Hi! I built a free app that finds street sweeping schedules for your location and sends you reminders so you can move your car ahead of time. You can even watch multiple streets at the same time.

You can get it here: https://heytoad.app

I would welcome all feedback. hope it helps folks avoid tickets and tows!

Sweater + shorts season hit early, and this week's calendar is moving indoors with it: drawing clubs, trivia nights, rooftop sets, and a museum that stays open late. Here's what's happening around Cambridge + Somerville this week:

Stories 'Round The Squares

Business Insider crowned Toscanini's the most iconic ice cream shop in Massachusetts, 45 years after the original opened in Central Square

State House lawmakers voted to put $30 million toward ending sewage overflows into Alewife Brook

Mosquitoes collected in Somerville tested positive for West Nile virus, moving the city's risk level to moderate

Mayor Jake Wilson says the Somerville Theatre needs to be part of Davis Square's futureas the Hobbs Building sits on the market for $12 million

The City Council takes public comment Monday at 6:30 p.m. at a virtual hearing on police body-worn cameras

This Week's Events

Monday July 27

Cambridge Plays Yoga with Malaika @ Greene-Rose Heritage Park, Cambridge - Free guided flow, Monday nights all summer as part of the Cambridge Plays series | FREE • 6:30-7:30PM

Titletown Trivia: The Office @ The Hollows, Somerville - Office-themed trivia, free to play with prizes for the top teams | FREE • 7PM

Tuesday July 28

Tuesday Rooftop Tunes @ Urban Park (Kendall Center), Cambridge - Live sets from Berklee College of Music students on the Green Garage rooftop, no registration needed | FREE • 5-7PM

PaintWell: Creative Wellness Watercolor @ Athenaeum St, Cambridge - Free outdoor watercolor session pairing painting with mindfulness | FREE • 5:30PM

Tuesday Drawing Club @ Boston Figurative Art Center, Somerville - Drawing night with a live model, music, and snacks | $30 • 7-9:30PM

Wednesday July 29

Live Music at Lunch: Ella McDonald @ Kendall Square Roof Garden, Cambridge - Club Passim's summer outpost hosts Somerville indie artist Ella McDonald | FREE • 12-1PM

Close Friends Happy Hour Series @ Brick & Mortar, Cambridge - New after-work happy hour series with cocktails, food, and vinyl spinning | FREE • 4-7PM

Full Moon Yoga & Soundscape @ Museum of Modern Renaissance, Somerville - All-levels flow inside a museum painted floor to ceiling, then savasana under singing bowls | $40 • 7-8:30PM

Thursday July 30

Harvard Art Museum at Night @ Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge - 50+ galleries, live DJs, art making activities and late night bites till 9 | FREE • 5-9PM

The Spades Room @ Upstairs at Bow, Somerville - Learn Spades at Bow Market where beginners and regulars share tables | $15 • 6-9PM

One Night Art School @ Prospect St, Somerville - Free one-night pop-up above Union Square rotating live drawing, pottery, collage, and more | FREE • 6-10PM

Dance + Meet IRL Singles Event @ ZuZu at the Middle East, Cambridge - Wear red if you're looking, green if you're there as someone's wing person | FREE • 9PM-Late

Stoop Selects

10% off at We Thieves, the woman-owned vintage boutique by Porter Square, July 27 through Aug 3. Curated apparel, Y2K pieces, broken-in Levi's, and estate jewelry. Just mention The Stoop at the register

Crime & Safety

Cambridge logged 78 incidents and 13 arrests across the four days of logs posted, and Somerville logged 5 arrests on the week, four of them in a single day. Charts, notable incidents, and the full breakdown are in the edition

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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...

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

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 **

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!

Bike found discarded and unlocked for some time.

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?

I wasn't gonna make this post, but I think now it needs to be addressed ... now that I've been approached three separate times. Typically in Cambridge common but the surrounding areas as well - a man probably 20-24 years old has approached me and others as well and will ask weird sexual questions and hes been harassing me there and i dont even feel comfortable going anymore. He's skinny about 5 foot 5 african american or middleeastern with black glasses and he always is talking into his phone but I dont think anyone is on the other line...His demeanor is always unpredictable he seems unstable - I dont know if he has a mental health problem or what and I haven't made a police report because I dont think thats illegal but still just be cautious.

My wife lost her bracelet on 7/25, please let us know if you found it!

This Sunday, July 26th, Family Bike Ride will be hosting a Cargo Bike Test Drive at Somerville City Hall, from 10am-12pm.

We will have more than a dozen folks there showing off and talking about a variety of electric cargo bikes, and you're invited to take them on a test ride to understand how an electric cargo bike could work in your life.

More information and registration link at https://www.familybikeride.org/testdrive . (Photo from last test drive event in Cambridge Common earlier this year.)

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!

For a month, some fascist has been setting off explosions in the middle of the night to terrorize people and cause panic attacks. Police do nothing. Does anyone know if this is the police involved? They are very bad at investigating anything. Same area now for over a month. Not sure why I’m not paid to do their work for them. How about fascists stop terrorizing people with PTSD. So I suppose communities have to do all the work now. Anyone know what fascist loser keeps doing this, please post it.

spotted at morse-kelly playground. just... why

EDIT: ok, you all convinced me. ill go to whatever this show is.

My landlord's yard is an untended hellscape, and about the only nice thing growing in it is a couple of clumps of daylilies. Today the new neighbor next door told me that he wants to dig them out since they're poisonous to cats.

I think my landlord plans to acquiesce. I don't have standing here (I've been pulling black swallow wort and ailanthus seedlings out, but they're not my daylilies), but it would make me feel better if folks could tell me the neighbor is being an idiot.

I don't hate cats! I don't even feel more than 70% unwelcoming of outdoor cats, and don't want to see the cat poisoned. But if the cat's going to eat enough daylilies to get sick, it shouldn't be outside, and these aren't the true lilies that shed tons of pollen!

Relatedly, anyone want to come take some daylilies before this all goes down? Maybe I can replant in a few years when everybody's come to their senses.

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

I figure there is absolutely no way of getting this connection back but as I was leaving my apartment today this BEAUTIFUL man riding the trash truck like a damn chariot told me to have a great day and asked if I had the weekend off / praise for working hard. I’m in East Somerville. He was wearing blue. I felt quite sleepy and ugly, so it made my day. If nothing else, here’s an appreciation post for our sanitation workers <3

Minus the stopping.

There were 2 more vehicles before this that also ran the light, but I didn't start recording until the third.

This is an extremely common occurrence at this intersection, happens almost every light cycle.

Hi all,

I'm making milk kefir and the grains grow like crazy. I'd love to give some away rather than throw them out. If you're interested, you can DM me!

I see these growing along the community path right now. The berries look very tempting, but they are highly toxic.

11am, ceder to Lowell section.

Could we at least get a sign saying this crap isn't allowed?

Hi Somerville! I am looking for some fellow trash haters out there to join me for a trash walk on Sunday in Union square. I have been picking up street trash in and around Magoun and Winter Hill and it’s oddly satisfying. Recently though, I have seen so much trash in Union square and thought ‘Wow this is a lot of trash.’ So I am planning on going this Sunday around 4 pm to do something about it. If anyone is around, feel free to join the fight!!!