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posted: 8/25/2010

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posted: 5/26/2010

Wicked Local, Cambridge

Posted on April 29, 2010 by David Harris
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Former Cambridge mayor and current City Councilor Denise Simmons will be honored by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum at the annual Celebration of Black Women at the Lowell House Dining Hall tonight. Previous honorees include Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen. The celebration includes dinner prepared by Coast Cafe, live music performed by undergraduate student musicians, and “a couple of surprises.

posted: 4/05/2010

posted: 4/01/2010

Watch Denise on Joe Lynch's Greater Somerville Show.

Denise on Cambridge Community Televsion

posted: 3/26/2010

Watch Denise on CCTV talk about her candidacy for State Senate.

Cambridge launching green jobs program

posted: 3/24/2010

The Boston Globe, March 10th, 2010

The City of Cambridge is launching a new green jobs program to train eligible residents to become energy efficiency technicians or green building maintenance technicians.

The program is part of a year-long effort by the Green Jobs Task Force, chaired by former Mayor E. Denise Simmons, and orientation sessions will begin next week.

Participants will study energy auditing, basic residential energy efficiency, and conservation practices, basic carpentry, plumbing and weatherization, as well as other skills.

Cambridge's new Madame Mayor

posted: 3/23/2010

Bay State Banner, Feb 21st, 2008

CAMBRIDGE — It’s public comment time in the Sullivan Chamber at Cambridge City Hall, and newly elected Mayor E. Denise Simmons is making sure everyone gets a turn at the microphone.

Sitting in a high-backed chair with the city seal carved into the oak, she listens impassively as speaker after speaker comes forward to share observations on everything from the history of sewage overflow in the Miller’s River to proposals teaching drunks to drive.

posted: 3/23/2010

Bay Windows, Feb 17th, 2010

The first openly lesbian African-American mayor in the country, E. Denise Simmons of Cambridge, Mass., announced Wednesday, Feb. 17 that she has entered the race to occupy the State Senate seat vacated by Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio, who was sentenced to a year in prison following a hit-and-run.

posted: 3/22/2010

Wicked Local Cambridge, March 11th, 2010

Cambridge —

Seven candidates have officially secured their spot on the State Primary ballot, getting one step closer to earning the Senate seat vacated by embattled politician Anthony Galluccio.

Three of those candidates are from Cambridge — lawyers Dennis Benzan, Tim Flaherty and City Councilor E. Denise Simmons. Fellow Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker withdrew her name from the race last week.

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