How many years now have we waited for something to be made of the site of the closed Star Market? Too many, by most estimates.

It is baffling to so many of us that such a great opportunity for some enterprising concern to revitalize the spot has not yet been seized. Several false starts have been made, and oftentimes thwarted by bureaucratic obstruction or opposition by certain concerned parties, rightly or wrongly.

The City of Somerville will host an informational public meeting with a Massachusetts Gaming Commission staffer to give City officials and the public a better understanding of the state’s casino laws and how those laws may relate to Somerville.

The 2013 SHS girls’ volleyball team is looking to achieve great things in the season ahead.

By Mike Stoller

The Somerville High girls’ volleyball team is hoping to transfer its veteran leadership into more wins this season and possibly a state tourney berth.

“Last year, we fell short of our goal of making the MIAA tournament, but we are hoping to build on what we learned,” Somerville head coach Steve Walker said.

I have been speaking with the folks from the Harvard Book Store and they do have a Somerville Connection. Here is a press release about an exciting event that is going to be right here in Somerville!

Somerville is in a state of constant flux and change. As time goes on we will see gentrification increase, changing our neighborhoods in many ways, both good and bad. Somerville Poet Theresa. Romanoff gives us her personal experience of this change in her poem: Number Sixteen.

Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone for the 12^th annual candlelight vigil honoring those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The vigil will begin at the Cedar Street end of the Community Path at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, accompanied by Somerville Police and Somerville Fire Honor Guard. A short procession will lead into Davis Square, where a short speaking program and a moment of silence will take place. For more information, please contact the Mayor’s Office at 617-625-6600 ext. 2100.

Arrests:
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Curtis Preston, 23, of 23 Fairlawn St., Everett, September 4, 2:46 p.m., arrested on a warrant charges of felony daytime breaking and entering, drug possession to distribute, larceny over $250, and witness intimidation.

Maryann Sperlinga, 55, of 33 Circuit Rd., Medford, September 5, 12:18 a.m., arrested at 287 Medford St. on a charge of disorderly conduct.

$50,000 will support ‘Storytellers as Placemakers Project’ fostering community ownership in Chuckie Harris Park and East Broadway Streetscape Project

Chuckie Harris Park . – Photo by Douglas Yu

East Somerville Main Streets and the Somerville Arts Council have been selected to received $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), along with Mudflat Pottery School and the City of Somerville. That funding through the NEA’s Our Town grant program will support a project designed to celebrate and preserve the community’s cultural identity and foster community ownership in two projects in East Somerville: Chuckie Harris Park and the East Broadway Streetscape Project.

Most of the facade at 296 – 298 Beacon St. collapsed around 10 a.m. Monday morning. The address is the home of Mixtura and Zoe’s Chinese restaurant. No injuries were reported. Inspectors are on the scene.

Food trucks, street performers and urban planning—oh my!

Can food trucks, artist-made street furniture and street performers help design the future of Davis Square’s urban landscape? They will in Somerville at the Somerville by Design “Pop-Up Plaza” community planning event, a City of Somerville initiative that will sprout from a parking lot starting Monday, Sept. 9, in Davis Square.