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Run-Walk to Home Base sponsored by Red Sox and Mass General
Somerville Resident Crosses Home Plate at Fenway Park to Support Wounded Veterans.
Give the Gift of Golf - Open Year Round
Golf Gift Certificates from East Coast Golf in Northborough MassachusettsGive a gift certificate to East Coast Golf Academy and Practice Center located in Northborough Mass at the corner or Route 9 & 20. Certificates may be redeemed for practice buckets or lessons at the driving range that is open year round with grass tees (in season) and heated shelters for the cold, rain or snow. Learn to play or improve your game with lessons from the PGA professional golf instructors. Ask about discount practice packages and Free Golf Clinics.
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Somerville Massachusetts is an urban industrial city located northwest of Boston along the divide between the lower Charles and Mystic River watersheds. In its earliest history Somerville served as the grazing lands for the residents and farmers of Charlestown and had only a few scattered permanent settlements. This is a sharp contrast to the Somerville of today which is comprised of 4.1 square miles and has a total population of over 77,400 people making it the most densely populated community in New England!

Somerville was established as a town in 1842 and its population grew in leaps and bounds from that time forward. Many of the new settlers worked in the brick yards producing as many as 1.3 million bricks a year by hand or 5.5 million with a new press. At its highest point in production the town was turning out 24 million bricks being made in 12 brick yards in the city.

By the end of 1851, heavy industry was prominent here and was soon followed by rolling and slitting mills, iron works and manufacturers of steam engines and boilers. With the establishment of the street car lines, Somerville's population again exploded growing to six times its number between 1870 and 1915. The scale of the meat packing industry earned Somerville the reputation as the Chicago of New England. The city's population reached its peak during the Second World War when almost 106,000 people were said to create a density greater than that of Calcutta!

Closely built two families and triple-deckers fill the city to house its dense and diversified people. Today, Somerville is a mix of blue-collar families, young professionals and recent immigrants. It is known for its large number of city squares which help mark neighborhood boundaries. Among those most active today are Davis Square, Union Square, Ball Square, Teele Square and Magoun Square.

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Save 20% up to $50.00 off your 1st Auto Repair
Expires: 10/15/2012
Save 20% up to $50.00 off any auto service for first time customers to Ideal Automotive in Somverville Mass. Ideal Auto is family owned and operated since 1961 located steps from the Davis Square MBTA station. All work is guaranteed - Credit & Debit/ATM cards accepted.

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Run-Walk to Home Base Presented by New Balance
Date: 05/20/2012
Time: 8:00am
Link: www.RunToHomeBase.org

Fundraising Walk or Run to raise funds for the Home Base Program

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Run-Walk to Home Base Presented by New Balance
Date: 05/20/2012
Time: 8:00am
Link: www.RunToHomeBase.org

Fundraising Walk or Run to raise funds for the Home Base Program

Run-Walk to Home Base sponsored by Red Sox and Mass General
Somerville Resident Crosses Home Plate at Fenway Park to Support Wounded Veterans.

SCALE Walk-a-Thon
Dates: 05/09/12
Time: 8AM-9AM and 5PM-6PM
Link: www.somerville.k12.ma.us/education

Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences

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