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Happy birthday this week to several locals: Happy birthday to former alderman Helen Corrigan, a nice lady, very active still and loves Somerville. We wish her the very best of birthdays this week. Also, happy birthday to TV host Joe Lynch, who is celebrating this week as well. Happy birthday to one of Somerville’s nicest ladies, longtime resident Marsha Eileen Hamel Urquilla. We hope she enjoys a great birthday with her family. We wish her many more. Happy birthday to Sheila Meehan MacEachern, who is celebrating this week. We wish her the very best as well. Happy birthday also to Joe Nardella. Although from Cambridge, he is an avid fan of the paper here in Somerville. Happy birthday to Betty Levin, a knowledgeable and great lady of real estate. We hope she has a great day. Finally, to one of the nicest and bravest guys to grow up with, who served in Vietnam and married locally, Artie Mason, formerly of East Somerville. We wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday to everyone here and from the city who is celebrating this week. We wish every one of them a very happy birthday.

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We hear another landmark is going to be closing its doors here in the city: LaRonga Bakery, long time establishment on Somerville Avenue. Their breads will be missed. Hopefully, the rumor isn’t true, but if so it’s on a long list of landmarks closing here in the city.

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Miss watching the Board of Aldermen meetings on TV? You can view them in their entirety on Comcast channel 22, as well as on YouTube. Watch your city at work and see how these dedicated members of our community are serving you, the public. We can’t say this enough, watch the meetings on either cable broadcast live, or go online to YouTube to watch them. You will find some pretty hysterical information there about what’s happening in the city. This should be required viewing for everyone who cares about what is happening here. Even the committee meetings are online. After all, the Board of Aldermen is voting to spend your money. Wow, the raises some department heads are getting. Ask yourself, if you own property has your taxes gone down or stayed the same over the past 14 years? And do you remember what they kept telling us what the benefit of Assembly Square would be to our tax base? Watch and remember. Don’t let a small minority of a certain group run our city, be aware of what is going on, and VOTE.

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The Somerville City Club is looking to increase its membership, for the time being membership is open to any resident here in the city, a great organization that has been around a long time, with lots of activities that support local charitable groups here. Contact the club on Innerbelt Road across from Holiday Inn for more details.

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Have you thought you’d like to do some writing, a little story about Somerville as either a newbie or Villen? We have about 80K people and we would love to hear about your adventures here in the city. Maybe you want to write about a particular subject like our Bob Doherty and Dorothy DiMarzio, or like Jimmy Del Ponte with his stories about the city. Or maybe you’d like to express your opinion like Bill Shelton. Not just the politicians, but those from our community. Give us a call at 617-666-4010 or email news@thesomervilletimes.com and tell us about your idea. We would love to tell it to the rest of Somerville.

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We’re still reading the lease on the Winter Hill Yacht Club, which has about two years left. We found something about there is not supposed to be a fence. We’ll get back to you on this. We’re reading it and we think if the city presses hard enough, along with the state delegation, the city can turn this is into a community place for the citizens of Somerville. Someone sent us some documents – about 40 pages or so – about the club, their lease and membership list. We’re going over it and will update next few weeks. But again, we think it’s a shame all that beautiful land and docks, and most especially the clubhouse, is being used by those that don’t even live here in the city. A vast majority – we hear 80%. maybe more – live outside of the city. It’s state own land (belongs to the people) and they pay rent, but are they current? What is the amount they pay to the state? What benefit does Somerville get from it now? We know that some former criminals are members there. Actually we heard someone say the other day, “If you’re indicted, your invited.” Go by and check it out.

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Are you retired and looking for part time work, and you’re experienced in sales? Give us a call here at The Somerville Times at 617-666-4010. We are looking for advertising telemarketers.

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On Monday, November 19, at 3:00 p.m., the Holiday Inn Boston-Bunker Hill, located at 30 Washington Street in Somerville, invites the community to join the Mayor of Somerville, Joseph Curtatone, and the hotel’s team at a ceremony that will celebrate East Somerville’s rich history and the legacy of Paul Revere. The event will kick off with remarks from Mayor Curatone, followed by the unveiling of a new Paul Revere statue at the corner of Washington Street and Inner Belt Road. A bronze statue weighing in excess of 2,000 pounds, the monument will pay tribute to Paul Revere’s patriotic legacy and all that he accomplished in the state of Massachusetts. The statue’s new spot will also serve as the new home of an existing marker that tracks Paul Revere’s ride along this Somerville route on his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord. The team at Holiday Inn Boston-Bunker Hill is excited to welcome the community out for a day of honoring a famous New England patriot and those who have served our country. Reception to follow at Holiday Inn Boston-Bunker Hill

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Learn how math is taught in grades K-5 in Somerville, and strategies you can use to help support your child’s success. A workshop will be held on Thursday, November 15, 8:30-10:00am at the Brown School, presented by the Somerville Public Schools’ Math Coaches and Uri Harel, K-8 Curriculum Coordinator.