Mark your calendar for a public hearing on Thursday, November 17, 7:00 p.m., Alderman Chambers, 2nd floor, City Hall. The mayor will present a proposal for Somerville’s contribution of $50M for Green Line Extension (GLX) funding. The mayor presented a proposal for a city contribution of $50 million to the Board of Aldermen (BOA) at their meeting Thursday, November 10. A vote in favor by the BOA will be necessary for the city to send the money to the state.

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This week, Somerville’s annual Brick Jungle Reunion is being held on Friday, November 18, at the Somerville City Club. All those who either grew up in the Mystic Avenue projects and their friends are welcome. It’s less than two weeks so they we need to start selling tickets. Call 617-599-8088 for tickets and information.

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Our condolences and sympathies go out to the Bremis Family on the recent passing of the matriarch of the family, Sophie Bremis. Married for 55 years to her devoted husband James, who owned the oldest family owned real estate company here in Somerville. She is the mother of Irene Bremis, Stephen Bremis, Christopher Bremis, Maria Bremis and Thalia Causey and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Bremis will be sadly missed by her many relatives and friends. Funeral Arrangements by Doherty’s Funeral Home in Somerville this Thursday, November 17, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and services Friday at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, 29 Central St. Somerville, Friday morning at 10:30 a.m.

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Don’t forget to park on the EVEN side of the street this winter during snow emergencies. The Board of Alderman voted to alternate every year, and this year it is the EVEN side. So scramble to get your spot as soon as they declare. Hopefully, the city won’t be calling any false alarms. Commissioner Stan Koty will give the signal when it’s about to snow.

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Happy birthday to a lot of our friends and fellow Villens here this week: Happy birthday to local cable access TV personality and good guy, Joe Lynch. We hope he has a great one. Happy birthday to an old friend who goes back to East Somerville, a great guy, Artie (Ernie) Mason. He’s very popular and we wish him the very best this week. Happy birthday to a wonderful lady and mother of one of Somerville finest ladies, Marsha Eileen Hamel-Urquilla. We’re wishing her the very best now in retirement, which is well deserved. We hope she has a great time with her special family. Happy birthday to a good guy and friend, Joe Nardella. We wish him the very best. To local realtor Betty Levin, who is very famous here in the Somerville-Medford market. We wish her a very good day. Happy birthday to our good friend and funny guy Bobby Potaris, who is celebrating this week. Popular Ward 3 guy and well known throughout the city, Joe Beckman is celebrating as well. We wish him the very best. Finally, happy birthday to current State Representative Al Baldasaro. He’s from Londonderry, NH, but is very popular here in Somerville/Cambridge. We wish him the very best and wonder what job President-elect Donald Trump will offer him. He is a huge supporter of Trump and an advisor.

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Somerville Rotary is looking for some new members. Rotary is a service club for businesses and local non-profits. Somerville Rotary meets at 12:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the Holiday Inn. If you’d like to find out more about Rotary and what it does here both in the city and internationally, go to the their website at www.somervillerotary.org.

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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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For those that might be interested in obtaining certification for firearms should look up the Lawrence Rod & Gun Club. They provide an extensive program at the end of which you receive certification for Massachusetts/NRA Certified Firearm Safety Classes. They run a class once a month, which is limited to 10 people and we hear that this is the place to go to learn safety when handling guns. Email gunclub@earthlink.net for more information and or go to their website at www.lawrencerodandgunclub.org and read up about the course. We’ve been told that the course has seen a major increase in people applying for it, especially women. We can tell you first hand here that it’s a great course and quite thorough. The same goes for this in Newstalk. The club has informed us that many residents of Somerville have called or gone to the club to find out about certification.

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What are we doing here? – debating humanity takes place on November 22 at The Rockwell in Somerville from 8:30 to 10 p.m. The show is a comedy debate show where they debate the gray areas of societal conventions. It’s the Seinfeld of debate shows and hopefully offers some comic relief to those stressed out from the election season. Their guest panelists are the incredibly funny Kelly MacFarland, Sean Sullivan and Wes Hazard.

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President William A. White, Jr., has called for a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering, and conducting a Public Hearing on, matters related to the Mayor’s proposed Green Line Extension Project Participation Agreement, including the Agreement (#202364), a $50 million bond (#202365), a home rule petition (#202381), and any other related matters. The meeting will be held in the Aldermanic Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue. The public is welcome to attend and be heard.

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Childsplay, a who’s who of more than two dozen virtuoso fiddlers, will present an all-new production with special guest vocalist Karan Casey at the Somerville Theatre on Sunday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. Childsplay is the creation of Cambridge, MA luthier Bob Childs, a fiddler who has been making violins for nearly 35 years. The band name of “Childsplay” derives from the fact that all the members play violins and violas crafted by Childs himself. Led by Childs, the group  includes the best of the best from all over the United States and Celtic World including all-Ireland fiddle champion Sheila Falls, National Scottish Fiddle champion Hanneke Cassel, Boston Symphony Violinist Bonnie Bewick, fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger, New England Scottish Fiddle Champion Katie McNally and more. The concert will also feature renowned dancers Kieran Jordan and Kevin Doyle.