Dilboy Stadium on the Alewife is once again hosting the 5th Annual Fight Night at Dilboy, Friday evening, August 19. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. First bout at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youth. Children under 12 are free with a paid adult admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Somerville Boxing Club, 11 Otis Street, or at the door the night of the event. Rain date August 20.

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The 16th Annual Golf Tournament for the John T. Forcellese Memorial Fund will be held this year once again at the Falmouth Country Club in Falmouth, MA. Saturday, September 10. Tee time is 8:30 a.m. If you’d like to play or sponsor go online to www.johns-team.org for all the information regarding this excellent fundraiser for a worthy cause.

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Coming up shortly, in September on the 13th, DISCOVER … East Somerville’s best-kept culinary secrets at 15+ restaurants. From 14 Broadway to 192, join the 2016 Participants: Maya Sol, Casey’s, Connexion, Fasika, Rincon Mexicano, Taco Loco, Los Paisanos, East End Grille, Vinny’s, Ola Cafe, La Brasa, Tapatio, Gauchao, Blanca’s, Deano’s Pasta, Joe’s Liquors, Amigos Market, and more!

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This Thursday at 6:00 p.m. or so at the Visiting Nurses Association on Lowell Street (up on the third floor) the city’s Condominium Review Board will be meeting to discuss a new proposed regulation that is being considered. Some say it’s a form of Back Door Rent Control here in the city. Apparently the administration, along with certain alderman – in particular Ward Five Alderman Mark Niedergang – as well as the Somerville Community Corp., are in favor of it. We heard that the regulation will try and severely limit the sale of homes here in the city. If you sell a home and it’s empty at closing the person buying it must keep it empty for a year, if you’re intending on converting it to a condo. Or if you want approval by the Condo Board, you must give your tenants one or even two years notice you’re going to do so. If you support it or are against it, show up at the meeting this Thursday evening and have you voice heard.

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Have you heard about the new “Add-on Charge” by our Water Department? It seems as though the mayor and the Water Department want to add a new surcharge to your bill of $60. You receive a bill three times a year, so that would be an add-on charge for each water meter of $180. Thanks to Alderman at Large Bill White, who has put in an order to bring the Water Department before the Board of Alderman and explain the reasoning behind it. On top of the high prices homeowners and businesses already pay, they want to do an add-on surtax as well. Our question is can they just do that without a public hearing? Remember, they will call it a fee, not a tax, and there are about 11K water meters in the city at $180 for a grand total of just under $2M extra in revenue to the city.

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This Saturday, the 13th, is International Left Hander’s Day. Celebrations are planned worldwide observing diversity and superior minds. Even President Obama is a leftie, as is Bill Clinton and many other famous politicians and persons, now and in the past. Several of us here at the paper are left handers as well, so to all our good left hander friends out there, have a great day on Saturday and celebrate our right to be heard. We think we should have a flag or national holiday. Stop the discrimination and make more things LEFT friendly. If you’re a left-hander or know of someone who is, enjoy the day and celebrate by finding a left-hander restaurant.

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Happy birthday to a lot of our friends and fellow Villens here this week: Happy birthday to Marcia over at Demet’s Donuts this week. We hope she had a good day. Happy birthday to one of Somerville’s finest historians, Brandon Wilson. We hope she has a great day for herself. A good guy, successfully specializing in mortgages, Robert DeVasto is celebrating this week. Long time Somerville lady Maria Mancini is also celebrating this week. We hope she has a great birthday. Two local realtors over at Remax Andrew are celebrating this week, Carol Fontana along with Carol McDonald Macri. We wish the both of them the very best of birthdays. Both ladies are experienced realtors in the area.

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Primary Day is September 8 for our state delegation. The senate has Senator Pat Jehlen running for re-election in this her 11th year in office. She’s very popular in the district, but she has a Democratic challenger from Cambridge, which is part of the district. City Councilor Leland Cheung is giving her a run for her money. He’s actually knocking on doors throughout the district. FYI: The senatorial district includes parts of Cambridge, the entire City of Somerville as well as the entire City of Medford and a part of Winchester.

