It appears that Somerville finally has their new system up for sending street sweeping/trash alerts by email, phone, text etc. I set mine up by going to http://www.somervillema.gov/trash finding my address under "My Schedule" and then choosing "Sign up for reminders". So far I have been getting emails with trash pickup, and the system knows ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any info on the duration of the roadwork in and around Davis? When combined with the roadwork around Porter Sq., the traffic has been a hairball of mythic proportions this week, and getting from Winter Hill to North Cambridge an exercise in frustration ( Read more... )

In previous years, there have been days for hazardous waste disposal in June and September at the DPW. This year, I can't find any mention of them, on the city website or the ResiStat mailings. What are we to do with our hazardous waste?

Press release from the city: http://www.somervillema.gov/news/new-somerville-data-farm-gives-real-time-look-city-operations

SOMERVILLE - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone is excited to announce a new home for the City's data sets, which gives Somerville residents easy access to the same data he uses to make decisions. Now you can take a trip to the Data ( Read more... )

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/08/27/two-harvard-grads-want-change-the-way-help-the-homeless/7sUBFGwo1BNYOS7gpjjJ6M/story.html?p1= ( Read more... )

I recall that there was some heated discussion about a posting. The OP had seen a bus whose front sign was flashing "Call MBTA Police at xxx-xxxx." Unfortunately, the OP couldn't remember the number and so called the Somerville police at their business number. The person answering the phone said to hang up and dial 911, and the OP found this to ( Read more... )

Somerville is surveying residents to gauge interest in city-sponsored/organized solar programs: http://www.somervillema.gov/alerts/survey-residential-solar-program-interest

The survey will be open until Feb 21 and is open to both owners and

Looking for advice... I put in a request to 311 over two months ago to have a City tree in front of my house trimmed. I've followed up 3 times to 311 and once to an individual DPW employee. The only responses I've gotten are that my request has been sent to DPW ( Read more... )

Anyone already have an answer to what to do if you already had 64 gallon rolling containers that you bought and paid for before the City decided to give them out? They were expensive, there's nothing wrong with them, and I can't store 1-2 more containers on the property if the City drops off a couple more this week. Is there any way to actually ( Read more... )

Cambridge is doing a pilot of curbside compost pickup next year in a limited geographical area that runs from Alewife to Porter south of Mass Ave. They're looking for up to 800 households to sign up by December 20. See the link above for more details, including the exact map of eligible streets, and to sign up.