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You
heard it here first, get out your autograph books and get ready. The
word is that locally born movie star Ben Affleck is scheduled to be on
location on the 20th of October at the Twin Cities Plaza to film his
latest movie. According to reliable sources, the movie production
company will be filming in the shopping center parking lot for the
entire day. Sources also tell us that film stars Tom Cruise and Cameron
Diaz will be filming other scenes for another movie here in the 'Ville
throughout the fall season, we'll keep you posted as to dates and exact
places.

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Mayor Joe's annual Football Camp
week is here again. The Mayor will be hosting and personally coaching
the Somerville Football Team at Camp Leno in Lenox, MA. The week long
training event is well applauded by all the students and they look
forward to being worked hard by the Mayor and the other coaches. The
camp is run from Thursday August 27th to Sunday August 30th, hopefully
this will lead the team to a successful year.

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We
hear that Somerville will soon have a Halloween Head Quarters shop,
which is set to open up shop at the old Circuit City location next to
Home Depot real soon. At least the property won't look so abandoned
where it is one of the gateways to the city and seen by thousands of
motorists on a daily basis coming and going to/from Route 93.

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Recently
the Kiwanis Club of Somerville was well represented by its members at
the 91st Annual New England District of Kiwanis Convention at the
Crowne Plaza in Warwick, R.I. – Kiwanis clubs from six New England
states and Bermuda attended. Seventy-nine (79) Kiwanis clubs were
represented as representatives from Key Club International, Circle K
International and Kiwanis International. The convention offered
educational seminars, exhibits, leadership training and related
activities. The Kiwanis Club of Somerville meets every Thursday at
12:15p.m. at the Mt. Vernon Restaurant. If you're a businessperson here
in Somerville and looking to network and be involved in a great
organization go online to www.somervillekiwanis.org

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Save
the date and stop by the Somerville Police Station in the Police
Academy Room on Thursday, September 3rd between 8a.m. and 1p.m. to give
blood and get a free Red Sox t-shirt. A few of us from The Somerville
News staff team will be on hand to lend a helping hand for the day as
well, so come on by and say hello, the American Red Cross is asking for
your help.

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Our condolences to the Craven
Family on the recent loss of Marion Craven who sadly passed away this
past week, Marion was a wonderful lady with a heart of gold and will be
missed by many.

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Last week grand opening
of Mt. Vernon 3 at the Ship at Route 1 one was a huge success, over 300
attendees from all over and a huge contingent from Somerville. All to
wish the Henry family much success and luck in their new venture.

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Speaking
of last weeks events, the Lions event at Wonderland was attended by a
large Somerville crowd as well as a big contingency from the China Town
Lions Club. Everyone had a blast, the food was great and from what some
observers noted, not many lost at the races. King Lion – our own Billy
Tauro – did a fantastic job, along with Gene Brune, and fun was had by
all. They raised a substantial amount of money again for all the local
charities the Lions are so generous with here in Somerville.

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RCN
will be sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday,
September 2nd, from 1pm to 6pm at the Somerville Community Baptist
Church, Fellowship Hall, 31 College Ave, Davis Square. The American Red
Cross is looking for all types of blood donations, A, B or O, positive
or negative.

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Quiet here in the 'Ville
the last big weekend of the summer….you can almost hear the doors
shut on Monday throughout Somervilla of the North and South. Back to
the city and the traffic. To those of us left behind, not so bad of a
summer here, either.

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That barrier in
front of the empty lot over on Cross Street is still there – a big hole
with a fence around it – nothing happening there now for an extremely
long time. One local long time business moved out, couldn't take it any
longer with the congested traffic and no place to park. The guy that
owns the lot is the head of the Zoning Board of Appeals – Mr. Herb
Foster – and the bank with the money apparently invested in over there
is the Winter Hill Bank, at least they're getting free advertising, but
maybe not good advertising? You'd think with an eyesore like that, a
bank wouldn't want their name associated with it, but hey it's the same
bank that has the Barracuda of Winter Hill as it's head and it's
apparent she has no feelings for East Somerville businesses, or the
sign would be gone. We think it's a shame that a local bank and a
person who is head of the Zoning Board of Appeals would keep this
eyesore in this condition going on a few years now. Maybe an
investigation needs to be done to get some answers?

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Our
good friend and former Publisher Bob Publicover is doing well in his
treatment, he can be seen daily at the coffee shop on Highland and
Cedar, there reading The Somerville News – his favorite paper. Stop by
and sit and have coffee, he'd be very pleased, or you can follow his
therapy on Facebook, it's easy to find him now that he spelled his last
name correctly.