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December 6, 2019 | Redefining ‘The Holidays’
December 5, 2019 | ISD Continues Search for Permanent Health Inspector
December 2, 2019 | Do-Gooders, Key Players, and Game Changers: Tufts Hillel’s Initiative for Innovative Community Building
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Oh, how things change! We are currently collecting photo submissions for January’s “Then and Now” issue. Businesses, we want your photos of the first year you opened and a photo of where you are now! Residents, we want photos from the year you came to town and what you’ve been up to since then! Email submissions to Lilly at lmilman@scoutmagazines.com. Thank you Peter Payack for this submission!

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Out of Town News left town at the end of October in advance of city plans to renovate the 64-year-old kiosk, according to The Harvard Crimson. The newsstand sold “newspapers from around the globe” to a wide audience of students, locals, and even famous faces like Robert Frost and Julia Child. Recently, it struggled with sales due to a rise in digital news outlets, Harvard Square Business Association Executive Director Denise Jillson told the Crimson. Link in bio. 📸: @lilly_milman

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Linda Kasten, a biostatician who lives and works in Cambridge, grew up in a community with only a small Jewish population, and can take some pleasure in the decorations and lights thrown up in the winter time. But she still takes issue with the use of the term “holidays,” because in many ways, it doesn’t acknowledge the fact that many of the most important holidays observed by Jews have passed by the time December rolls around. “You can say the Christmas season. That’s what it should be,” she says. “And many Jews would prefer people call things a ‘Christmas party’ instead of a ‘holiday party.’” Link in bio. 📸: @lilly_milman

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There is currently no permanent health inspector for the city of Somerville. The Inspectional Services Department (ISD) has been advertising to fill two Senior Code Enforcement Officer positions since Oct. 15, according to the city’s Deputy Director of Communications, Jaclyn Rossetti. The role of the aforementioned officers is primarily to perform food-related inspections. Link in bio. 📸: Eric Kilby, Flickr Creative Commons

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We sat down with Michael Monestime, executive director of the Central Square Business Improvement District, and talked to him about place-keeping. Read the full interview in Scout Cambridge, available in print for free in over 300 locations around the city. 📸: @centralsqbid

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Gift cards have earned a reputation as being a lazy gift giver’s best friend, but it doesn’t have to be that way. It’s all about where you’re buying from—gift cards actually open up a world of experiences, if you’re willing to just do a little digging. While anyone can enjoy a prepaid Visa or Starbucks gift card, they lack the personal flair that marks a good gift. That’s why we’ve come up with a list of thoughtful and inventive gift card ideas that show you care, while still saving you hours of shopping at the mall. Link in bio. 📸: @cambridgecenter

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Yum! We love this delicious shot of a few of the tasty South East Asian treats of Cambridge’s @chalawanboston. What’s your favorite dish? 📸: @canitry7bites

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Starting your holiday shopping? Pick up a copy of Scout for 40+ handpicked gift ideas from dozens of local stores, like these Frida Kahlo and RBG mugs from NOMAD. We’ve picked something for everyone in our gift guide! 📸: @nomadcambridge

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Only 4 percent of Boston’s adults are Jewish, according to data from Pew Research Center. It’s no surprise that Jewish students may feel alienated by the city’s strong Christmas spirit. At Tufts University, they’re searching for a place to connect to themselves, to their religious identities, and to each other. For over five years, Rabbi Jordan Braunig has been working to help more Jewish students at Tufts University feel at home. His Initiative for Innovative Community Building within Tufts Hillel, Tufts’ Jewish student organization, brings together a group of 20 student fellows each year to build an intentional Jewish community. Link in bio. 📸: @adriannelacy

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Let’s face it: There’s something to be said for staying in when the snow starts piling up and the air takes on a deep-freeze quality. You can be warm and snug, and also do things that you enjoy. The trick is, you don’t have to stay in at home. Full story link in bio. 📸: @nibble.kitchen

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At some point, people started referring to the nebulous stretch of time between the end of November and early January as “the holidays.” Dwelling in the spacious interior of that period is a number of celebrations that get top billing in the United States: Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve, and the king of them all: Christmas. These months are marked by festive lights, hokey television specials, and inflatable representations of characters and iconography associated with the season. But for plenty of people in Cambridge and Somerville, the period between late November and early December doesn’t bear any special meaning. For them, Dec. 25 is Dec. 25 and nothing more. Story link in bio.

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What brings together hip-hop, painted doors, film screenings, and fry bread? Cambridge’s celebration of Indigenous People’s Day. The city encouraged residents to come out to honor indigenous histories in a month-long celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, beginning Oct. 14. Since 2016, the second Monday in October has been celebrated not as Columbus Day, but as Indigenous People’s Day, in Cambridge. Nationally, November is Indigenous Heritage Month. Link in bio. 📸: Niko Emack

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