2012-05-30

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furniture

free couch, clean!

home upholstered in new green upholstery cloth. Have to move on short notice and can't take it with me. Never had time to sew the last cushion, but there's enough cloth to finish the job. it's on the curb of 8-10 banks st, somerville. come and get it!

Du'oh! Still there. Here's a working pic:

Current Mood: thrifty

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gardening,
scavenge

Five-gallon buckets?

I've decided to embark on a small container garden using self-irrigating five-gallon bucket contraptions. Does anyone know of a business that uses those sorts of buckets and is willing to give them away to budget gardeners? I can just start wandering into stores and asking but thought maybe you guys could direct my search to make it more fruitful.

Thanks.

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Knucklebones Closing

Knucklebones is apparently being forced to close. Does anyone have more insight into the situation?

Letter from the owner explaining:
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The voice of Fenway

As you may have heard, the public-address announcer at Fenway Park, Carl Beane, died in a car crash earlier this month. Today Boston.com reports that the Red Sox are auditioning for a replacement announcer.

Surely I can't be the only Somervillain who immediately thought that our good buddy

tom_champion would be perfect for this job? :)

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shopping

Flea market starting in Davis Square - June 3 and every Sunday through October

The Davis Flea market starts this Sunday, June 3, and will be open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm through the end of October. It will be in the city parking lot at the corner of Holland Street and Buena Vista Road, next to Harvard Vanguard.

According to their website, "The Davis Flea features vendors of antique, vintage, and unique collectables in an open air market. Our purpose is to curate the highest quality of reused, repurposed, and recycled wares for you to explore."

For more info, visit their website and their Facebook page.

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financial

Tax Advisor Sought for Education Related Advice

So I'm currently in a situation where I might be able to make the finances fall-in place and go to school at Landmark College in VT this Fall. Since they specialize in students with learning disablities, their web site says you can sometimes get a medical deduction as a special education expense and to consult your tax advisor.

I don't have a tax advisor.

So since I have no freaking clue as to how to even start the search process, I'm asking all you snarkers at home for advice. If you have specific advisors for me to check-out, you need to know I don't drive. If someone's particularly kick-ass, I will take the extra time to commuter rail and Regional Transit Authority out to someone.

Especially since the advisor's advice might help me avoid this from being a true statement: College: the fling that lasts 2, 4, 5 years, but costs you a lifetime.

http://www.landmark.edu/admissions/tuition-and-financial-aid/making-landmark-affordable/

ETA Landmark link.

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Grounding McGrath Highway meeting Thurs 5.31

Apologies not Davis Square, but important to Somerville's future in general. It looks like we need a large turnout Thursday 5.31 to tell the state/MASS DOT to convert the elevated portions of McGrath Highway to an at grade boulevard. Currently they want to spend $10 million in repairs to extend it's life. This is absurd, as no one wants this ugly piece of concrete in our city. The money should be spent to deelevate it, rather than wasted. If it is spent to extend it's life, you can bet it will not be deelevated for a *long* time.

See STEP website for meeting details and more insight on the issue: http://www.somervillestep.org/2012/05/mccarthy_overpa.html

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Urban Promise Church is NOT closing

even though it looks that way right now. All of the Urban Promise signage is gone, and the only remaining sign just says "SPACE FOR RENT 617-999-5133".

I called the number and talked to the minister, who told me that a non-profit in New Jersey (ETA: I'm guessing this one) had registered the name 'Urban Promise' and sent the church a cease-and-desist letter, forcing them to change their name. They'll probably go back to 'West Somerville Church of the Nazarene' or something similar.

So, not to worry, Theatre@First and PMRP are not about to lose their practice and performance space. But they will need to change the church name used in their publicity soon.

(For those who don't know what I'm talking about -- this is the church at the southeast corner of Elm and Russell streets.)