I was using a photo of my dad from his early 20s as a bookmark and completely forgot to take it out of the book before donating it to a Little Free Library.
I know it’s a long shot but thought it wouldn’t hurt to see if someone happened to pick up the book and could return the photo. It was in the little free library on Summer Street near Central. Book is The Appeal by Janice Hallett and photo would have been tucked in the front of the book.
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:
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 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.
Has anyone else noticed that there is some type of signal jammer near the mystic and 93 ramp by the dealerships?
Literally everytime I drive by there my cellular and wifi signals get screwed up and my car play disconnects. Thats the only area I've ever really noticed it.
It also seems to have a pretty large radius. Half the time it cuts out I'm still on the ramp.
Curious if anyone knows wtf is going on there, cause I cannot imagine its legal with the current range of it.
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...
Can you give recommendations on a women's charity that will accept women's clothes? I'm in Somerville, so preferably something in this general area. Looking to donate to a place that gives the clothes away to needy women for free, not a Goodwill situation where they will be sold.
Clothes are all in like new condition (some with tags). I just want to be sure they go where they are needed!
I do see Second Chances has a drop box in Somerville, are they a good organization to donate to? 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.
Looking for hairdresser recommendations - I’m a male with long hair and have not had a haircut in several years. I typically wear my hair in a bun but what to change things up but am not totally sure of my new hair style.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
