Thursday, November 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Somerville Road Runner’s 26th annual Gobble Gobble Gobble road race will be held in and around the Davis, Teele, Ball, and Magoun Square areas. 

The Somerville Redevelopment Authority is making plans for snow storge in advance of the winter months ahead.

By Maeve Lawler

The Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) unanimously approved 90 Washington Street to be used for temporary snow storage this winter at their meeting on November 16.

By Ana Célérier Salcedo

On Wednesday, November 16, the MBTA held a virtual meeting to discuss upcoming accessibility improvements to Davis station. The station has been operating since 1984 and provides transit connections for the MBTA Red line and the T bus routes.

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Today, the Somerville Media Center Is operating under the threat of eviction from the City of Somerville. We, believe, this eviction decision needs to be, immediately, reconsidered and reversed. SCM, in its original form, as Somerville Community Access television (SCAT) has been a fixture in Union Square for more than four decades. It has not only, in those forty plus years, been a pure vehicle for the first amendment expression, but has served as a gateway of communications for diverse populations of immigrants, youth, and marginalized population who otherwise would be lacking a voice.

Students from Full Circle and Next Wave recently volunteered their time and energies to projects for Habitat for Humanity/Boston.

By David Aronofsky

Full Circle and Next Wave students recently completed two days of volunteering with Habitat for Humanity/Boston on October 18 and 25.

On the 18th, students worked on a house in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. Students Elkis “Kiki” Antunez Espino, Heidy Portillo, and Derrick Sams spent the day installing blueboard in preparation for the plasterers to come in. Kiki, Heidy, and Derrick were able to install blueboard to complete a stairwell and mudroom. Given a tape measure, a screw gun, and a little instruction, the crew was able to reach their goal by the end of the day.

We here at The Times wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday. As we approach holiday gift shopping don’t forget to shop local to support local businesses.

This article first appeared in the April 18, 2018 edition of The Somerville Times. This reprint is in recognition that it was 150 years ago this month that Boston was in ruins from the Great Boston Fire.

Eagle Feathers #268 –The Year Was 1872

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

The date was January 1, 1872, a time when Somerville would celebrate her incorporation from a thirty-year old sleepy town into a young city. One of her immediate priorities was public safety. Less than three months earlier, a fire destroyed the city of Chicago on October 8 and 9, 1871. It remained the worst fire in American history until the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. The Chicago fire killed over 250 people, burned over 200 acres and destroyed over 17,000 structures.

Giving thanks for our blessings is normally an easy thing to do. We may often get caught up in the day-to-day trappings of scratching out a living, ducking misfortune, and seeking out an occasional highlight to add to our mental scrapbooks. Usually, though, we come around to feeling and expressing that special sense of appreciation and gratitude that comes in moments of quiet reflection just in time to validate ourselves as worthy recipients of such blessings.

Arrests:
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Kevin Shaughnessy, of The Villages, FL, November 16, 8:14 p.m., arrested at Revolution Dr. on warrant charges of disturbing the peace, assault and battery, resisting arrest, and threat to commit a crime.

Antonio Batista, November 19, 11:21 p.m., arrested at Canal St. on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

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By Off the Shelf Correspondent Rachel Ranie Taube

What does it mean to write from Somerville? To find out, I asked writers associated with our city three questions: How does living here influence your writing practice? What does it mean to write from this place? And what do other Somerville writers need to know?