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There’s a new website in town. Check it out at www.somervillema.com. The Somerville Times is on the site. Also check out www.medfordma.com. Someone asked online why we keep these two websites in Newstalk. We guess it’s because we like them.

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Our condolences go out to the Corrigan family here in the city on the passing of John Corrigan. He himself and the family have contributed much to the city over the years. His wife Helen is still very active at the SCC and was an alderman here.

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We told you these past few weeks what the outcome of the email ballot from the City Democratic Ward and City Committee members would be. How surprised are we or you, not? Yes, Senator Jehlen won with what the committee said was 97% of the votes cast. Notice the lack of number of votes cast here. The so-called transparent, open-minded of today’s City Democratic Ward Committee leadership. They delivered for Sen. Pat and no one should be surprised. First time in the history of the Ward and city committee a ballot was sent out by email for endorsement. Not even in the days of old fashion Democrats here in the city would they have attempted to do this. Imagine the committee sending a letter and asking you to vote by mail. Same effect. This was nothing less than a bag job. Do they think the voters here in Somerville are this stupid? No wonder that many individuals have changed party affiliation right here in Somerville. More and more Independents than Democrats. The last time the city wards met collectively they had their meeting at the High School library. That says a lot. If you’re a registered Democrat, especially an older one, don’t feel compelled to follow like sheep. It’s actions like this that are disturbing, to say the least. Sen. Jehlen didn’t need to get the endorsement under these conditions. After all, she is a well-known person. She’s just afraid of the competition, that’s all. The leadership of the City Ward Committee should be ashamed of themselves for continuing to spoil the process.

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Another email went out to the Democratic Ward & City Committee members from the Chair, Diane Masters. It said, “Please vote in the poll of the Somerville Democratic City Committee survey in the State Senate Race. We would like to endorse a candidate in the race, citywide, not just at the Ward level. So please vote in the Google document below before August 1st. Thank you in advance.”

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For all those following the goings on at the Winter Hill Yacht Club for gangsters, we are in the possession of some very interesting stuff that was given to us by one or two members of that club who don’t like what’s happening down there. We can’t say for now what it is, but please don’t think we have given up. We’re just checking over some legal jargon and may go public with it, or just turn it over to the appropriate authorities. Keep it coming. We know there are quite a few members of the club that are not happy with the current situation with certain individuals.

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Sally O’Brien’s on Somerville Avenue is a great place to stop in and visit with some friends and have a bite to eat and enjoy the variety of entertainment that Liam, the owner, brings in every night. Wednesday is poker night, with lots of fun. Come and enjoy. Say “Hi” to Liam, Zack and Rob.

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Just an update: there is now a possible contender seriously considering a run in Ward One for alderman. An individual, who we hear, is making some serious moves in the direction of running. Now, the other news coming out of the woodwork: we hear the same about an individual in Ward Five who is considering. She’s new to politics, but we know she’s a hard worker. We are also hearing about School Committee candidates in Ward Three and Ward Four, so far. Maybe it will be the year of surprises in 2017 here in the city. Maybe some more ward fights and maybe some jumping into the Alderman at Large race. It seems like that salary increase for a part time job at 40K plus a year sounds good to a few people.

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The next meeting of the Somerville Garden Club will take place on Wednesday, August 10, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Tufts Administration Building, 167 Holland Street, Somerville. Somerville Garden Club members will bring in home grown vegetables and fruits that they have prepared for meeting attendees to sample. Taste dishes made from garden harvests such as kale salads, zucchini breads, tomato slices, cucumber salads, and maybe even rhubarb ice cream. Wheelchair accessible. Parking is available, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

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Autistic Spectrum Slam Poetry Team will be held Thursday, August 11, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Library, Auditorium. Poets of the autistic spectrum write and share their poetry. Open to the public.

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Somerville’s cleanest monthly comedy show returns. Clean Comedy Showcase is premiering Friday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dante Club in Somerville. Hosted by local comedians David McLaughlin and Joe Medoff, this show features some of Boston’s most talented comedians. All of the jokes on this show are free of swears and crude subject matter.