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Don't forget this weekend in Davis Square – the annual "ArtBeat" festival will be all over the square – another great event happening all weekend.

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If you haven't caught a Somerville Sunsetters 2009 performance yet, here are your choices for the next week. We highly recommend watching these young performers – it is good old fashioned entertainment at its finest! Wednesday, July 15th, 7:00pm at 51 Elmwood Street; Thursday, July 16th, 7:00pm at 24 Cambria Street; Saturday, July 18th, 11:30am at the Davis Square Plaza/ArtBeat Festival; Monday, July 20th, 7:00pm at 34 Gorham Street; Tuesday, July 21st, 7:00pm at 240 Pearl Street and Wednesday, July 22nd, 7:00pm at 107 Shore Drive.

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Centro Presente's annual Family/Dancing Cruise will be held this year on the Boston Harbor – One Long Wharf – August 2, 2009 from 5 to 8pm. Tickets are $30 for general admission, $25 for members and children under 12 are only $10. The tickets do not include food, but a chance to enjoy some good dancing and music! Reserve tickets now by calling 617-684-4662 or send an email to: mvarea@cpresente.org.

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Our own Bob Publicover is will be going through some tough tests this week starting today – so we all hope that he does his usual miracle move and pull through this one. He's a nice guy to everyone.

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More star sightings in the 'Ville! Amelia's Kitchen on Broadway was the place to be this past week, one night a couple of Red Sox players and their wives decided to feast Italian style at the Teele Square Restaurant! We will have to wait and see who they were once the restaurant posts the pictures on the famously star-studded walls.

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The Somerville News congratulates and welcomes Maren and Heidi – who are opening "The Training Room" – a small fitness facility that will provide personal and small group training, cycling, yoga and outdoor boot camps at 691A Somerville Ave. They are having their Grand Opening event this coming Saturday, July 16th from 12 to 8 p.m.

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Recently retired this past year as a 32-year veteran officer of the Somerville Police Department, John Mahoney passed away this past week. John was only 61 years old. He was a life long Somerville resident from Weston Avenue who just lost his mom this past year as well. John was a great guy liked by all and will be missed by many.

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Cambridge Health Alliance's 2009 Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, August 10th at the Andover Country Club. For information about the event, call the Alliance Foundation at 617 499-8344.

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The Somerville Arts Council has been awarded $25,000 in federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). These funds will help support operational and programmatic costs.

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So we hear this story about a house that was empty and sold, not to long ago – the new owners buy the property and about 3 weeks later the new owner goes to Inspectional Services to pull a permit. After a few minutes, he was told he needed to go and talk to someone at the treasurer's office regarding some fines…apparently this nighttime inspector kept driving by this house for 3 weeks straight and handed out about $3,000.00 in fines for a simple cover off the trash barrels, now if it's obvious the house is empty and the barrels haven't been moved, why would they still keep giving tickets? Welcome to Somerville…

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Don't forget about the city's annual SomerMovie Fest that began last Thursday. The SomerMovie Fest features a series of nine movies, shown at parks throughout the city during July and August, and extending into September. This Thursday, Dreamgirls will showing at Seven Hills Park, Davis Square. Movies are shown outdoors on Thursday evenings beginning at dusk (approximately 8pm), and will be shown in Seven Hills Park, Nathan Tufts Park, Lincoln Park, Hodgkins Park, and at City Hall. In the event of inclement weather, movie screenings will be canceled. Vist the City's web site for the full schedule.