8, 2024 | cambridgeday.com | Emily Pauls

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. Council on Aging, 11 a.m. Friday. The council’s board of directors holds a discussion on a community survey that will set priorities for senior services that have been paid for with federal and state money released as Covid-recovery aid – and will soon end. Services that help with housing, food insecurity and transportation could all be affected.

May 6, 2024 | cambridgeday.com | Emily Pauls

Somerville’s Homans Site, empty acreage that has long frustrated its neighbors, will have a temporary makeover this summer as the organization CultureHouse creates a three-month “outdoor community space” called Gilman Park on the land. “Gilman Park will be a gathering space for local organizations, a hangout space for residents, a center for civic services and an opportunity for development for local businesses, artists and creatives,” CultureHouse’s website said.

May 1, 2024 | cambridgeday.com | Emily Pauls

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. Fair Housing Commission, 3 p.m. Thursday. The commission meets to discuss Anti-Displacement Task Force updates, Fair Housing month events, review of calls and complaints since the last meeting and more. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing. City asks about federal fundsFive-Year Consolidated Plan community meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday.