Tonight, the President of the Board of Alderman, Alderman at Large Bill White will be having his campaign kickoff party for his re-election, which is coming up this year. Wednesday, June 3 from 6-8 p.m. at the Cantina La Mexicana, 247 Washington Street (at the beginning of the plaza at Union Sq). Bill has been re-elected President of the Board now for three years in a row and it’s obvious to everyone he knows the rules and how to run an affective as well as productive meeting. Bill has served the entire city as Alderman At Large and wherever duty calls Bill is there, and on top of the issues as well. Just as importantly, Bill is a constituent’s Alderman, representing all of us here in the Ville. Bill does his job well and it’s hard to find anyone that doesn’t like him or appreciate what he’s done for the city. Help support his bid for re-election. Show up and let him know how much we appreciate his independent representation.

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Also tonight, City Councilor of Medford Adam Knight is having his re-election kickoff over in Medford coming up on June 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 35 on Winthrop Street. Adam won election to the city council over in Medford two years ago. He has a bright future ahead of him, and who knows, maybe someday will become the mayor of Medford. Normally we wouldn’t announce anything from outside the Ville, but Adam is well known here in the city from his days with Charlie Shannon’s office. Also, we found out The Somerville Times is read quite a lot by Medford residents.

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Congratulations to Jason and Nancy Fucile of Victors Deli on their new addition to the family, little Gianni Fucile, who was born last Wednesday. When in Ball Square, stop in at Victors and congratulate them on the new addition to a wonderful family. We wish Jason, Nancy and Gianni all the best. And of course, congratulations to Grandma Rosa, Grandpa Victor and Uncle Mike.

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The retirement party for Sal and Victor Ferrigno of Patsy’s Pastry fame was held this past Friday night at Montvale Plaza and the room was filled with their huge family and many friends, wishing them the very best. We were invited and were very happy to be a part of a great family and team. Patsy’s Pastry Shop created many great memories for thousands of people over the years.

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A potential candidate has pulled papers to run for the mayor’s seat against Joe Curtatone. His name is Philip M. Mitza of Autumn Street here in Somerville. He’s a registered Republican and if he manages to get the necessary signatures then Joe will have an opponent. Some might remember that Joe ousted former Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay from office back in 2003, and if you go back about 40 years before that, a little known minister named S. Lester Ralph from a tiny little church on the Fellsway decided to jump in the race and not only did he win, he managed to defeat the incumbent, Mayor Jim Brennan. A well known candidate as well, receiving over 25K votes which, by the way, is more the Joe Curtatone has ever received in the many terms he has run for. We don’t think Mayor Joe will have a problem, but you never know, and we know that he won’t underestimate the opposition. What do you think?

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CAAS’ Spring Party is coming up. This year it is at the Arts at the Armory on Thursday, June 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend this event free of charge. Beverages and light refreshment will be served. Contact Kate Bamberg at kbamberg@caasomerville.org by May 28. CAAS is the local Community Action Agency here in Somerville, “working to end Poverty where we live.” Started back in the early 80’s, they do a lot of good things here in the city. For more information go online www.caasomerville.org or call 617-623-7370.

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Taste of Somerville 2015 will be held in Davis Square this year on Wednesday, June 3, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $50, while for $75 VIP tickets will provide access to a tasting tent including craft cocktails mixed up by local celebrity bartenders and exclusive table-side food service. Tickets are on sale now at www.tasteofsomerville.com Follow them on IG @tasteofsomerville and Twitter @tasteofsomerville.

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The 6th Annual Carnival @ SomerStreets is coming up on Sunday, June 7 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. East Somerville Main Streets will partner with the City of Somerville to present Carnival @ SomerStreets. This event brings out more than 8,000 people to enjoy awesome music, performances from community groups and talent, activities for children and food from all over the world.

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Happy Birthdays this week to some of our Villen friends and just friends of The Times this week: Happy birthday To Bill White, long time Alderman at Large. We wish him a great day for himself. A happy birthday as well to a great guy here in the city, Larry Fidalgo, who is celebrating. A good guy who’s been doing business here in the Ville for many years (Fidalgo Floors). A happy birthday to Brian Peddle, who grew up here in the Ville. A nice guy and family man. We wish him the very best on his birthday. A guy who is known to many here, we salute Michael Albano, the Broker/Owner of Weichert Realtors Metropolitan Boston Real Estate, his own RE company in the Back Bay and here in Somerville runs his own RE School. Mike is a nice guy and we wish him the very best birthday. He’s a good guy. Another guy originally from Somerville, now in FLA, Frank LoBuono, a nice guy. Happy birthday to our friend over in Cambridge, Keith MacKinnon, who is the Masonic historian over at the Porter Square Masonic Building. A good guy. We wish him the very best. Retiring City Councilor Paul Camuso over in Medford is a big fan of our paper. We wish him the very best of birthdays and, of course, may his political retirement be a short one! A Happy Birthday to local Villen Dan Rogovich, who is originally from East Somerville and pretty much keeps on top of a lot of what Somerville is up to now. We wish him a HB. To all the others we might have missed this week Happy Birthday and best wishes from The Times.

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Happy 11th official Anniversary – but we know it’s longer – to Lynn Lenior and Dorothy DiMarzo, two of the nicest people around. We wish them the very best.

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Bees, Chickens, and Koi Fish in the Urban Backyard Wednesday, June 10, 7-9 PM, Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street, Somerville, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Three members of the Somerville Garden Club will share their expertise on keeping bees, raising chickens, and tending pond koi fish in their urban backyards. All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. To learn more about the friendly gardeners of the Somerville Garden Club please visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.