Throughout our lives we all experience grief and loss.  On Thursday, June 7, The Somerville Council on Aging, in conjunction with Beacon Hospice, will be hosting a service of remembrance. Nancy Duffy, a Bereavement Coordinator, will help us take a moment to acknowledge those we have recently lost and to provide us with time to recall some of our fondest memories.

The Cambridge Council on Aging and Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services will distribute purple ribbons this June to raise awareness about elder abuse. June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month.

By Susan Pacheco and Norah Al-Wetaid

Many in the elder services field have long known that elder abuse is a common issue that often goes unreported. However, some new data is helping illustrate how widespread this problem is in the Bay State.

In a recent WBGH story, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs reported 9,800 confirmed cases of elder abuse in 2017 – an increase of nearly 40 percent since 2015.

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So, I’m driving to my next second-hand store to see what they have and I see one of my competitor’s bike parked outside and I think, ‘Darn, he beat me here’.

Staff members from around the Somerville school district recently participated in a friendly competition of Kickball, with school-based teams vying for bragging rights in this inaugural Kickball Tournament event. The games took place at Dilboy Field with 8 teams participating. Each team played a first round game and advanced if they won.

Join The Somerville Arts Council and the Somerville LGBTQ Community Liaison for the 2nd year of the city-sponsored LGBTQ+ dance party to celebrate pride month.

DJ Dee Diggs will provide  some sweet tunes. Drag performances by JP Delgado Galdamez and Sham Payne. Free photobooth fun with Ellien Laramee-Byers. Gracie’s ice cream.

Somerville Media Center is excited to invite you to the First Annual Speak Up! Somerville Telethon on Sunday June 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. SMC celebrates local talent, diversity and community as part of our Speak Up! Somerville Telethon to raise funds for preserving community media!

Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) on Tuesday, June 5, at 2:45 p.m., to raise the Pride flag in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month and LGBTQ Youth Pride. The ceremony will take place on the City Hall concourse, 93 Highland Ave. The ceremony’s speaking agenda will include Mayor Curtatone, Somerville LGBTQ Liaison Jess Alter, Somerville High School teacher and Gay/Straight Alliance Advisor Sarah Eustis, and GSA student representative Sam Jean-Francois. The event is open to the public, and we invite community members to join us in celebrating LGBTQ youth and the diversity that makes Somerville great.