By William C. Shelton

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)

For the second time in as many years, Assembly Row has won Curbed Boston’s Neighborhood of the Year award. The folks at Federal Realty Investment Trust should be justly proud of what they have accomplished.

All cars must be moved from City and school lots by 8 a.m. to avoid ticketing and towing. Property owners must shovel sidewalks by 1 p.m. Friday (within 6 daylight hours following end of snowfall).

Given today’s blizzard, the amount of snow, and the severe temperature and weather conditions projected to continue through tomorrow, all schools will remain closed on Friday, February 10. The projected wind and temperature patterns, combined with today’s snowfall compromises safe travel in and around our community. We will keep you updated regarding Friday afternoon athletic activities at SHS and the Friday night performance of the Somerville High School musical.

— Somerville Public Schools

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to the Stop & Shop on McGrath Hwy. last Friday on reports of a suspicious person stopped by store Loss Prevention personnel.

Upon arrival, the officers were told that a man, later identified as Fedley Frederick, of Medford, reportedly came into the store sometime between Thursday and Friday morning, grabbed two bottles of expensive cooking oils, placed them in a shopping bag, hid them underneath a table in the Floral Department, then left the store. Frederic then reportedly returned to Stop & Shop on Friday afternoon and began to look for the bottles under the floral table.

Ticketing and towing began  at 4 a.m. Thursday for cars that were not moved to the correct side of the street or to a municipal or school lot.

Once a snow emergency goes into effect, vehicle owners have four hours (unless otherwise noted) to move their vehicles to the EVEN-numbered side of the street (unless otherwise posted), or they may be ticketed and towed. Municipal and school lots will be made available at no cost to residents during snow emergencies. It is important that vehicles only be parked on one side of the street as noted above to ensure plows can make all roads accessible and safe, particularly for emergency vehicles.

Full snow emergency and snow removal policies may be found on the City’s website at www.somervillema.gov/snow

Somerville’s Benjamin G. Brown School was among a select group of schools from across the Commonwealth to be recognized as a Massachusetts Commendation school in a ceremony at the Boston State House earlier this week.

~Photos by Jason Corey Photography 

Tuesday’s stormy weather did not stop the New England Patriots  fans from coming out to cheer on their teams historic Super bowl win.

This year’s Somerville High School musical, Bring It On – The Musical, featuring SHS Highlander cheerleaders, takes audiences on a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness.

Tickets are on sale now at www.shsma.booktix.com for this energetic musical production. Shows are February 9 and 10 at 7:00 p.m. and February 11 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., at the Somerville High School Auditorium.

Based on weather forecasts for up to 12 to 14 inches of snow, Somerville is declaring a snow emergency to go into effect at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, February 9. Residents can begin moving their cars now to the EVEN-numbered side of the street (unless posted signage states otherwise).