Somerville Media Center 9/11 20th Anniversary Remembrance Video

The Somerville Media Center is honored to participate in the 9/11 Flag of Honor Across America Memorials. This event marks the 20th anniversary of the horrific events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, at the Pentagon and in the fields of Pennsylvania which resulted in the deaths of 2,983 people. Readers of our portion of names are members of the Greater Somerville community.

Thanks to the generosity of Cradles to Crayons and Staples, Somerville Public Schools students are kicking off the school year and the return to their school buildings ready to learn. Through their Ready for Learning initiative, long-time community partner Cradles to Crayons donated 2,400 backpacks filled with school supplies for students from across the district, and StaplesConnect Somerville donated close to 1,500 boxed school supply kits. Community partners like Cradles to Crayons and StaplesConnect are among the many organizations committed to supporting Somerville students every year, and to making a positive difference in their communities. We are grateful for their ongoing support and partnership.

Because West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in surrounding communities, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has raised Somerville’s WNV risk to high. To date, no WNV has been detected in Somerville.

Residents should take precautions to protect themselves against mosquito bites and mosquito-borne diseases, including WNV and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

By an unanimous vote of the Somerville Board of Health, the local eviction moratorium is extended until April 30 of next year.

For everyone who owes back rent/mortgage and every landlord looking to collect back rent, there is rent/mortgage assistance available. Contact the Somerville Office of Housing Stability at 617-625-6600 x2581 or the Community Action Agency of Somerville at 617-623-7370.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the City of Somerville’s Department of Veterans’ Services invite residents to join the annual procession and memorial ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Anyone interested in joining the procession should meet at the Cedar Street end of the Community Path at 9:30 a.m. At approximately 10 a.m. there will be a speaking program and the presentation and retiring of the colors by the Somerville Police and Somerville Fire Honor Guards at the 9/11 memorial in Davis Square.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Foley St. location last week on reports of a breaking and entering of a motor vehicle.

Upon arrival, the officers were met by the two victims of the incident, as well as an employee of the Row Hotel. The employee stated that a white male wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball cap, with a blue mask, on a moped had broken into a vehicle in the garage of the hotel.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article was first published on March 18, 2009.

“When I was a kid,” used to be the beginning of statements made by our parents, but I hear it coming out of my own mouth more and more lately. I can’t believe that I now qualify to talk about “the good old days.” When did that happen?