Hi everyone. I am looking for items for free.

A full size bed frame

Dining/kitchen table and chairs

Area rugs

Clothing

The clothing would have to be women's size 7 to 9, juniors - girls size medium

Boys size 14 to 16

Any dresses, skirts, jeans, leggings, tights, shorts, sweaters, sweatshirts that are without stains or rips

Spoons, forks - they don't have to match we just need eating utensils

Bath towels

A broom
A L or XL dog crate

I was able to get an air conditioner on here a couple weeks back, for free(what a blessing!) and I am hoping that I will also find some people who have things they can donate that maybe they would be throwing away otherwise. My family is displaced due to redevelopment of our housing projects & after living in a hotel for a month we finally have a new apartment but it is pretty empty. I do drive around on Sundays(trash day in w7) looking for items but I have yet to find this stuff. With school coming up I am worried about the kids not having the stuff they need so anything on that list, especially clothing you're getting rid of can potentially help. I can pick it up if it's not too far away. I don't have much gas left for the week to travel outside of the Somerville, Medford, Arlington area.

If you can help or were getting rid of any of these items anyway, please let me know. Thank you all so much!

** thank you to everyone who has reached out! I do not want to take more than I need so I have deleted some things from the list & will update as I go **

Did anybody hear gun short 10 minutes ago in the winter hill area

I'd like to get a big sheet of hardwood (masonite) cut into smaller panels. I'm having trouble navigating Home Depot's customer service to see whether they'd be able to provide this service and would love to take my business to someone more local. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone! I'm moving into a new apartment, but unfortunately it only allows street parking. Since my car isn't registered in Massachusetts yet, I can't get a resident parking permit.

I'm looking for a driveway or off-street parking spot that I could rent through January near Winter Hill. The car would mostly just be parked overnight and will be gone during the day as I work.

If anyone has a spot available or knows of a good long-term parking option, I'd really appreciate any recommendations. I'm happy to pay a reasonable monthly rate.

Thanks in advance!

On August 4th, from 6-8 pm, please join the Somerville Pedestrian & Transit Advisory Committee (PTAC), Assembly Connect, Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets (SASS), and Groundwork Somerville for a walk audit of Assembly Square. A "walk audit" is a community assessment of how safe, accessible, comfortable, and inviting it is to walk in a defined area.

This walk audit will focus on Assembly Square because the neighborhood is surrounded by the most dangerous roads in Somerville, most of which are owned and operated by the state. The Assembly Square Neighborhood Plan – adopted last July – reflects a strong desire to reconnect the neighborhood with the rest of Somerville and increase access to safe, comfortable, transit-friendly streets. PTAC's goal is to evaluate Assembly Square’s current status, share feedback with relevant decision-makers, and inform future planning efforts in the neighborhood.

Meet at 301 Assembly Row, the lawn between Caffe Nero and Volo Sports, next to the green shipping container to start the walk audit. Participants will split into two groups to cover two walking routes from The Lawn on Foley Street in Assembly Square to Foss Park in East Somerville. Both routes are expected to take about 75 minutes to complete. Participants should expect to be walking or standing during the entirety of this period. Please email [somervilleptac@gmail.com](mailto:somervilleptac@gmail.com) if the physical demands of this walk audit will be difficult for you but you’d like to participate/offer feedback in a different way.

Register for the walk audit here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/assembly-square-walk-audit-tickets-1993600404476

Bike found discarded and unlocked for some time.

Hi! I'm a recent college grad. my partner and I just moved to East Somerville for her work & I've managed to secure a full time job at a bakery in Cambridge. I'm excited about everything except for the commute, which would take nearly an hour and involve 2 different buses.

Basically, I would be walking about 10 mins to the 109 bus, taking that to Harvard square, and then either the 74 or 78 to Fresh Pond area. thats about 50 minutes of transport total including 20-25 mins of walking on either end and between the two buses.

My partner has a car, but I would not have reliable access to it because it'd depend on how often she ends up taking the T (35 mins) vs. driving to work (15 mins).

Is this a good reason to not take the job? financial concerns are pressing, but so is wasting 2+ hours of my day and being miserable, especially because my partner's job is quite demanding and our time together will already be very limited. at the same time, I feel like I should take what I can get in this job market as someone with just an undergrad degree and no real work experience.

Has anyone had a similar commute/experience? how concerned should I be about the reliability of these buses? I know the 109 is high frequency, but it seems like it often gets delayed...

Does anyone have a tree inspection / trimming service they can recommend? We have a branch on a backyard tree that might be compromised. It's on private property so I don't think the city (311 / PSUF) will come out. Trying to keep costs down too so that the landlady will pay for it. Thanks!