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Your editorMarcia Dick is the assistant editor of Globe North and oversees this Somerville site.
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Winter Hill could be converted to Somerville innovation school
The Somerville school district is moving to convert the Winter Hill Community School into an innovation school before the start of the school year in the fall.
Boston Globe, 02/14/2012
Cambridge boys, Somerville girls win Greater Boston League track meet
The Somerville Highlander girls used two late relay victories to slip past Cambridge and win the meet by just three points. Boston Globe, 2/12/12

"Come together, Right Now ... and Don't Sort," was put together by Deborah Baskin, Liam Campbell, Fiona Campbell, Theo Gounden-Rock, Izzy Larsen, Ben Larsen, and Zara Gounden-Rock.Somerville announces recycling photo contest winners
Top honors in a Somerville recycling photo contest went to a creative group of Orchard Street youngsters, the city said Wednesday. Boston Globe, 2/8/12
- Photo Gallery: Winners from Somerville's recycling photo contest

Bracket: Vote for the town with the most famous local in Boston
We presented lists of famous folks from nearby communities over the past few months. You helped us narrow down the choices of the two most notable from each. Now you get to choose which community has the most famous local.
Famous folks from towns around Boston:
Newton
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Wellesley
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Roxbury
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Cambridge
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Belmont
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Burlington
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Dorchester
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Medford
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Milton
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Lexington
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South Boston
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Concord
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Quincy
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Somerville
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Brookline
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Beacon Hill






Snapshot
Households with a member who is two races or more, 2010
Households with a member who is two races or more tend to be concentrated in urban areas such as Lawrence, Brockton, Chelsea and new Bedford, according to the US Census from 2010.
- Median age of males, 2010
- Median age of females, 2010
- Change in population, 1950-2010
- Cigarette smokers per community, 2009
- Independent voters, 2010
- Percent of republicans, 2010
- Democrats as a percent of voters
- Stolen cars per 10,000 residents

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