Now running through October 18 at the NextDoor Center for the Arts located at 40 Cross Street in Winchester, Somerville’s own David Lebahn is the producer for the play Marry Me A Little, a delightful musical revue featuring a selection of previously removed songs from the works of Stephen Sondheim including: Company, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and Saturday Night. Two young New Yorkers (Katie Clark and Taylor Hilliard) spend a Saturday night sharing dreams of love and marriage although they have never met. Directed/Designed by Brian Milauskas with Musical Direction by Bethany Aiken. Performance Dates: Fri. Oct 10, 17 at 8:00 p.m.; Sat. Oct 11, 18 at 8:00 p.m.; Thur. Oct 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Oct 5 at 2:00 p.m. (with audience talkback). Tickets are $32 General, $25 Sen./Student, $15 Under 18. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit them online at http://www.nextdoortheater.org/ or call the box office at 781-729-6398.

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As you can clearly see this week we have the ballot for the only original “Best of Somerville.” Email (thebestofsomerville@yahoo.com) or mail your votes to The Somerville Times, 699 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144. If we don’t have a category you would like to see make sure you check out the ballot this week and next and if you call us by Tuesday, October 21, we will add it to the ballot. Let us know what your favorite hamburger is. Your favorite mac and cheese, drink, etc. Favorite doctor, favorite businessperson, favorite boss and again this year the best idea in 2014, as well as the best all around local celebrity here in Somerville.

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Happy Birthday this week to some of our fans who are celebrating this week. We wish a big happy birthday to Nancy Curtatone, a busy lady with a husband who is mayor and four boys running around. We hope she has a great day for herself. Another local celebrating this Wednesday, the same as Nancy, is Michael Buckley, a great guy and family man here in the city. Best Day to another great Somerville guy who is well known here in the city, even though he lives in FLA. We wish Mike Berry the very best. A very nice guy. Happy birthday to Kevin Shackelford, who is also from a great Somerville family. Kevin is one of Somerville’s finest and we wish him the very best for his birthday. A good friend of ours who reads the paper online, Dr. Halim Ozgur Muslu, a specialist down in Georgia but who lived here in the city for awhile while attending medical school. We wish him the best and a big happy birthday. Happy birthday to the younger Mike Capuano, who is celebrating this week. Mike is like his father, very active here in the city. We wish him a good one. To all the others we are sure we missed who are celebrating this week, happy birthday. If you’d like us to extend birthday wishes let us know.

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We know that one guy who has passed away would have celebrated his 92nd birthday this week. A true Somervillen, Mr. Fred Del Ponte. He was a good guy and friend to all he met. No matter who or what you were, he liked everyone. Then again, if he didn’t you’d know about it, which he would always say with a smile.

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We finally got the answer to our question, who was Sylvester Baxter? The park along the Mystic River at Assembly Square was named after him a long time ago. It appears that Sylvester was the first Secretary of the Metropolitan Parks Commission, which was the first name of our present Department of Conservation and Recreation. We still say it should have been named after someone local, but at least we now know who he was. The dedication of the new under Wellington walking bridge was dedicated officially connecting Assembly Square to Ten Hills. A short and pleasant walk without dodging speeding cars, connecting two popular sections of the city.

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We hear that if you like $20+ hamburgers then head over to Earl’s in Assembly Square. We will check it out and let you know. But we have to tell you, you can probably get two lobsters for that price along with baked potatoes at the Mt. Vernon Restaurant.

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The newest in the city’s programs for youth, Songwriting for Beginners will teach students the basics of song structure, and the use of melody, lyrics, and rhythm. This is a free class that meets in the afternoon twice weekly from October 20 through November 26, from 3 to 4 p.m. The class is open to the first five applicants. To enroll or for more information about these or other youth arts programs, contact Jimmy Del Ponte at JDelponte@somervillema.gov, or call 617-625-6600 ext. 2616.

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The Airplanes are back. This past Sunday morning you could hear them flying low again. Itmust be the full moon or something, but remember if you want to voice your concern over the flight pattern of these planes, especially early weekend mornings, then call Massport directly at 617-561-3333. If you want to help stop the planes flying over Somerville, please go here and follow the links: http://www.massport.com/environment/environmental-reporting/noise-abatement/noise-complaints/.

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Somerville Rocks! is more than just a community-wide youth talent show for Somerville youth ages 12 and older. It’s an opportunity for youth performers to polish their act with twice-weekly rehearsals with performer and musician Jimmy Del Ponte. Whether you’re in a band, a solo singer, a comedian, or you have any other talent you want to showcase to your peers, this program is for you! Auditions will be held on Thursday, October 9, at 6 p.m. in the City Cable studio, located at the far-right of the shared City Hall and SHS parking lot, beneath the library (look for the City Cable sign). The show will be held on November 7 in the awesome new auditorium at the East Somerville Community School. Rehearsal sessions begin in mid-Oct. Participation is free.

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As part of their ongoing collaboration with the Somerville Fire Department, the Council On Aging will continue to offer free smoke alarms/carbon monoxide detectors. There is a limited number of Photoelectric Smoke Alarms with ADA Compliant Strobe available to residents who qualify on a first-come, first served basis. These smoke alarms are for residents who are hearing impaired or deaf, 60 years of ago or older, own or rent and are residents of Somerville. If you are interested in having one of these special smoke alarms/carbon monoxide detectors installed please give them a call at 617-625-6600, ext. 2316 or you can use our TTY number at 866-808-4851.

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Attention Somerville Youth Hockey fans: Learn to Skate (LTS)/Learn to Play Hockey (LTPH) for ages 4 and up begins October 18 and runs until early March, 2015. Sign up at the Somerville Rink Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. until the program begins, then on or after October 18, from 8-10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. $90 registration fee for LTS/LTPH. For more information, visit www.somervilleyouthhockey.org.

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The new boxes for The Somerville Times are in, they were delivered last Friday, now the task remains of putting them in places where Somerville readers of The Times can get to them. Over the past few weeks we asked and we received some calls. We have taken the suggestions and are carefully looking over the city to see where we can add the boxes. We even have brand new ones for the squares and Assembly Square. Six of the boxes are different, but you’ll be able to recognize them as Somerville Times boxes.   By the end of this year we will have 45 boxes in the city and still over 100 other locations. We have even increased our print edition to accommodate them. Starting this week we will some of the boxes out there on the street, every week adding more and more. Have a suggestion? Call us at 617 666-4010 and let us know.

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Thanks for all the kind words and thoughts for Patti Norton, who is home from MGH after two heart attacks and other complications. She’s doing well and the cards are great. Her address is 9 Melville Road, Somerville 02145.

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Another local celebrity of sorts, the very popular Alderman at Large Dennis Sullivan and his equally popular wife Melissa Hurley-Sullivan are celebrating five years of wedded bliss. Happy anniversary to the both of them. This year is very special to them with the arrival of their daughter. May they all have a great anniversary for themselves.

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Masonic Open House at 125 Highland Avenue is coming up on Saturday, October 11. Open to the public for tours and Q&A. The only Somerville Masonic Lodge is King Solomon’s Lodge AF & AM founded in 1783 in Charlestown and moved to Somerville in 1899.

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Somerville/Somerset Savings Bank Reunion. All former employees and guests are welcome. Friday, October 17 at the Kowloon Restaurant, Rte. 1, Saugus from 7 p.m. to midnight. Cost per person $40. Includes buffet,DJ, dancing, and karaoke. Cash bar. Send check to Marylynn Cabral c/o Rockland Trust, 399 Highland, Ave., Somerville, MA 02144. Please call Joe Ferraro 857-269-0686 if you have any questions.