After making the apple pies, apple crisp or baked apples, you probably still have apples left from your recent apple picking adventure. I know I do. One other thing I like to do with extra apples is make apple compote. The compote can be used for a multitude of dishes, like a topping for pancakes, waffles, steel cut oats, yogurt and even goes well with a pork roast, chops or tenderloin. Or, just by itself!

As amazing as it may be, the renovations on the MBTA’s Orange and Green Lines have actually been completed on time as promised. How often can almost any major construction project boast such a success, especially a government job?

Of course, the heat might have been put under their bottoms by the public outcry from those who were highly inconvenienced by the temporary shutdown. Any overrun in the timeline would probably have sparked an uprising.

The Somerville Public Library and the City of Somerville SustainaVille initiative invite you to attend their fall speaker series, showcasing perspectives on building equitable, sustainable, and resilient communities.

The three talks scheduled include:

Arrests:
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 Tiffany Bovio, of Arlington, September 14, 11:10 a.m., arrested at McGrath Hwy. on warrant charges of marked lanes violation, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, possession of a class B drug, and possession of a class C drug.

Abel Martinez, September 15, 10:23 p.m., arrested at Glen St. on warrant charges of miscellaneous statutory violation and indecent exposure.

If you view the paintings of Somerville artist Iku Oseki you may find them talking to you. And indeed, you are not losing it. But her work has a strong sense of narrative – a storyline, one might say. I caught up with the artist before she was off to south of the border – Mexico to be exact.

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Gloria Mindock is editor of Červená Barva Press. She is an award-winning author of 6 poetry collections, 3 chapbooks and a children’s book. Her poems have been published and translated into eleven languages. Her recent book, Ash, was translated into Serbian by Milutin Durickovic and published by Alma Press in Belgrade in 2022. Ash, published by Glass Lyre Press (2021), won six books awards, one being in Smederevo, Serbia. Gloria was the Poet Laureate in Somerville, MA in 2017 and 2018. For more information about Gloria Mindock, visit her website at: www.gloriamindock.com

On September 16, 2022, YouthBuild Just A Start students visited the traveling EVICTED Exhibition, currently on display at The Armory in Somerville. Weeks prior, in collaboration with the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), an organization dedicated to addressing poverty in the Somerville community and the root causes of economic injustice, four students from YouthBuild Just A Start worked to build and install interactive pieces of the exhibit in the form of mini houses. 

First flu vaccine clinic for seniors (65+) scheduled for Sept. 20. First COVID-19 booster clinic for seniors scheduled for Oct. 13

The City of Somerville will host free flu and updated COVID-19 booster vaccination clinics for residents, including clinics open only to seniors aged 65+, in September and October.