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Five Things: City Cable Change, Rush Hour Race

Also, a blood drive and a Ward 5 meeting.

 

1) City Cable channel is moving for Comcast customers
If you're a Comcast customer, the "City Cable" government access channel, currently channel 16, will change to channel 22 on June 5, according to an announcement from the city. The channels for Somerville Community Access Television (SCATV, channel 3) and the city's Education Channel (channel 15) will remain the same. RCN customers will see no change. (On RCN City Cable is channel 13, SCATV is channel 3, and Education Channel is channel 15.)

2) Rush Hour Race
As part of Bay State Bike Week, bikers, T riders and drivers compete this morning in a race from Davis Square to Kendall Square. The competition begins at Redbones. Get there at 7:45 a.m. for some refreshments; racers set off at 8:30 a.m.

3) Blood drive
There's a blood drive today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Somerville High School Field House. For appointments, call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

4) Ward 5 ResiStat meeting
The Ward 5 ResiStat community meeting takes place tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Visiting Nurses Association Building.

5) Weather and Red Sox
The Red Sox play The Mariners at Fenway tonight at 7:10 p.m. A chance of showers in the morning, cloudy and highs in the lower 70s.

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