Video surveillance footage helped police to identify and locate the suspect in this alleged hit-and-run incident.

By Jim Clark

The Cambridge Police Department has announced that it has identified the driver of a truck involved in a hit-and-run incident that seriously injured a Somerville resident, Dr. Geren Stone in late September of this year.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro
Mayor Joseph Curtatone hosted his Annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, November 14 at the Holiday Inn in Somerville.

By Louise Carpenter

Somerville families are invited to celebrate Family Literacy Month on Saturday, November 21 at the 2015 Somerville Early Childhood Fair – Family Literacy Celebration.

Somerville early education and care schools, programs, providers and other local community agencies will participate in this annual event from 10 a.m. to noon at the Arthur D. Healey School.

Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin suggested to the Board that the Racism Assessment Tools developed in Seattle might also be a good fit for Somerville.

By Jim Clark

A resolution put forward by Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin was discussed and approved by the Board of Aldermen at their most recent regular meeting proposing that the city consider implementing the Racism Assessment Tools offered by Race Forward that were implemented in Seattle to gauge municipal bias.

Join Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin on Friday, Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Symphony Park. Located at the corner of Pearl and Florence Streets, Somerville’s newest park is inspired by the legacy of the Hadley family who created music on this site and beyond. It features:

~By Donald Norton

The Little Sisters of the Poor on Highland Ave. held their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 14. Beautiful Christmas items were on sale and their wonderful raffle prizes were a highlight of the occasion. The bazaar has become a cherished Christmas season tradition in the city and is highly anticipated by the many who attend each year.

The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) announced today that it has extended the deadline for nominations for the 2016 Preservation Awards until Monday, Dec. 7. The SHPC will honor Somerville residents who performed significant restoration or maintenance efforts on designated historic buildings, or on non-designated buildings erected before 1965.

If you live in Ward 1, which includes Assembly Square, East Broadway, and the neighborhoods around East Broadway, you’re invited to the Ward 1 ResiStat community meeting tonight.

ResiStat meetings are an opportunity for you to learn more about things happening in your neighborhood as well as ask questions and share your ideas with the Mayor, elected and city officials, and your neighbors.

The city is calling for improvements in the flow of traffic in targeted areas of East Somerville. — Photo by Bobbie Toner

By Jim Clark

At their latest regular meeting, the City of Somerville Board of Aldermen addressed issues relating to traffic delays in East Somerville.

An order sponsored by Alderman At Large Dennis M. Sullivan, Ward One Alderman Matthew McLaughlin, Alderman At Large William A. White Jr., Alderman At Large Mary Jo Rossetti, and Alderman At Large John M. Connolly directing the Director of Traffic and Parking, the Chief of Police and the Director of SPCD to review the traffic problems in East Somerville and develop a traffic improvement plan was discussed and approved at the meeting.

The community came together on Sunday to celebrate the life of Franke Rivieccio and to contribute funds to local non-profit organizations, including Somerville Overcoming Addiction. — Photo by Claudia Ferrro

Paying tribute to one of Somerville’s own
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By Charles Lane

A Celebration of Life fundraiser was held in memory of  Franke Rivieccio on Sunday, Nov. 15 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Arts at the Armory in Somerville.
The celebration offered food, music from WildFire and DJ Brian Ray, and poetry by Matt Ganem, who also hosted the event.
Raffles and resource tables for families dealing with drug addiction were also featured.